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Bill to give municipalities tools to recoup unpaid oil, gas taxes

Bill to give municipalities tools to recoup unpaid oil, gas taxes

Roughly 57 per cent of companies who owe taxes are still operating in the province.
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Region boasts $100 billion in hydrogen opportunities: expert

Region boasts $100 billion in hydrogen opportunities: expert

“If you ever look at a pipeline map in this country, you'll see that much of the pipeline infrastructure in a major way … emanates from the Edmonton metropolitan region,” said Malcolm Bruce, CEO of Edmonton Global.
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Municipalities not sold on provincial police force

Municipalities not sold on provincial police force

In the last two years, rural crime across the province has dropped substantially, said Paul McLauchlin, possibly due to a variety of factors related to COVID-19.
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Bridging the Municipal Funding Gap: Property taxes visible, tough to raise

Bridging the Municipal Funding Gap: Property taxes visible, tough to raise

The visibility of property taxes makes it more challenging for municipalities to raise the rates, says an expert on municipal finance.
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Vaccine extension for health-care workers helps in small centres

Vaccine extension for health-care workers helps in small centres

So far 61 AHS employees have resigned because of the vaccine policy, including 31 in clinical roles. Eleven were registered nurses.
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'Pretty harsh' year for farmers

'Pretty harsh' year for farmers

The silver lining is that crop prices are very high right now, Ward Toma from the Alberta Canola Producers said, so producers can sell half their crop at double the price and salvage their income for the year. 
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Women still underrepresented on municipal ballots: Lisa Holmes

Women still underrepresented on municipal ballots: Lisa Holmes

“I fully believe that if you don't see diversity on the ballot, you won't see diversity on council. That's a given,” said Lisa Holmes, former president of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association and former mayor of Morinville.
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Bridging the Municipal Funding Gap: City finances are like a Ponzi scheme, expert says

Bridging the Municipal Funding Gap: City finances are like a Ponzi scheme, expert says

The Ponzi scheme structure is unintentional and not nefarious on the part of municipal governments, planners and leaders, who are not committing any kind of criminal conspiracy, said Daniel Herriges, a senior editor for Strong Towns, a non-profit group that advocates for more sustainable development.
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Union highlighting ambulance shortages in province

Union highlighting ambulance shortages in province

Mike Parker, president of the Health Sciences Association of Alberta, said the province used to get 1,000 calls for service per day in the province and now they are getting around 1,500 calls for service per day.
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Nearly 50 schools on outbreak status in Alberta

Nearly 50 schools on outbreak status in Alberta

“Since the onset of the school year we have really seen these explosions of cases around the province and its resulting in a mass amount of absence from schools,” said Support Our Students communications director Wing Li.
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