The time has come to compile our evidence for the Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) public regulatory hearing on the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1) project — and we need your help. As part of the provincial regulatory review, the NRCB recently issued notice of a pre-hearing conference to be held on December 2, 2020 in anticipation of a public hearing on the project as early as February 2021. At the […]

This year’s CRCAG Annual General Meeting has been scheduled for December 15 at 6:30 p.m. In consideration of COVID19 restrictions, the event will be held virtually. A registration link and information on how to access the meeting will be sent in the coming weeks. Alberta’s Minister of Transportation Ric McIver (Calgary-Hays) and Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation Doug Schweitzer (Calgary-Elbow) have both been confirmed for the event. As usual, […]

Tomorrow the city is hosting a virtual open house on the Downtown Flood Barrier and other projects planned for the Eau Claire area. Date: Thursday, October 29Time: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Location: Virtual event via Microsoft TeamsRegister: Eventbrite Connect with the project teams working in the Eau Claire area to ask questions and discuss construction timelines, next steps, overview, etc. Construction on the Downtown Flood Barrier could begin as early as Q4 2020, […]

Tomorrow, Alberta Transportation is hosting the second of two community information sessions on the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1). The events will include a presentation on SR1 and a Q&A portion where attendees can ask questions to a panel of project team members. Panelists will include: Honourable Ric McIver, Minister of Transportation Matthew Hebert, Executive Director, Transportation Policy, Alberta Transportation Wayne Speller, Principal, Senior Regulatory & Impact Assessment Specialist, Golder Associates […]

Tonight Alberta Transportation is hosting the first of two community information sessions on the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1). The events will include a presentation on SR1 and a Q&A portion where attendees can ask questions to a panel of Project team members. Panelists will include: Honourable Ric McIver, Minister of Transportation Matthew Hebert, Executive Director, Transportation Policy, Alberta Transportation Wayne Speller, Principal, Senior Regulatory & Impact Assessment Specialist, Golder Associates […]

The report for the Phase 1 conceptual assessment for the Bow River Reservoir Options (BRRO) project has now been released. The Phase 1 report can be found here. The link will take you to a page containing further links to the main body and all the appendices of the report. The report includes: technical information about the reservoir design descriptions of the criteria used to evaluate options environmental considerations for […]

The final upgrades to the Glenmore Dam are complete and the pathway reopened to the public over the Labour Day long weekend. Although functional and structural components were complete in May 2020, the recreational components were not completed until now. A new and improved wider bridge deck will enhance the experience for cyclists and pedestrians. Completion of Glenmore Gates an important milestone The completion of the Glenmore Gates project is […]

The province will be issuing regular newsletters to update the public on the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir project (SR1). You can read the July and August newsletters, plus sign up for future issues online at alberta.ca/springbank-off-stream-reservoir-sign-up-for-updates. Provincial regulatory review Most of the responses to the provincial Round 2 questions have been filed. The outstanding responses relate to fish and fish habitat and required fieldwork that was conducted this July and August; those responses will be […]

Fort McMurray recently experienced the worst flooding it has seen in decades – a 1-in-100-year disaster caused when ice jammed the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers. After floods in 1997 and 2013, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) approved millions of dollars for flood mitigation in its 2014 budget. However, a series of decisions, delays and unfortunate events over the past decade meant that the full flood mitigation system was […]

Click, click, click, click. Like the odometer on an old junker, the time just clicks by, moment by moment. The years (7), months (84), days (2,555), hours (61,320), and minutes (3,679,200) since the 2013 flood, just keep clicking by. And still not one stone has been disturbed upstream on the Elbow or Bow rivers, to effect the mitigation that this City and southern communities so desperately needs, as it always […]