Dirty fuel should be consigned to the coal bin of history
Photo Credit: Jon Martin
As long as coal remains so inexpensive to obtain and burn, with few or no dollars paid for the environmental damage it causes, it will continue to be used. And that endangers us all. We need leadership on this. Read this article online...
More than anything else, coal fuelled the Industrial Revolution. It was, and still is, plentiful and cheap. It’s also always been relatively easy to get at, especially if you don’t mind sending kids into mines, endangering the lives of miners, or blasting the tops off mountains.
Coal is an 18th-century fuel source, but we’re still relying on it for much of our energy needs in the 21st century. Because it’s so abundant and inexpensive, there’s been little incentive to switch to cleaner but often more expensive sources.
Burning coal pollutes the air, land, and water and is a major driver of climate change. Emissions from coal combustion contain sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide, mercury, arsenic, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, lead, small particles, and other toxic materials. These cause acid rain, smog, damage to forests and waterways, and a range of serious health problems in humans, from lung disease to cancer.
And, as University of Victoria climate scientist Andrew Weaver concluded after comparing the impacts of burning tar sands oil to burning coal, “We will live or die by our future consumption of coal.” That doesn’t mean the tar sands are okay; it’s just that there’s a lot more coal in the world, and the impacts of mining and burning it are more severe.
Weaver stressed that, “While coal is the greatest threat to the climate globally, the tar sands remain the largest source of greenhouse gas emission growth in Canada and are the single largest reason Canada is failing to meet its international climate commitments.”
I agree with Weaver that the “world needs to transition away from fossil fuels if it wants to avoid dangerous human interference with the climate system. That means coal, unconventional gas, and unconventional oil all need to be addressed.”
Canada uses more than half its coal to generate electricity and for industry. We export about 40 per cent, much of it to Japan and elsewhere in Asia. Canada also imports coal, mainly because it’s cheaper to ship it from the U.S. to eastern provinces than from Western Canada.
About 18 per cent of Canada’s electricity is from coal, less than the global 40 per cent average, and much less than countries like China, which uses coal to generate about 80 per cent of its electricity. But use varies across the country. According to Natural Resources Canada, “Coal is used to produce about 74 per cent of the electricity used in Alberta, 63 per cent in Saskatchewan, 60 per cent in Nova Scotia, and 18 per cent in Ontario. The coal not used to generate electricity is consumed by Canada’s steel, cement and other industries.”
Rather than looking for cleaner ways to generate energy, many industrial and government leaders have been touting “clean coal”. This means trying to reduce some of the pollutants and CO2 by “scrubbing” them from emissions or by burying them underground in a process called carbon capture and storage. It can also mean converting coal to gas.
These are inadequate solutions. They don’t get rid of all the pollutants. Carbon capture is expensive and mostly unproven and we don’t fully understand the consequences of burying carbon dioxide. The governments of Canada and Alberta have committed $3 billion in taxpayer money since 2008 for demonstration CCS projects, mostly for coal operations, but some for the tar sands. Even with CCS, coal plants would not be required to eliminate their CO2 emissions, just reduce them.
As long as coal remains so inexpensive to obtain and burn, with few or no dollars paid for the environmental damage it causes, it will continue to be used. And that endangers us all. We need leadership on this. As Andrew Weaver said, “The atmosphere has traditionally been viewed as an unregulated dumping ground. There is no cost associated with emitting greenhouse gases. Economists call this a market failure. To correct this failure, a price is needed on emissions.”
We are well beyond the 18th century. With energy, it’s time to look to the future and not the past. That means finding ways to encourage clean energy development and discourage fossil fuel consumption. Carbon taxes and cap and trade must be part of the equation.
By David Suzuki with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Editorial and Communications Specialist Ian Hanington.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Lynx - Why we need to care -
© Copyright 2012 Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders At Work
The lynx is a medium-sized cat characterized by its long ear tufts and short (bobbed) tail with a black tip. It has unusually large paws that act as snow shoes in very deep snow and its thick fur and long legs make it appear larger than it really is.
Fast Facts
Height Around 2 feet (.61m)
Length 2.5 - 3 feet (.76 - .91m)
Weight: 10-23 lbs (8-10 kg)
Lifespan: 10-15 years.
