From an emergency debate in the House of Commons to stakeholder meetings in Medicine Hat, access to railway transport is a hot topic of conversation.
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Hatters call for rail access at transport meeting
Among a myraid of particular projects, Hatters appear most concerned about increasing rail access and rail safety, and how access in general for rural communities fits into a 50-year transportation plan for the province.
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1.5 Billion Barrels of Oil – And No Takers
Western energy firms are noted for venturing into volatile regions and areas that scare off more faint-hearted capitalists.
But one country is even giving these hardened energy companies pause – Afghanistan.
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Too Many Investors Are Falling For The Bank Savings Trap
More than a fourth of Americans think the best long-term investment is money in the bank. How tragically wrong they are.
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Majority of residents feel safe, according to police survey
Most Lethbridge and Coaldale residents feel safe and protected in their communities, according to this year’s citizen survey evaluating the regional police force.
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Bitumen facility blamed for Peace Country health woes
A family is blaming emissions from a nearby heavy oil production site for chasing them from their Peace Country home of seven years in northwestern Alberta.
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Safe neighbourhood top priority for Alberta homebuyers
CALGARY — Albertans view the safety of a neighbourhood to be the most important feature of a home’s location, according to a BMO Bank of Montreal survey released on Thursday.
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How safe are our intersections?
Intersection safety in St. Albert – particularly at intersections along St. Albert Trail – has fallen into sharp relief in the last month since a vehicle collision claimed one life in a late night crash.
Most pointedly, Mayor Nolan Crouse has been asking questions at city council meetings about what, if anything, the city is doing to make those intersections safer. The statistics he has shown demonstrate that three intersections along St. Albert Trail – where it intersects with Boudreau/Giroux, Bellerose/McKenney and Hebert/Gervais – have the most injury collisions of all the intersections in St. Albert.
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City takes “no-tolerance approach” to unfenced construction sites in Calgary
The city won’t tolerate unfenced construction sites that are putting people’s lives in danger, city officials warned Wednesday.
The Development and Building Approvals department are reminding anyone involved in a construction and demolition project that their first priority is to ensure that the site doesn’t jeopardize public’s health and safety.
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Sylvan plans to make railway crossing safer
The Town of Sylvan Lake is on track to make a local railway crossing safer.
An application has been made to Transport Canada to approve the transfer of authority over 50th Street from the province to the town.
“That was just a small technical piece that was never done,” said Mayor Susan Samson.
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