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Week ending 26 Feb 2010 Vol 24, No 25
Feature Article: Government plans for "smart meters" and a "smart grid" would change the way Albertans think about and use the electricity system. (Link to articles and websites on smart grids and smart meters)
Also in this week's edition:
- The electoral boundaries review commission submits its interim report on a redrawn electoral map.
- The government tables an 86-page bill to amend the province's election laws.
- The rejection of calls for fixed election dates is one piece of evidence among many that the Alberta government is not always the national leader it claims to be.
- MLAs agree to have an independent commission study whether their salaries and benefits are fair - it's a major turnaround for the government.
- A former PC member exhumes a buried skeleton relating to the budget.
- Two of Alberta's smaller and lesser known parties merge; one of them has what's widely viewed as a desirable name.
- New reporting is in the works on the economic benefits of P3 projects.
- Scientists keep coming up with energy sources that don't rely on Alberta gas and oil..
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