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Old Posted Aug 26, 2007, 12:05 AM
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About 50 km south of Fort Mac is clear cut of trees for the road. That's about it so far. They say 5-7 years for the twinning but it looks like more than that with this pace.
The road to Fort Mac to the Peace River area, i think it was Slave Lake, is basically a dead project. It's been to many years long past since that idea has been brought up and nothing was done.
That sucks. You guys in the Wood Buffalo region need another road out of town. Building a cross-province road from Fort Mac to Peace River would do very good for the Province as a whole. Likewise, it'd be good to see a road built from Fort Mac east to SK, then they can build it southward to near Canoe Lake.
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Here's an honest solution for Alberta to fix their labor shortage. Come down to the USA and get these Illegal Aliens from Mexico to start coming to your province. They'll get paid better and it'll have a huge dent in the labor crunch from Lethbridge on up to Fort Mac. After all, we're all 1 big NAFTA family. Might as well use Mexico as the #1 spot for labor in addition to Newfies.
We're already doing that.
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We're already doing that.
Humm. What about Chinese labor?
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Humm. What about Chinese labor?

Some of that too, but looks like China's boom is kinda killing that initiative.
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Some of that too, but looks like China's boom is kinda killing that initiative.
Eastern Europe? Africa?
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Eastern Europe? Africa?
Poles and Romanians have no issues migrating here. Russians are starting to trickle in.

Been noticing a much larger Sudanese refuge growing here.
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Decision on church's future awaits harvest
The Edmonton Journal
Published: 2:05 am

When the harvest is in, Ukrainian Catholic parishioners in Hilliard will decide whether to rebuild their historic church, which was destroyed last month when struck by lightning.

By September, members of St. Demetro Ukrainian Catholic Church should know whether they will receive insurance money for the fire that virtually wiped out their century-old parish, Edmonton-based Bishop David Motiuk says.

"One can appreciate the sensitivity of losing such a centre of prayer," Motiuk says.

Fire investigators believe the church's steeple was struck by lightning early July 29.

The 3:30 a.m. lightning strike smouldered in the rooftop. By 8 a.m. the church was engulfed in flames. Volunteer firefighters from nearby Mundare were able to save the church's vestibule.

Ukrainian settlers worked to build the church for more than 10 years, finishing it in the 1920s.

Motiuk says he spoke to parishioners this week, and a general meeting will be organized at some point next month.

"It's a farming community. (We want to) make sure they've got their crops off."

Hilliard is about 70 kilometres east of Edmonton.

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjourna...0-dcd03c761f92
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Some Lethbridge pictures:

Clock Tower on 4th Ave. South


Looking east down 4th Ave. South at Telus building


Looking west down 4th Ave. South at Lethbridge Centre Tower


Water Tower at 3rd Ave. South and Mayor Magrath Drive. This was converted to a restaruant a few years back.


Crane working on unknown project near Mayor Magrath Drive and 32nd Ave. South.


Ramada Inn with waterslide at Scenic Drive South and Mayor Magrath Drive. This is about 6 or 7 years old I think.


Sculpture near tourism information centre at Scenic Drive South and Mayor Magrath Drive. It is supposed to be representative of the Lethbridge's famous winds.


Lethbridge's famous high level train tressle bridge


There is also a crane working at the new water sciences building at the U of L on the west side of Lethbridge. I will attempt to get some picutres of that later.
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It's about freaking time!!

The current bypass isn't functioning like one anymore now - Bad traffic during rush hour, too many intersections with lights, etc. It was built in the late 1960s, when GP was only a little smaller than or about the same size as Dawson Creek, or just under 12,000 people!

August 29, 2007
Construction starts on long-awaited Grande Prairie bypass

Grande Prairie... Work has begun on the Grande Prairie bypass with the start of construction on the new two lane Highway 43 bridge over Highway 2 at a cost of $5.2 million.

“The Grande Prairie bypass is officially underway and when completed will significantly reduce traffic congestion and increase safety for motorists,” said Luke Ouellette, Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. “The first phase of the project includes the new overpass and first few kilometers of the bypass, immediately reducing the amount of industrial traffic heading through the heart of Grande Prairie.”

Construction of the overpass will be completed by October 2008 and open to traffic following the completion of the railway overpass and three kilometres of roadway connecting the new overpass structure with 116 Street (Range Road 63). Land acquisition for the Highway 43 bypass right-of-way is underway and construction timelines on the roadwork will be set after the land has been purchased.

