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Feel the warmth of SummerWood

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There truly is something for everyone in the Sherwood Park community of Summer- Wood.

This Qualico Communities development offers buyers the opportunity to have the stability of living in the same neighbourhood for their whole lives if they so desire. While people rarely want to live in the same home for their entire lives nowadays, due to changing circumstances and priorities at different stages, the idea of living in only one community throughout every stage is appealing to many people. The variety of options also means that members of an extended family can all live in the same area in houses that suit their individual needs.

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Go west, young man: one-industry towns watch as economy passes them by

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HANTSPORT, N.S. – Glenn Rogers appreciated his small-town life in the Maritimes. But the lure of big dollars in Alberta was too strong to resist after his employer of 18 years shut down.

“I didn’t really look outside the mill until I was given no choice,” says Rogers, who worked as an instrument technician at the Minas Basin Pulp and Power paper mill until Friday, when it closed.

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