Election Call

Voters in the constituency will decide in a by-election April 8 who will fill another seat in Alberta’s Legislature. Premier Ralph Klein said that “The people of the Wainwright riding deserve to have an MLA in place as soon as possible, and I know they’re looking forward to the opportunity of selecting a person to represent them in the Legislature.” The by-election became necessary following the resignation of former Wainwright MLA Robert (Butch) Fischer on December 31, 2001. Fischer’s desk and chair have been since moved away, but he used to be located in the area marked here by a red circle. This picture was taken during a break on March 13 when the provincial government passed its controversial Bill 12 which dealt with teachers. ©Provost News Photo.

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Communities Gain Population, Others Drop—Census
•Alberta Up, Saskatchewan Down
• Canada Now Has Over 30 Million Residents

New census figures compiled by the Government of Canada show that some communities in the trading area near Provost have increased population numbers—while others have lost people since the previous general census.

The urban areas of the province are surging ahead in population while some rural areas made modest gains—and others went the other direction. The numbers compare populations of 2001 with 1996.

Canada’s population grew by four percent and now sits at 30,007,094. In 1996 Canada had 28.8 million people living here.

Alberta’s population meanwhile shot up by 10.3 percent from 2,696,826 in 1996 to 2,974,807 in 2001.

Saskatchewan lost 1.1 percent of its population shrinking from 990,237 people in 1996 to 978,933 in the latest census.

Communities in this chart show a population movement in the area and selected other places across Alberta and Saskatchewan:

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