[Ost-news] Move over Fort Mac, a new boomtown is born

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Move over Fort Mac, a new boomtown is born  
On the surface Grande Prairie looks unremarkable, but its riches of oil and gas have brought roaring growth  
DAVID EBNER  
[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070521.RGRANDEPRAIRIE...][1]  
May 21, 2007

GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALTA. -- On the surface, Grande Prairie, with a population nearing 50,000, looks unremarkable. Most buildings are a couple of storeys high, and the only striking feature of the richest neighbourhood in town - called Wedgewood - is the number of three-vehicle garages.

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    [1]: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070521.RGRANDEPRAIRIE21/TPStory/Business (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070521.RGRANDEPRAIRIE21/TPStory/Business)
    [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/move-over-fort-mac-new-boomtown-born

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