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10 MAY 2017 I Call 403-263-3044 for advertising opportunities PANORAMA • COUNTRY HILLS I MAY 2017 11 Calgary Nose Hill Hon. Michelle Rempel, MP THE TRUE NORTH 201-1318 Centre Street NE, Calgary STRONG AND FREE News from the AB, T2E 2R7 403-216-7777 [email protected] In honour of Canada’s 150th birthday, Friends of www.michellerempel.ca Great News Publishing wants to know... LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION Nose Hill On March 22nd, the federal government released its budget What is your favourite Stone Patios • Retaining Walls • Sod • Trees by Anne Burke for 2017. Flowerbeds • Fences • Decks • Landscape Designs part of being a Canadian? and much more May Flower Count Many of you have contacted me expressing concern over the The May Flower Count will be May 25 to 31. The Alberta Count level of federal spending, the de cit, and the lack of a plan to SPRING CLEAN-UPS & WEEKLY LAWN CARE Compiler is again Kim MacKenzie. Email all count results to kim. return to balanced budgets in the foreseeable future. Unfortu- Power-rake • Aerate • Leaf Clean [email protected]. We will post a count package on our new nately, the latest federal budget does not do anything to allevi- Cut & Trim • Fertilize • Pruning • Vacation website. ate your concerns. In fact, the projected de cit for 2017 is $23 Services and much more billion and, at this current rate of spending, the budget will not Photo Contest be balanced until 2050. The Society’s rst amateur annual photo contest invites Call Now for your FREE ESTIMATE Statistics released from the Parliamentary Budget O cer’s submissions of photos taken in Nose Hill Park between Submit your best answers for a chance to be October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Guidelines and entry (PBO) 2016 Labour Market Assessment show that despite the featured in upcoming newsletters! forms can be found at www.fonhs.org or by email request massive de cit spending the federa l government has under- [email protected] taken, between Q3 2015 and Q3 2016 there were no net full [email protected] with the subject heading “Photo #34, 4550 112 Ave SE, T2C 2K2 www.assiniboine.com Contest”. Winners will be announced at our Annual General time jobs created. For those of you who are unware of the role Visit our Facebook page for more details Meeting in November 2017. Please preserve sensitive areas in of the PBO, they provide non-partisan, independent, and arms- facebook.com/GreatNews.ca 2 year Quality Guarantee • WCB the Park. Consult the City of Calgary Parks and Pathways Bylaw length scal and economic analysis of government activity. Insured • Licensed • Bonded at calgary.ca for guidelines. Of further concern is the fact that the government’s own Gross North Calgary Water Services Project Domestic Product projections continue to decline despite the (Please see the April 2017 issue of the Bugle for more informa- increased de cit spending. Canadians are right to be question- tion on this project.) ing the logic of huge de cits, with no end in sight, which are not creating jobs and are not increasing Canada’s competi- We heard from the City Project Engineer that the North Calgary tiveness economically or creating future growth. This is not to Water Services project must follow the Alberta Wildlife Act, the mention the scraping of tax credits, including the public tran- Migratory Bird Convention Act, and the Alberta Environment & sit tax credit, and delays for investments in critical job training Parks Integrated Standards and Guidelines. The project workers programs, infrastructure, defence, and child care. must observe restricted activity periods for wildlife. Calgary Heritage Authority received a response from Calgary Parks. The I will continue to ght for the interests of Alberta families, soil tests were in part to check for archaeology, as the drilling workers and seniors who are being impacted by this economic route should not impact any known sites. The province has downturn. approved the proposal. This means that wildlife surveys were I recently sponsored petition e-983 which is currently open done and drilling work in the winter should reduce impact to for signature. The petition is in response to the government’s plants. Thawing could alter the schedule. There are bu ers for discussion paper regarding changes to the way the House of wildlife and setbacks for rare plants. Almost half of the Park Commons operates. These proposed changes would eliminate grassland area has native species. Parks-approved restoration Friday sittings in Parliament, set permanent limits to debate in seed mixes will be used for reclamation. Bird species (known the House of Commons and committees, and only require the or having the potential to occur) were identi ed. The Ward 4 Prime Minister to attend Question Period once per week. Councillor can be contacted at [email protected]. I believe these proposed changes are not in the best interest Crews will use established pathways for transport of equipment of Canadians. If you agree I would ask you to visit my website, whenever possible. Notwithstanding any other provision in the www.MichelleRempel.ca and sign the petition today. Parks and Pathways Bylaw, “no Person shall leave a Pathway or As a reminder, I am hosting a Career Services event on May 13. For Trail while in the escarpment zone in Nose Hill, compromising more information, and to RSVP, please visit www.MichelleRempel.ca. that area from the Nose Hill Park Boundary up to (but not includ- ing) the multi-use Pathway or Trail.” There is a multi-use zone on As always, if you have comments or questions on any issue, the top of Nose Hill. please do not hesitate to contact me.
