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Bill 20 offers power to accelerate housing through property tax breaks
While Bill 20 has drawn heat for changes to local governance and elections in Alberta, it also contains measures that will for the first time allow municipalities to offer property-tax breaks or deferments for up to 15 years on all residential properties.
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Calls for public engagement: Rezoning on 99 Street, aging in Strathcona County
Here are opportunities to provide feedback to municipal planners about street safety in Brander Gardens, a proposed rezoning on 99 Street, north of Whyte Avenue, and healthy aging in Strathcona County.
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Hydrogen convention to bring world to region
Delegates to the third annual Canadian Hydrogen Convention, which runs from April 23 to 25 at the Edmonton Convention Centre, include officials from Romania, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, and even Andrzej Duda, the president of Poland.
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Calls for public engagement: Glenwood, Brander Gardens
Here are opportunities to inform city planning about neighbourhood and alley renewals in Glenwood and street safety in Brander Gardens.
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Calls for public engagement: downtown entertainment, Meyonohk, wetlands
Here are opportunities to help shape the City of Edmonton's plans to establish an entertainment district and renew the Meyonohk area, plus a chance to contribute to discussions on Alberta's wetlands.
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A moment in history: April 3, 1922
On this day in 1922, the funeral for one member of an Edmonton mining power couple was being planned.
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Calls for public engagement: Buses, snow, Meyonohk
Here are opportunities to help shape city planning for bus-based mass transit, communication about snow and ice, and neighbourhood and alley renewal in Meyonohk.
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A moment in history: March 27, 1965
On this day in 1965, an Edmonton geologist was on the hunt for a missing meteorite.
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Returning Indigenous artifacts from RAM important but complicated, experts say
Experts say repatriation of artifacts from the Royal Alberta Museum is important for Indigenous nations. But repatriating artifacts is not as simple as asking for an item to be returned and museums or other organizations following through. Archaeologists say that's because of legislative requirements, security restraints, and the sheer number of artifacts.
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