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Hanna
Ken Gousseau Today, residents of the bustling town of about
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3,000 people enjoy first-rate recreational amenities,
including an arena, a large curling rink, baseball
Over the years, the railroad Hanna was built on has
diamonds and an 18-hole golf course.
slowly faded into obscurity, but the small town is still
“We have high-quality sports facilities for a town of
rolling strong.
our size,” Collins says. “I am very proud to represent
The town that was started in 1912 as a divisional point
Hanna. It is a wonderfully warm, friendly, welcoming
on Great Northern Railway, and derives its name from
place.”
the company’s president, D.B. Hanna, learned late last
More community facilities are in the works in Hanna,
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year that CN Rail was discontinuing the track that
including a new seniors lodge project by the local
connects the town to Oyen and Lyalta.
Acadia Foundation that is scheduled for completion
“We have lots of retired railroaders in Hanna and they
in 2009.
are upset with the fact that the track may be pulled if
Collins and town councillors Darcy Limpert,
there’s no private interest in purchasing it,” says mayor
Murray Shack, Caroline Siverson, Larry Stickel, Sami
Mary Collins. “It’s very disappointing. There will be
Kemaldean and John Kaster are hoping to restore the
something missing.”
old railway roundhouse station in Hanna, which was
As railroad activity tapered off decades ago, Hanna’s
previously used as a cattle auction market, and turn
economy was bolstered by the oil boom and the
it into a museum while pushing for the building’s
Sheerness Power Generating Station, located about 25
designation as a historical site.
kilometres southeast of town that employs 75 people
Hanna is already home to a famous museum, The
and another 50 coal workers who provide fuel for the
Doll Palace, which features a private collection of
plant.
more than 4,000 dolls made by more than 75 doll
companies from the 1900s to present.
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Irvine
A Brilliant Choice
Ken Gousseau to keep up when everyone is watering
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lawns,” says Deputy Reeve Darcy Geigle,
the Cypress County official responsible
Irvine is ready to grow – all elected officials
for Irvine. “There’s potential for Irvine to
need to do is add water.
grow, but the water is holding it back right
now.”
A 46-lot residential development is
currently on hold in the hamlet of about
There’s no shortage of recreational
300 people as Cypress County officials
activities in Irvine, however. The hamlet
work on an intermunicipal development
has a recreational complex with four
plan with their counterparts in Medicine
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