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Don's lake or health? A lbertans will soon find out whether their gov­ernment's dedication to budget balancing is real or merely an excuse to get rid of programs considered superfluous by hard- right Tories. A cost- benefit analysis by a…

Buffalo Lake project raises concern The Canadian Press Red Deer Communities that could be helped by a plan to divert water into Buffalo Lake have welcomed Alberta government plans to res­urrect the project, shelved in 1984. But a retired botany…

^ O C BUFFALO LAKE STABI­LIZATION PROJECT. Do you have concerns about the environmental Impacts of the Buffalo Lake Stabili­zation Project? Are you in­terested in forming a group or in providing financial assistance to oppose this proiect? If so,…

Newspaper Article - 'Key to Survival is Planning' by Liz Delahey - 1986

Premier buoyant over water level • Getty still pushing for upgrade of lake near country home By Ashley Geddes q£ C / * ( Herald Edmonton bureau) /*?< ir$ EDMONTON — Premier Don Getty has dismissed calls to exclude himself from pushing for…

B L o c a l / B2 Classifleds/ B3- BS • • Red Deer Advocate • Local RED DEER ADVOCATE, Saturday, July 6, 1991 Bl City editor: Carolyn Martlndale Assistant city editor: Mary- Ann Barr, 343- 2400 Cabinet OK's Buffalo Lake stabilization By JIM…

Buffalo Lake team appointed By BOB WEBER , J ' of The Advocate ''

Buffalo Lake stabilization project approved • Defiant environmentalists may challenge decision in By ANDREA M A Y N A R D ^ * } of The Advocate Defiant environmentalists may try to block the province's plan to raise the level of Buffalo Lake…

Lake %\, quackers' delight By ADRIENNE TANNER of The Advocate ALIX — The south- central district manager for Ducks Un­limited Canada likes Buffalo Lake the way it is. The shallow lake and its nearby tributaries, wetlands and streams are home to…

Newspaper article about tyhe Old Grandin School ( King Edward School)which the Poruks children attended in the Strathcona Plaindale newspaper.

Botanist wants lake's special nature saved By ANDREA MAYNARD of The Advocate A plan to raise the level of Buffalo Lake could wipe out rare and en­dangered plants and ani­mals, a retired botanist who lives on the shore said Thursday. Charles…

Buffalo Lake plan faces new review By ADRIENNE TANNER of The Advocate The controversial Buffalo Lake stabilization plan faces yet another environmental review — this time by the federal gov­ernment. Glen Hopky, a habitat biolo­gist at the federal…

Environmentalists * may appeal approval of Buffalo Lake project The Canadian Press Red Deer A $ 13- million project to raise the level of Buffalo Lake near Alberta Premier Don Getty's home was granted approval by the federal and provincial…

Local RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, June 7, 1997 Bi Buffalo Lake tap turned off — for now By BRENDA KOSSOWAN Advocate staff Pumping is stalled at Buffalo Lake while landowners scrap with the water management team. Now into its second year of pump­ing…

Walking on the water fo oor old Buffalo Lake. It never had any preten­sions of grandeur like Lesser Slave Lake or Lake Athabas­ca. It was never a brash, upstart lake like Sylvan, nor did it beg to have its picture taken like that vain Louise. No,…

P r o v i n c i a l a f f a i rs ^ re we being buffaloed so Getty can be Santa? B uffalo Lake apparently irritates the people who use it because the water level goes up and down. In recent times it has been down. I'm told the smell is strong…

Artist Ilda Lubane's solo exhibition garnered the attention of the local media. Edmonton, circa 1965.

Preliminary river plan ' feasible' Continued from Page 1A The average flow measured near Red Deer's CP Rail bridge in June for the five- year period through 1988 was 1,620 cubic feet per sec­ond, said Roger Drury of the Al­berta River…

Buffalo Lake project pumping along By BRENDA KOSSOWAN Advocate staff Pumps installed to raise water levels at Buffalo Lake are now hard at work for the 1997 season. Ken Looten, an official with Alberta Environ­mental Protection i n Red Deer, said…

A8 CALGARY HERALD Thurs., September 21, 1989 Resurrection of lake a coincidence: Klein By Jim Cunningham ( Herald Edmonton bureau) EDMONTON - Ralph Klein says it's just a coincidence that his department resurrected plans to stabilize Buffalo…