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14 MAY 2017 I Call 403-263-3044 for advertising opportunities PANORAMA • COUNTRY HILLS I MAY 2017 1 5 Mla Calgary - Northern Hills Jamie Kleinsteuber 104, 200 Country Hills Landing NW Calgary, AB, Canada T3K 5P3 CALGARY PUBLIC Phone: 403.274.1931 • Fax: 403.275.8421 • Email: [email protected] CALGARY PUBLIC LIBRARY LIBRARY Walk150: Make Calgary feel like home, one step at Bill’s Book Café with Julie Van Rosendaal As spring arrives in Alberta, our economy is stabilizing Of special interest to Calgary-Northern Hills constitu- a time! Join Library CEO Bill Ptacek & local cookbook author Ju- and jobs are beginning to return. We are starting to see ents, Alberta’s Budget 2017 allocates $500 million Walk through Calgary neighbourhoods with Lori Beat- lie Van Rosendaal on a rich culinary journey as they talk renewed investment in drilling and the oil sands. We are towards 26 school projects across Alberta, both new tie, author of Calgary’s Best Walks, and discover new and about Feast: Recipes and Stories from a Canadian Road seeing new investment in value-added energy projects builds and modernization projects. familiar places with multilingual guides available. Trip. and in green energy projects. Various Library Locations & Dates to Accommodate Alexander Calhoun Library On March 26, I had the opportunity to attend a school Your Schedule May 12 | 7 pm The Alberta government announced its Budget 2017 on announcement at Forest Lawn High School with Minis- Walk150 takes place in May & June March 16. This budget demonstrated a commitment to ter of Finance Joe Ceci and many representatives from Sage Hill Library making life a ordable for everyday Albertans, and keep the Calgary Board of Education (CBE). That high school Book Discussion Groups Temporary location to open in June! Visit our website taxes on families the lowest in Canada. School and bus- received modernization funding and three new ele- May Theme: Great Canadians! for details. sing fees are to be reduced. Post-secondary tuition fees mentary schools were announced, including one right Travel the world of ideas while talking about your fa- will be frozen for another year. More apprenticeships here in Coventry Hills. vourite Canadian author or book that made you love To register or learn about other events, and training opportunities will be funded. Canada just a little bit more. Bring your book to a lively, visit calgarylibrary.ca or call 403.260.2620. The Coventry Hills/Country Hills Village Elementary facilitated discussion. No registration required. This government has also cut the growth of govern- School has ranked in top positions on the CBE Three- Various Library Locations & Dates ment spending. Waste, perks and excessive salaries Year School Capital Plan for several consecutive years. have been reined in. Salaries for non-unionized public Currently, 996 Kindergarten to Grade 4 students reside sector workers, along with salaries for those serving on in the Coventry Hills and Country Hills Village neigh- agencies, boards and commissions, have been frozen. A bourhoods, with another 1,696 preschool-aged children collaborative new agreement with doctors will save Al- quickly approaching school age. Funding announced bertan taxpayers $500 million over two years. for a new school should lead to smaller class sizes for If only you could At the same time, investment in modernizations of our our youngest learners, in other area schools as well - schools, hospitals, roads and highways are long over- such as Coventry Hills School and Nose Creek School. due. Much-needed repairs and upgrades will keep Al- Even as we celebrated the announcement of a new el- pick your neighbours... bertans working while making life better for Albertans ementary school, many in our community point out that who need those services. the long wait continues for the North Calgary High School. The high school site is the vacant land beside the intersec- tion of Panatella Gate NW, and Harvest Hills Blvd N, and Well now you can! just across Coventry Hills Way NE from Nose Creek School. Anna Jarvis, the creator of Mother’s Thank you to those who have demonstrated support for Day wanted “Mother’s” this new high school through e-mails, phone calls and to be spelled “singular rallies, working with myself, and our local CBE trustee REFER A FRIEND AND WHEN THEY BUY A HOME possesive, for each to move this school up the list of priorities in the CBE’s WITH GENESIS, YOU BOTH WILL RECEIVE $2500. family to honour its Three-Year School Capital Plan 2018-2021. The North own mother, not a Calgary High School is currently ranked in 8th position SELLING IN EVANSRIDGE AND SAGE MEADOWS! plural possessive in the Year 1 list of CBE’s “Capital Priorities – New School commemorating all Construction.” I will continue speaking with Minister of Visit us at GenesisBuilds.com/Referral for more information. mothers in the world.” TRIVIA Education David Eggen and with CBE so that our com- munity gets the school infrastructure we need.
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