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Kills five. causes some of the worst flood damage in Alberta's history. May 5, 2015 29th Alberta general election occurs. The Alberta New Democratic Party win a majority — ending 44 years of Progressive Conservative party rule. May 1, 2016 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire begins. It displaces more than 88,000 people from their homes.
Black Diamond was so named because of coal deposits near the original town site. [7] Little oil or gas remains. It was a sister town to Turner Valley , and has a hospital, shops, hotels and residences, elementary school (K-6th grade), high school (7th-12th grade), hockey rink and a Boys and Girls Club .
The Literary History of Alberta Volume One: From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two. University of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-88864-296-7. The Literary History of Alberta: Volume One at the Internet Archive; Melnyk, George (1998). The Literary History of Alberta Volume Two: From the End of the War to the End of the Century. University of Alberta.
Turner Valley was a town in the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada within the Town of Diamond Valley. It is on Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail), [6] 3 km (1.9 mi) west of Black Diamond and approximately 60 km (37 mi) southwest of Calgary. It was named after Robert and John Turner who settled in the area in 1886. [7]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... History of Canada; Timeline of Canadian history; ... Alberta's Two Rivers School District board cajoles ratepayers in arrears [8]
Black Diamond In 2021, the Town of Black Diamond had a population of 2,730 living in 1,178 of its 1,233 total private dwellings, a change of 0.9% from its 2016 population of 2,705. With a land area of 6.82 km 2 (2.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 400.3/km 2 (1,036.8/sq mi) in 2021.
Each year from Feb. 1 to March 1, Black History Month is recognized in the U.S. Set aside to commemorate the many contributions and accomplishments of Black Americans, the observation provides an ...
Diamond City is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Lethbridge County. [2] It is located on Highway 25 , approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Lethbridge . The community was so named on account of deposits of coal near the original town site, a resource also called "black diamond".