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Redford: No more money for arena Province reiterates position. Downtown project now projected to cost $532M due to area infrastructure
Renney’s Time’s Up
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In this Feb. 8 file photo, Edmonton Oilers coach Tom Renney talks to his team during a game against the Detroit Red Wings in Detroit. The Oilers are searching for a new coach after deciding to let Renney go following two losing seasons. Carlos Osorio/the associated press file
Alberta Premier Alison Redford has restated that the province will not be investing $100 million in the downtown Edmonton arena project. Redford told reporters Thurs day before the annual premier’s dinner in Edmonton that her government’s perspective has not changed
and will not change. But that doesn’t mean that provincial money won’t end up in the project. Redford says the city can always use its share of the province’s municipal-sustainability fund. New concept images and video of the downtown arena were released to the public on Wednesday. The price tag for the project has reached $532 million as a result of surrounding in frastructure including cost of land, transit connections, and sidewalks. Coun. Kerry Diotte said
Thursday that Edmonton Oilers’ owner Daryl Katz should be the one to put more cash into the project. “I don’t think it’s a good deal for taxpayers,” Diotte said. But Mayor Stephen Mandel has said Katz has already agreed to cover a large portion of the project. “He’s taken on the obligation of maintenance and capital improvements as well as renovations for the building,” Mandel said. “I’m not sure what more people expect him to do. I think it’s fair and equitable what he’s done.” the canadian press
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The summer festival is getting a new name, and it’s in the public’s hands page 3
Great Big Sea frontman Alan Doyle releases his first solo album page 29
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