Diet:
Lynx are specialized hunters and can survive only where
there are adequate snowshoe hare populations. Lynx are also known to eat mice, voles, grouse, ptarmigan and red squirrel.
Population:
Perhaps 1,000 lynx exist in the lower 48 states.
Range:
Historically, lynx lived in four geographically distinct areas within the continental United States. These areas included the Northeast, the Great Lakes states, the northern Rocky Mountains/Cascades and the southern Rocky Mountains.
Did You Know?
Lynx have excellent eyesight: they can spot a mouse at 250 feet! Also, the black tufts of hair at the tops of their ears serve to enhance their already phenomenal hearing.
In the United States today, lynx are known to occur only in Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Washington. A recent reintroduction program has reestablished a population in Colorado.
Behavior:
Generally solitary animals, lynx usually hunt and travel alone and are slightly more active at night than by day. Lynx have complex needs for their habitat. They require different forest types, including young forests with thick vegetation for hunting snowshoe hares and older forests with good cover for their dens.
Reproduction:
Mating Season: March and April
Gestation: 63-70 days
Litter Size: Average of 4 kittens.
Kittens stay with their mother for the first year while they learn to hunt.
Climate Change and Other Threats:
Lynx are threatened by climate change in different ways. Lynx depend on areas with abundant snowshoe hare populations and lots of deep, soft snow where their large snowshoe-like paws give them a competitive advantage over coyotes, bobcats and other predators. Rising temperatures will decrease snowfall overall, and more melting snow will cause more frequent refreezing, creating a hard crust atop softer snow. These conditions will be more favorable to competitors like coyotes.
Defenders at Work:
Defenders has been working for two decades to draw attention to the plight of the lynx, provide it with federal protection under the Endangered Species Act, and protect critical lynx habitat.
Lynx need a mix of young and old forests in close proximity to each other. Young forests with lots of underbrush are where snowshoe hares live, but lynx need older forests with a lot of downed trees to den in. As climate change is altering forest dynamics and increasing the number of forest fires, there may be less older forest for lynx to den in. Lynx are also threatened by logging, which destroys the habitat both it and the snowshoe hare rely upon for survival.
Reasons For Hope:
Many efforts have gone into helping preserve the lynx.
Reducing mortality: Once hunted and trapped for their fur, the lynx is now protected from all hunting in the U.S., except in Alaska.
Protecting habitat: In 2000, the lynx was recognized as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. In February 2009 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated 39,000 square miles of forest in six states to conserve the threatened cat. That includes 12,834 square miles in two areas of Montana.
Restoring a population: In 1999, Colorado began an ambitious lynx restoration program in the remote San Juan Mountains, and by 2005 more than 200 animals had been released. And as proof that conservationists’ hard work has paid off, in June 2009 ten lynx kittens were found in 5 dens in Colorado!
Legal Status/Protection:
Endangered Species Act: Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the lynx is listed as threatened.
Defenders At Work
The lynx is a medium-sized cat characterized by its long ear tufts and short (bobbed) tail with a black tip. It has unusually large paws that act as snow shoes in very deep snow and its thick fur and long legs make it appear larger than it really is.
Fast Facts
Height Around 2 feet (.61m)
Length 2.5 - 3 feet (.76 - .91m)
Weight: 10-23 lbs (8-10 kg)
Lifespan: 10-15 years.
Diet:
Lynx are specialized hunters and can survive only where
there are adequate snowshoe hare populations. Lynx are also known to eat mice, voles, grouse, ptarmigan and red squirrel.
Population:
Perhaps 1,000 lynx exist in the lower 48 states.
Range:
Historically, lynx lived in four geographically distinct areas within the continental United States. These areas included the Northeast, the Great Lakes states, the northern Rocky Mountains/Cascades and the southern Rocky Mountains.
Did You Know?
Lynx have excellent eyesight: they can spot a mouse at 250 feet! Also, the black tufts of hair at the tops of their ears serve to enhance their already phenomenal hearing.
In the United States today, lynx are known to occur only in Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Washington. A recent reintroduction program has reestablished a population in Colorado.
Behavior:
Generally solitary animals, lynx usually hunt and travel alone and are slightly more active at night than by day. Lynx have complex needs for their habitat. They require different forest types, including young forests with thick vegetation for hunting snowshoe hares and older forests with good cover for their dens.
Reproduction:
Mating Season: March and April
Gestation: 63-70 days
Litter Size: Average of 4 kittens.
