13
Apr
Alberta | Alberta’s government is providing an annual grant for Coaldale to cover local policing costs the federal government refuses to pay.Since signing a policing agreement with the federal government in 2016, Coaldale has been the only municipality in Canada to pay 100 per cent of the cost of its RCMP contract. Ratepayers in Coaldale have been saddled with more than $4 million in extra costs as a result and Alberta’s government will no longer allow this to continue. An annual provincial grant of $550,000 will remove a significant financial burden from ratepayers in Coaldale and protect public safety by…
