After three of the toughest years in our province's history, Alberta's economy is finally getting back on track. We've added 56000 jobs since December. The…
It’s what our kids travel on to get to school; it’s the route residents rely on to get to the hospital; and it connects our goods to provincial, national, and — through Edmonton — international markets. Anticipating this would be the case, regional municipalities and Indigenous communities came together last month to form the Northeast Alberta Alliance for Growth and Opportunities (NAAGO). Highway 28’s significant shortcomings are also holding back economic growth and diversification by making it harder to transport the region’s goods to market and accommodate its growing tourism industry. Unfortunately, the region faces an Achilles heel in the form of Highway 28. With 718 active oil wells, 19.7 billion cubic metres of proven natural gas reserves, and over three million acres of cropland under production — and just 67,000 workers — northeast Alberta punches above its weight. The international credit rating agency, Moody’s, just upgraded our rating to AA2.
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We invite you to write letters to the editor. It is time our city started managing the city first without funding all of council members’ social agendas. Edmonton has requested $72.6 million from the feds and more monies from the province to help with affordable housing. Mr. Perhaps the most frightening aspect of Mr. Alberta has four main watersheds originating from glaciers and snow-packed mountain ranges but no hydro generation and few water-management dams.
In some parts of North America 90 to 95 per cent of bat populations were lost: "This is the most severe infectious disease we've ever had affecting wildlife in ...
[are listed as endangered](https://parks.canada.ca/nature/science/especes-species/chauve-souris-canada-bats) species in Canada. So of course, they’re out of hibernation, they have reduced fat stores, and they often die of dehydration and starvation,” said Rothenburger. Maybe I’m really clutching at straws and rooting for the bats here — but it’s a possibility,” he said. “Maybe they’ll be spared from white-nose. We may see bats this year with white-nose syndrome.” “The first sign is actually seeing bats out flying at the wrong time of year, like when it’s still winter. Wilkinson said it’s important to focus on surveillance, outreach and education. However, McBurney pointed to the importance of regular surveillance by wildlife professionals at winter hibernation sites. White-nose syndrome emerged in Eastern Canada in the late 2000s. Most people don’t often see the nocturnal mammals, but they perform important ecological work by eating things like mosquitoes and agricultural pests. Article content
Expecting tens of thousands more students, Edmonton's two largest school boards say more money to build schools is urgently needed.
“We’re ready to go. The division has been seeing a “pronounced increase” in enrolment growth over the last 10 years which is only expected to continue. “This way, we know these are moving through the process in a timely manner.” “Over the past 10 years, enrolment has increased by 12,000 students. Article content "We're ready to go.