Kittens stay with their mother for the first year while they learn to hunt.
Climate Change and Other Threats:
Lynx are threatened by climate change in different ways. Lynx depend on areas with abundant snowshoe hare populations and lots of deep, soft snow where their large snowshoe-like paws give them a competitive advantage over coyotes, bobcats and other predators. Rising temperatures will decrease snowfall overall, and more melting snow will cause more frequent refreezing, creating a hard crust atop softer snow. These conditions will be more favorable to competitors like coyotes.
Defenders at Work:
Defenders has been working for two decades to draw attention to the plight of the lynx, provide it with federal protection under the Endangered Species Act, and protect critical lynx habitat.
Lynx need a mix of young and old forests in close proximity to each other. Young forests with lots of underbrush are where snowshoe hares live, but lynx need older forests with a lot of downed trees to den in. As climate change is altering forest dynamics and increasing the number of forest fires, there may be less older forest for lynx to den in. Lynx are also threatened by logging, which destroys the habitat both it and the snowshoe hare rely upon for survival.
Reasons For Hope:
Many efforts have gone into helping preserve the lynx.
Reducing mortality: Once hunted and trapped for their fur, the lynx is now protected from all hunting in the U.S., except in Alaska.
Protecting habitat: In 2000, the lynx was recognized as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. In February 2009 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated 39,000 square miles of forest in six states to conserve the threatened cat. That includes 12,834 square miles in two areas of Montana.
Restoring a population: In 1999, Colorado began an ambitious lynx restoration program in the remote San Juan Mountains, and by 2005 more than 200 animals had been released. And as proof that conservationists’ hard work has paid off, in June 2009 ten lynx kittens were found in 5 dens in Colorado!
Legal Status/Protection:
Endangered Species Act: Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the lynx is listed as threatened.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Ruhka
By Jennifer Theories
Ruhka - Feb 1994 to March 6 2011
Source: Jennifer
Unconditional love
Every step I've taken for the last seventeen years,
has been followed by the girl with the black, fluffy ears.
She's my joy, my comfort, my shining light,
by my side always, warm days or cold nights.
Her eyes, they probe deeply and grow with each turn,
with each passing moment I watch as she learns
about the wonders of life, the birds and the bugs.
And she'll never turn down a session of hugs.
There are days that are dark and I have to cry
and she's always there 'til my wet cheeks are dry.
Even then she stands proudly, right by my side.
This little one's presence makes me glad I'm alive.
Ruhka came into this world as an unwanted puppy, sometime around February of 1994. We met her in May of 1994. She was running lose in the streets, happily chasing birds and her own curiousity. She ran out into the street and my husband had to lay on the breaks to avoid hitting her, meanwhile a car went racing through a stop sign at the intersection that my husband would have been passing through had he not stopped for this little black pup. No one knows for sure how serious of an accident it would have been but she either saved his life or at least alot of problems and damages.
My husband opened his car door and little Ruhka jumped right in and curled up on his lap.
We called all the city resources thinking someone must be missing this little bundle of pure joy but no one came to claim her. We are so grateful.
Seventeen years later, we are suffering through this feeling of loss but we know that we provided her with a grand and wonderful lifestyle and we know that she appreciated every second of it.
God has always blessed you Ruhka. Save a spot there for me.
Ruhka left her little body behind on March 6 2011 at 5:30 am. She was active and happy until the very end. I cannot truly express the love that we shared, so free from second guesses and alterior motives, so unselfish and so pure. She gave every moment her all. Even in the last two years as she began losing some of her senses - her hearing and her eyesight - she did everything she could to adjust and keep on being happy and affectionate. My husband and I held her as she breathed her last breath on this planet as our little black dog. She moved on naturally without anasthetic lying between us on our bed. She wasn't sick. Her whole life was a blessing from start to finish and although she has left her body behind, she continues to love fully as a free spirit.
Ruhka in October of 2010
Source: Jennifer
Love Your Dog
Comment from original posting:
Old Poolman Level 8 Commenter 8 months ago
This was beautiful and I can tell you truly understand unconditional love. Not everyone has experienced or can grasp this concept. This was a fantastic hub and thanks for sharing.
