An already hot rental market in Calgary is about to be squeezed even tighter as college and university students compete with displaced flood victims for scarce accommodations.
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Finding student housing in Calgary ‘near impossible’
It took Nikki Osbak months to find a place to live.
The 27-year-old Mount Royal University student knew she wanted to live close to campus, but found few options after searching online ads. Finally, she “lucked out” just this week, signing on to move into a rental home with two other students at a monthly cost of $600.
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Research internships bring students from around world to Alberta universities
EDMONTON – Brazilian student Henrique Vieira has been in Edmonton for just a few months, but already he’s designed about 50 different storylines for an educational video game for high school students.
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Edmonton Public Schools to designate schools for students living in new neighbourhoods
EDMONTON – Edmonton Public Schools hopes to prevent the overcrowding that has plagued two southwest Edmonton schools from recurring in new neighbourhoods along the city’s perimeter.
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New school raises years-old problem
Some Erin Ridge residents are concerned building a high school nearby could resurrect a years-old fight over parking on Erin Ridge Drive.
The city announced Monday a francophone high school awarded by the province would be built on Eldorado. Already there have been rumblings about possible problems with traffic and parking.
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‘Next frontier’ of p3s on its way
The Tory government’s pledge to “build Alberta” will include a greatly expanded role for the private sector in developing new public facilities including affordable housing and seniors’ centres, Premier Alison Redford said Friday.
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Decline in activity: Fewer kids commuting to school by foot, bike, report finds
TORONTO – Fewer Canadian kids are commuting by walking or biking as a new report reveals a marked decline among young people using active modes of transportation.
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Lamphier: Alberta the place to be for students seeking a summer job
EDMONTON – He was a kid working part-time when he served his first Big Mac in the early 1970s.
It was at a McDonald’s outlet in Windsor, Ont., just down the street from Assumption College, the high school we both attended.
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New school at Sunset Ridge given go-ahead by province; expected to open by 2016
It’s official: Cochrane will receive a new K-8 school that will house up to 900 students.
The school, which will be located in Sunset Ridge and expected to open in 2016, will ease what has been growing capacity issues in several Rocky View Schools (RVS) locations in Cochrane, specifically at Glenbow Elementary School.
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Some booming Calgary communities left out of Alberta’s new school-building plan
On the edge of two fields in Mahogany, each with close cropped grass turning brown with sun, signs are erected that make the hearts of families in new communities go aflutter. “Future school site,” they read.
According to the latest population count, Mahogany, in the city’s deep southeast, now has 2,100 people. But that will very quickly double, triple, and more, eventually exploding into the largest community ever built in Calgary.
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