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Open House & Information Centre Locations
18/01/2010 11:41
The Heartland Transmission Project's next step consists of consultations with stakeholders via Open Houses and Information Centres.
The Open Houses will take place in January at the following locations:
The Information Centres will be open from mid-January through the end of...
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Your Route Has Been Chosen: What Now?
08/01/2010 08:43
If you happen to live along one of the named routes, we encourage you to browse the Intervener and Join Us pages of this site to get an idea of what the WestTUC Community Alliance would have been prepared to do had the west TUC been named preferred or alternate route. Our next step would have...
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EAST TUC Named Preferred Route
06/01/2010 08:44
As a welcome surprise for those (many) of us on the west TUC, the Heartland Transmission Project has announced the preferred route to be the EAST TUC and the alternate route to be the West (Rural).
For more details, please visit the Heartland's web page or EPCOR's web...
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A Response from Minister Knight
16/12/2009 11:35
A concerned west end resident recently wrote a letter to Energy Minister Mel Knight (and cc'd several public officials and other interested parties) about the Heartland Transmission Project and some of the comments that have come from the government side regarding power lines and Bill 50. Here is a...
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Enmax Accuses Govt of Secret Bill 50 Deal
09/12/2009 13:13
Enmax's chief executive is accusing the Stelmach government of improprieties surrounding its controversial Bill 50 on electricity transmission.
Read more from the Calgary Herald and from the Edmonton Journal.
Wildrose Alliance Response
Here is the official position of the Wildrose Alliance on...
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Heartland Transmission Project UPDATE
02/12/2009 17:28
The Heartland Transmission Project team has released some up to date information about the project in the form of their November newsletter, accessible via this link to their website.
The report states that a preferred and alternate route will be named in "early 2010", to be followed by another...
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Petitions Tabled in Legislature
28/11/2009 21:28
MLA for Edmonton McClung, David Xiao, presented in the Legislature on Thursday (November 26, 2009) the petitions that we have been getting signatures for since the end of June (when this organization consisted of only three individuals).
Here is the account of the occasion from the official...
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Bill 50 Passes
25/11/2009 20:27
Bill 50 will become law by Friday, November 27. Read the latest news stories:
What about landowners' rights? - Edmonton Journal, November 26, 2009
Passage of Bill 50 will bring electricity hikes, critics say - Edmonton Journal, November 26, 2009
Bill 50 Q & A - Edmonton Journal, November 26,...
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Donations Needed
23/11/2009 10:07
Members of the WestTUC Community Alliance have been conducting a widespread awareness campaign about the Heartland Transmission Project since this past June. We have done so without any monetary assistance to date, but we have arrived at the point where it is necessary to ask for funds...
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Province's New Ad Campaign
18/11/2009 10:52
An Edmonton Journal ad (page A13, November 18, 2009) taken out by the province states the following:
"No decisions have been made as to where new transmission infrastructure will be located, and none will be, until Albertans have been consulted.
"In the coming year, the Alberta Utilities Commission...
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