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LocalA cause worth hanging your hat on 
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To look at Murray McRae there’s a lot you wouldn’t know about him. You wouldn’t know that he’s legally blind. And it has had a profound impact on his life since he was first diagnosed with Keritakonis at age 17.
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LocalStantec: old wells not contributing to flooding Posted 2 days ago
The city’s decommissioned wells aren’t adding to the flooding problems, Matthew Goudy, the city’s engineering manager told council at its regular meeting Jan. 23. This past fall the city paid Stantec Consulting $3,240 out of the Storm Water Reserve Fund to complete a study.
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LocalCouncil chambers overflows with irate landowners 
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More than 60 homeowners crowded into city hall Jan. 18 demanding answers from the mayor and chief administrative officer on how they are going to fix the flooding issues plaguing Lacombe.
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LocalCity announces upgrades to prevent flooding Posted 2 days ago
The city will spend more than $3.5-million to upgrade Lacombe’s stormwater systems to help alleviate extensive flooding in residential streets. “In 2012 some significant amount of work will be carried out,” said Norma MacQuarie, chief administrative officer, at a press conference Jan.
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WorldABW: reporting from Afghanistan Posted 3 days ago
During a visit this week to a camp in Afghanistan, of 30 families (about 180-200 people), I saw these young children. In one tent, there were three families living, even throughout the winter. They have been displaced from their homes as a result of the war.
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EditorialCity needs to provide public with financial info Posted 3 days ago
So the Lacombe Taxpayers’ Association (LTA) is at it again. This time they are demanding city hall open its books wide for taxpayers to find out what was spent on the REHDI project in the last few years.
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ProvincialLacombe youth pursues basketball passion Posted 3 days ago
A fun family sport has become one girl’s passion. Lacombe native Candice Duckett, who is in her second year of college at St. Mary’s University College in Calgary, has actively played a variety of sports from soccer and badminton to volleyball and basketball.
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Local SportsSports briefs Posted 3 days ago
Bantam AA OK Tire The Lacombe Bantam AA OK Tire Rockets lost to Airdrie on Jan. 22 at home 4 – 3. Scoring was Zane Bennett, David Luymes, Ty Wagar with assist to Ty Glasman, Dylan Rowley, Tyler Bell, Zane Bennett and David Luymes.
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Letters to the EditorReaders want bypass route for trucks as part of overall plan Posted 3 days ago
Dear Editor, Now the new downtown plan is in the works, and the vision for the future is unfolding, now is the time to incorporate into that plan a bypass route for hazardous goods and heavy transport trucks that are now going right through our historical downtown and residential area of beautiful
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Letters to the EditorReader says it’s time we ‘unrigged’ Alberta’s electricity market Posted 3 days ago
Dear Editor, How’s that electric bill working for you now? It’s difficult for most Albertans to decipher the complexities of Alberta’s deregulated electricity system, but it is not difficult to conclude that our so-called market based electricity system is not working.
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Letters to the EditorCity’s ‘poor’ decision bad for our children Posted 3 days ago
Dear Editor, I am disappointed to see that a complaint from a “concerned citizen” has led to a poor decision by the City of Lacombe. We live in Iron Wolf and have a storm water pond in the park behind our home.