Status: Approved
Jennifer Theories Hub Author 8 months ago
Thank you Old Poolman. Even though I knew this was coming soon, my Ruhka's passing has hit me hard. This has been a year of great loss and grief for me and I hope that one day I have the courage and the ability to care for another 'unwanted' dog. Seventeen years, oh what do I do without her.
I also want to add that I noticed there are google ads for dog breeders on my page. I don't want that. Please, please, please, never buy a dog (or cat, rabbit or anything else) at a breeder or a pet store. There are literally MILLIONS of dogs and other animals waiting for homes in shelters and city pounds. If you are considering 'buying' rather than adopting because you want a specific breed, then find a shelter or organization that caters to that breed. People abandon animals with equal opportunity so no matter what breed you think you need to own find one that needs you and stop the senseless breeding of animals for profit.
I am so sorry that these google ads are here on my page and I will try to find a way to fix that even if I have to remove any ads. I need the money because I care for other animals fulltime but I don't want to have anything to do with animal breeders or pet stores.
Status: Approved
Crow Raven 8 months ago
What a wonderful journey you have been on together! The ending was beautiful but heartbreaking. Ruhka brightened each day like a sunbeam shining through the clouds. I will remember and celebrate Ruhka.
Status: Approved
Sharyn's Slant Level 7 Commenter 7 months ago
Hi Jennifer,
OH, I love this story. I recently had to have my dog, Buttons, put down last year on August 20. He was almost 15 years old. My cats in my life have somewhat eased my pain of missing Buttons. But it still hurts . . . I haven't been able to bring myself to write about him, yet. But I will eventually because he was the best. Thank you for sharing your wonderful story!
Status: Approved
Lucky Cats Level 8 Commenter 6 months ago
Ohhhhhh...this is so beautiful. So beautiful. Your loving tribute to your baby, your little black dog Ruhka. Your writing skills are incredible and matched only by your sensitivity and loving nature. What a blessing that you are on this earth, Jennifer. Your heart is right here, for all to see...and I am so glad to know that you are as you are..loving, kind and so aware of the value of all life. As you know, I share this feeling with you...a love and caring for my animal companions. We are GOOD people, Jennifer. Bless you, my friend. Kathy Of course, up, awesome, beautiful, like on FB and shared on FB...
Status: Approved
Jennifer Theories Hub Author 6 months ago
It takes one to know one, is the first thing that came to mind when I read your post. I thank you and I receive your compliments whole heartedly. We are good people, us that love and respect the lives of animals. I wouldn't be me without the experiences that I've had with that little dog. She made my son happy, she brought me and my husband closer together, she let us know she needed to be cared for and that she cared for us. Thank you for noticing this article and seeing that it was real, an expression of deeply felt love. Sometimes I think our culture is so fixated on sensationalism that no one notices but Kathy and the others that commented, you've shown me that people do notice and respond to just love, egoless love. Thank you so much.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Polar Bear Ice Flows - Let’s Fake It
I was watching William Shatner’s Weird or What show a while ago and there was a bit about why the seals that usually hang out somewhere off the coast of California suddenly took off a couple of weeks before an earthquake. The details of this segment aren’t all that important because it’s not really what this is about. The show got me thinking about what the seals were doing there. They hang out on the docks and peers of the harbor. Just wooden platforms set out on the water.
This is what led me to thinking about our beautiful-but-in-trouble polar bears of the north. Because of global warming the ice is melting more rapidly and the polar bears are losing their most important form of water transport – the ice flows. These polar bears need something to help them get from one area to another for breeding and feeding throughout different times of the year. It occurs to me that ice flows with ocean currents. All the flows follow the oceans’ lead as to where they are going and how fast they get there. If the ice is melting to fast and the bears can’t use them any more then why don’t we help them by building fake ice flows?
By fake ice flows, I mean that we should be gathering up any sort of recyclable plastic we can get our hands on and forming it into fake ice flows. Then we just place them in the proper ocean currents and let nature take it from there. These fake ice flows would float just as the ice does.
Why not use our plastic garbage to build fake ice flows for polar bears and other animals that use ice flows in and around the artic?
Is there any decent human out there that can help me implement this? Or any decent company that will take the reins (with me involved) to make this real?
Are there any scientists that can tell me that this isn’t a good solution to an immediate problem? Or any that can tell me it is and back me up on this? This really seems like it could work to save hundreds of polar bear lives. Sure, we may have to remove the fake flows once balance is restored but for right now, why not use the fake ice flows.
