Broadcast Hill

Named for the iconic 459 foot CFCN tower that has stood atop Southwest Calgary since 1961, Broadcast Hill – otherwise know as Coach Hill Patterson Heights – was first annexed by the city in the late 1970s. Known for the historic brick home that served as residence to wrestling’s Hart family, the community also takes its name from the home’s prior occupant, Judge Henry Stuart Patterson.

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Capitol Hill residents in uproar over city’s removal of dozens of trees

Northwest residents who claim a concrete sound barrier is already failing them say the city’s removal of dozens of trees is only worsening noise pollution.

Last year, city workers pulled 15 large spruce trees from along Capitol Hill Cres. N.W. that were planted partly as a sound break along Crowchild Tr.

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Public hearing underway over proposal to develop Horse Hill in northeast Edmonton

EDMONTON – People arguing for and against a development plan for Edmonton’s Horse Hill region packed City Hall Monday afternoon.

Fifty-four people registered to speak to council about the area structure plan, prepared by Stantec Consulting for major land holders in the area.

As it stands, the plan calls for a series of neighbourhoods that would one day house more than 70,000 people.

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