Alberta's Towns Are Disappearing and The Sordid Tale of Edmonton Women's Suffrage
What happens when municipalities are pushed to amalgamate to save costs? We're starting to find out
Last October, voters in the town of Manning stood at a crossroads: Do we remain a town or do we throw away that history, and the services it provides, to save money as a hamlet of nearby Northern Lights?
The challenges Manning faces aren’t unique in Alberta. Infrastructure maintenance costs are ballooning while property values continue to fall. This eat…