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EDMONTON The Eastglen Leisure Centre, the Scona and Oliver Pools and the Tipton and Oliver arenas will not be closed, even as Edmonton councillors scrape through the budget to deliver a zero-per cent property tax increase next year. Council voted unanimously to keep the facilities open Wednesday night. Their closures would have together freed up nearly $1.2 million for 2021 and had been proposed as one of nearly 100 budget reduction strategies earlier in the month. Julie Kusiek, president of the community league in Queen Alexandra where the Tipton and Scona facilities are located, said she was pleased with the decision but hoped that their operation wouldn t be threatened again until the city had a plan to replace them. ....