I am just one person – actually I am one very simple and isolated individual with no real resources to implement this except for reaching out to others that care about this situation. When I am not writing or working on my artwork I am taking care of animals which really means that most of my time is spent taking care of animals. It is a lot of work to really look after animals. I am not very active in the business world and I really shy away from politics and current economic and business practice because it makes me so angry. Because of this I don’t make much money – I never smooze people and as an artist of sorts I am repelled by the process of selling even though it would be in my best financial interest if I was less modest about my work. I am telling you this because this idea of creating fake ice flows as at least a temporary solution to the problems that the polar bears are facing is a good idea that deserves attention. I am not prone to running around trying to get attention for anything but I think this is important enough to warrant me asking around if anyone can make this happen.
So, I am asking. Got any ideas?
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Tiger Dreams
He said that the Tiger is here. There is no turning back.
Neglecting the Tiger you say?
What does that even mean?
I had a dream about a Tiger. He had come to me due to circumstances that I had nothing to do with and suddenly I found myself to be the only one that would take in this Tiger.
He needed my help and I had no real reason not to help him other than he is a completely overwhelming beast with power beyond what I can comprehend physically speaking but hey, that doesn't stop me. Sure, of course I can help.
He was fairly young but he was wise and respectful. He kept his power in check and he made every effort not to overwhelm anyone. I felt absolutely no fear of him at all, none, but I did feel concerned about others. For example, I was afraid that my cats might get into his room and then he would kill them due to his instinct. So what this brought up was that I would be the keeper of this huge and amazing power of nature and make sure his instinct was always in check so he didn't hurt anyone.
He trusted me, he depended on me for his survival in this world. He could not remain as a Tiger in this world without me yet he was so much more powerful and mighty than anything I have ever encountered. I had to keep this savage beast in check. Being a savage beast isn’t as it seems. His instinct is predatory due to the conditions of his body yet he is no different than me in many ways.
So, I accepted him as part of my life and it made me realize how much more attention that I must pay to each moment because his presence creates a great deal of very focused tasks that must be addressed systematically day after day. I do not want this mighty beast locked up in the back room, bored and lonely, sleeping in his own waste and pining away. That is not life. He is alive and I need to give him loving attention. I really saw that I would have to be ever vigilant always ready to deal with the enormity of this living power. A Tiger! For God’s Sake it’s a Tiger. It’s my Tiger now. But he also owns me. I am to give him access to this ‘civilised’ world.
The dream implied that this was part of the deal - the deal - it was a deal that I had accepted the minute that I took his leash.
Thinking and feeling not separated. In this animal there is no separation there is just now and everything is one thing. From moment to moment, thoughts, feelings, physical sensations, each life experience just flows into one thing - him - it is all him.
He looks at me like I am him. He has accepted me as part of what he is now and I can see that he does not perceive all things in this way. This is why I must look out - to be sure he does not destroy what he does not accept as being part of the ‘rightness’ of his world.
I hold the leash to all this power. It is only in my mind that I can control this. Both he and I know that if I do not meet the mental challenges of his power that he will do whatever his instinct will encourage him to do. I have to come up with a convincing set of reasons for an animal such as he to counter act on his entirely predatory nature. He does not seek to kill my loved ones. I am supposed to constantly provide him with good reasons not to.
Yes, I hold his leash. I have taken it, accepted it. That is done. There is no one to hand it back to.
What am I to do now?
I am to pay attention to the Tiger. I am to take the Tiger out of the room he’s been in.
He is my companion. Constant companion.
Dear God! You must help me! Amen!
Friday, October 28, 2011
Christian the Lion Continues to Inspire
October 28, 2011
Christian the Lion Continues to Inspire
Dear Friends of Real Paid Estate
Last night’s edition of the cable TV program “Oprah’s Lifeclass” featured video clips of Christian the legendary lion — who’d been rescued from a London department store and returned to the wild — being reunited with his former owners. The segment was narrated by Oprah Winfrey, who evidently was moved to tears by the footage.
Christian’s stunningly heart-warming reunion with his two human friends, captured in a documentary by Born Free co-founders Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna (my parents, I’m extremely proud to say), went “viral” on YouTube and has inspired millions of people worldwide. Christian, by the way, spent four months living in my garden before being released to the African wild!
