27th Annual Emerald Award Finalist – City of St Albert
A 10-year project to reclaim and revitalize marginal municipal land—the largest project of its kind in St. Albert’s history—has become an opportunity to enhance a former landfill with sports and recreational facilities, protect the Sturgeon River and to put the City’s natural environment pillar of sustainability into action.
Riel Park went from a sewage lagoon cell in the 1950s, to a dry landfill (1970s) to development of recreational facilities in the 1980s-90s. Facing the need for new recreational spaces in the fast-growing community and potential impacts to the river from the historic sewage lagoon and landfill, the City opted to reclose the landfill to more stringent 2005 standards.
Through the next decade, revitalization of an underdeveloped brownfield has turned into a 30-hectare recreation park, plus a five-acre restored wetland, Riel Marsh. Along with eight upgraded soccer and rugby fields, there’s an artificial-turf football field, BMX track, and expanded rodeo exhibition grounds.
Today, the fields are booked for 10,000 hours a year, with thousands more enjoying the recreation and sport amenities. The $30 million Riel Park Project has been supported by the City and numerous stakeholders, including sport and community organizations.
Riel Marsh, adjacent to Big Lake, provides habitat for migrating and nesting birds and is home to beaver, muskrat and waterfowl populations. An interpretive boardwalk through Riel Marsh is now an educational destination for many visitors.
St. Albert, Alberta
St. Albert is a city in Alberta, Canada on the Sturgeon River northwest of the City of Edmonton. It was originally settled as a Métis community, and is now the second-largest city in the Edmonton Capital Region. St. Albert first received its town status in 1904 and was reached by the Canadian Northern Railway in 1906.
Originally separated from Edmonton by several miles of farmland, the 1980s expansion of Edmonton's city limits placed St. Albert immediately adjacent to the larger city on St. Albert's south and east sides.
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Riel Recreational Park
Another sunset flight this time around Big Lake.
Note: as i tried to fly under the bridge, my GPS lock, disconnected and it started wandering off, hence the reason i GTFO of there, last thing i need was to slam into the bridge or pillars..LMAO.. live and learn, i guess.
Soundtrack is from the Sleddogs. IMHO, an awesome Canadian Band. Look them up!!!
ENJOY. cheers!!
Province expands Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park 1
Barbara Poole turns the sod on the new interpretive wetland at Lois Hole Centennial Park.
The Rocky Mountain House Métis: Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site
Rocky Mountain House…the forts are gone but the name remains. This is a story of trade, exploration and competition, but above all it is a story of people! Rocky Mountain House invites visitors to come and learn about Métis trapping, furs and skinning hides.
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The National for Monday January 1, 2018
CORRECTION:
We overstate the amount of dried cannabis that Health Canada has approved for export at 6:32 in this newscast. The agency has actually approved the sale of 528 kilograms to international markets for this fiscal year.
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a winter paradise in Saskatchewan
Murray and I went to a small lake 13.5 km north of Shell Lake last week. Here are a few pictures from our winter retreat in November.
Métis Harvesting and Health Compilation PART 1
2015 Mercedes-Benz M-Class ML 350 BlueTEC Review
View photos and more info at This is a 2015 Mercedes-Benz M-Class with 7-Speed A/T transmission Black[197,Obsidian Black Metallic] color and Almond Beige/Mocha Brown interior color. This video is recorded and uploaded by cDemo Mobile Inspector
Bahamas @ Sunrise - LIVE! July 20th 2018
BBahamas @ Sunrise - LIVE! July 20th 2018
Late Evening Flight With my Blade Chroma Drone 4K
Flight over small pond , and high level views of area. I managed to get to 350 feet, no real need to go any higher. only thing that i was worried about was scaring the Canadian Geese in the water, and have them come attack the drone...which, thankfully they didn't
This Drone is just so amazingly solid in the air. It just locks into a position and stays put. It is so smooth as it moves, however getting the camera to turn and pitch up and down just as smooth requires a bit of practice, all in due time I say. The Gimble is fantastic as well, as it doesn't vibrate at all. Love this thing. More to come.
Hope you enjoy. CHEERS!