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Feb 25, 2021
Budget 2021 Capital Plan: Creating 90,000 new jobs | Plan d’immobilisation 2021 : Créer 90 000 nouveaux emplois en Alberta
Budget 2021’s Capital Plan invests almost $21 billion over three years to boost Alberta’s economy and create 90,000 new jobs.
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The 2021 Capital Plan invests $20.7 billion over three years. This is an increase of $1.7 billion in 2021-22 from Budget 2020, reflecting the government’s commitment to getting shovel-ready projects off the ground and Albertans back to work in good-paying jobs.
The plan will support more than 50,000 direct and 40,000 indirect jobs through to 2024. This includes new funding for 41 projects totalling $825.8 million over three years, including:
CALGARY Save for a pocket in west central Alberta, wind, snowfall and winter storm warnings are in place from Environment Canada for much of the province. Wind gusts up to 90 km/h are expected in wind prone areas today. Winds will diminish by early this evening, reads the warning. Loose objects may be tossed by the wind and cause injury or damage. Be prepared to adjust your driving with changing road conditions due to high winds. Gusts of up to 110 km/h are expected in the eastern parts of the province, near the Saskatchewan border. Snowfall warnings are also in place for Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, along with the Hinton and Grande Cache areas and around Whitecourt.
EDMONTON Get set for an active day of weather tomorrow with a good chance of accumulating snow, gusty wind and maybe even some freezing rain. Mix of sun & cloud with temperatures a couple degrees above zero in the afternoon. BUT.a Low Pressure system moves into NW Alberta this afternoon. South of that system, a trough through the foothills will likely kick up some gusty conditions. Wind warnings have been issued for areas from Nordegg south to the US border. Snowfall Warnings are in effect for the Icefields Parkway AND areas from Jasper east through to Bonnyville. Areas included are: Hinton/Grande Cache, Whitecourt/Edson/Swan Hills/, Slave Lake, Westlock/Barrhead/Athabasca, Cold Lake/Bonnyville/St Paul.
You can count on me Please have snow and mistletoe And presents under the tree.”
Bing Crosby – lyrics Kim Gannon
Exactly 50 years ago, in 1970, I found myself on the road, heading home to the Crowsnest Pass for Christmas. The trip turned into a 600 mile nightmare that still leaves me shaking my head. It is only through time that dramatic events in our lives mellow and we can look back at them with some degree of humor. Such is the case with this story. This Christmas odyssey started in Grande Prairie, Alberta, where I was working for a planning commission and engaged to a local girl from there. That year she decided to head for Swan Hills for Christmas to visit a friend and I wasn’t invited! The thought of being alone at that time of year in a city I hardly knew with no family or friends kind of worked me over and a serious case of homesickness set in.