See a slideshow in which my mother recalls details of Christian’s story.
Enjoy footage my parents took of Christian’s reunion with his human friends.
Watch the “Lifeclass” segment about Christian.
And please help spread the word by forwarding this e-mail to your family and friends, and consider posting it on Facebook and Twitter so that all your contacts will have the chance to see Christian the lion’s reunion and to learn more about how Born Free USA works to protect lions.
For the animals,
P.S. Christian the lion received a second chance in Africa and we work to help all wild lions in Africa, so please donate toward the cause.
Christian the Lion Continues to Inspire
Dear Friends of Real Paid Estate
Last night’s edition of the cable TV program “Oprah’s Lifeclass” featured video clips of Christian the legendary lion — who’d been rescued from a London department store and returned to the wild — being reunited with his former owners. The segment was narrated by Oprah Winfrey, who evidently was moved to tears by the footage.
Christian’s stunningly heart-warming reunion with his two human friends, captured in a documentary by Born Free co-founders Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna (my parents, I’m extremely proud to say), went “viral” on YouTube and has inspired millions of people worldwide. Christian, by the way, spent four months living in my garden before being released to the African wild!
See a slideshow in which my mother recalls details of Christian’s story.
Enjoy footage my parents took of Christian’s reunion with his human friends.
Watch the “Lifeclass” segment about Christian.
And please help spread the word by forwarding this e-mail to your family and friends, and consider posting it on Facebook and Twitter so that all your contacts will have the chance to see Christian the lion’s reunion and to learn more about how Born Free USA works to protect lions.
For the animals,
P.S. Christian the lion received a second chance in Africa and we work to help all wild lions in Africa, so please donate toward the cause.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Alberta Real Estate
Milk River is a town just twenty minutes north of the major Canadian and United States border crossing. This southern Alberta small town is a great location to explore the adventure of a small town lifestyle with all the main amenities for day to day living.
Many of the major cities in Alberta are currently offering home sales ranging from $250,000.00 to many millions of dollars. While it is nice to have all the amenities of the big cities like Calgary and Edmonton, it is expensive and slightly overwhelming to the budget. Smaller cities like Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Red Deer offering the benefits of a less congested environment, the real estate pricing is still quite high.
Milk River offers homes for sale that are better than competitively priced with the bigger city centers.
Milk River is located just a forty minute drive south of Lethbridge, a city of approximately 100,000 people. Lethbridge has many major amenities like Costco, Wal-Mart and Park Place Mall as well as the University of Lethbridge. Many Milk River residents make the commute from town to Lethbridge for daily work as it is an easy drive with a well maintained highway route.
The Town of Milk River has very well priced housing. Ranging from $60,000.00 to $400,000.00 this is a market that offers much more house for the money than you would get in the bigger cities. The town is laid out well with a nine-hole golf course, grocery store, pharmacy, restaurants and a full emergency hospital facility with a medical center for seeing the general doctor. The medical facility also has a fully functioning lab to support all of your health care needs right in town.
Check out the Town of Milk River if you are looking to relocate or want to invest in a beautiful small town in a growing Alberta real estate market.
Many of the major cities in Alberta are currently offering home sales ranging from $250,000.00 to many millions of dollars. While it is nice to have all the amenities of the big cities like Calgary and Edmonton, it is expensive and slightly overwhelming to the budget. Smaller cities like Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Red Deer offering the benefits of a less congested environment, the real estate pricing is still quite high.
Milk River offers homes for sale that are better than competitively priced with the bigger city centers.
Milk River is located just a forty minute drive south of Lethbridge, a city of approximately 100,000 people. Lethbridge has many major amenities like Costco, Wal-Mart and Park Place Mall as well as the University of Lethbridge. Many Milk River residents make the commute from town to Lethbridge for daily work as it is an easy drive with a well maintained highway route.
The Town of Milk River has very well priced housing. Ranging from $60,000.00 to $400,000.00 this is a market that offers much more house for the money than you would get in the bigger cities. The town is laid out well with a nine-hole golf course, grocery store, pharmacy, restaurants and a full emergency hospital facility with a medical center for seeing the general doctor. The medical facility also has a fully functioning lab to support all of your health care needs right in town.
Check out the Town of Milk River if you are looking to relocate or want to invest in a beautiful small town in a growing Alberta real estate market.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)