“The Grande Prairie bypass will greatly improve traffic flow, easing congestion within city centre and facilitating transport throughout northwestern Alberta,” said Mel Knight, Minister of Energy and MLA for Grande Prairie-Smoky.

Design work is underway for the remainder of the bypass from 116 street west and south to the existing Highway 43.

“Grande Prairie has seen tremendous growth in the past decade and the new bypass will help reduce many of the traffic problems in the city,” said Gordon Graydon, MLA for Grande Prairie-Wapiti.

As part of the initial bypass work, the Government of Alberta is also finalizing an agreement with CN Railway to construct a new bridge over the railway track east of the Highway 43 and Highway 2 interchange.

New highway construction is one of the actions under Premier Ed Stelmach's plan to manage growth pressures. Other priorities for the government are to govern with integrity and transparency, improve Albertans’ quality of life, build a stronger Alberta, and provide safe and secure communities.
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New rendering for the BECA International building going up in Red Deer. Apparently it is Red Deer's first Class A office space

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That top floor is hurting.... Way too tall for the height of the building.
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Poles and Romanians have no issues migrating here. Russians are starting to trickle in.

Been noticing a much larger Sudanese refuge growing here.
I can tell you that our company has gone to that extent, making trips to Europe to entice workers....I believe they targeted Germany specifically.
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I've heard that. Lots of german truck drivers, trades-people with minor engineering experience, etc.
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So... here are the latest "2nd Tier" municipal "rankings"
http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/do...ms/2007pop.pdf

NOTE: Not including those within the Edmonton and Calgary CMA's or Municipal Districts/Counties

01. 85,705 - Red Deer
02. 81,692 - Lethbridge
03. 65,400 - Fort McMurray
04. 56,997 - Medicine Hat
05. 50,227 - Grande Prairie

In other words, nothing much has changed
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One thing I noticed on my way up to GP and back last weekend was that except for that 35+ km stretch through the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation west of Valleyview, Highway 43 is now pretty much completely twinned between Gunn and GP.

The reason twinning hasn't happened along that stretch of Hwy 43 is that there's quite a few houses and a few buildings including a gas station so close to the highway on both sides in the reserve. Obviously, this means expropriation by the province before any work can be done.

The aboriginal residents of the reserve are in fact supporting the idea of getting the twinning right through the reserve rather than around it, as was originally proposed by the province. The province has already managed to get its hands on over 200 acres of land in the reserve to start the twinning process. From what I've read, I think they'll get that stretch of Hwy 43 twinned beginning in late 2009 after the government expropriates the homes by Hwy 43.
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[QUOTE=frinkprof;3043871]Some Lethbridge pictures:



Gosh, given all the black colored vehicles it looks as though you were part of a funeral procession
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One thing I noticed on my way up to GP and back last weekend was that except for that 35+ km stretch through the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation west of Valleyview, Highway 43 is now pretty much completely twinned between Gunn and GP.
Once the above noted section of Hwy 43 is twinned will that mean that Hwy 43 will be 4 lane all the way from the junction of Hwy 43 and 16 to GP ... or are there still areas of Hwy 43 which need twinning?

Also, speaking of highways in the GP area are there any plans to twin Hwy 2 to the BC border and/or to Peace River?

One other project I've been wondering about for that area of northern AB ... what ever happened to the plans to build an 'all weather' paved hwy from north of Fort Mac to north of Peace River?
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Once the above noted section of Hwy 43 is twinned will that mean that Hwy 43 will be 4 lane all the way from the junction of Hwy 43 and 16 to GP ... or are there still areas of Hwy 43 which need twinning?

Also, speaking of highways in the GP area are there any plans to twin Hwy 2 to the BC border and/or to Peace River?

One other project I've been wondering about for that area of northern AB ... what ever happened to the plans to build an 'all weather' paved hwy from north of Fort Mac to north of Peace River?
Yes, Hwy 43 will be 4-lane divided all the way.

There are plans to twin Hwy 43 from GP to the BC border, but this is not expected to be completed until 2012, I think. Currently, it's twinned only out to Wembley.

As for a highway from Fort Mac to Peace River, I don't know much about it, though I've heard of this idea for a while.
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New rendering for the BECA International building going up in Red Deer. Apparently it is Red Deer's first Class A office space

Another rendering from the same site (different angle):

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Red Deer would have had a very impressive downtown in terms of skyscrapers if all the skyscrapers were downtown.
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