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Heritage Pointe Real Estate Blog - Friday December 9, 2011 - House of Commons Eliminates Wheat Board Monopoly

The House of Commons voted this past November to do away with the monopoly the Canadian Wheat Board had over the industry. That means that wheat farmers, having in the past needed to go through that agency, can now decide how and when they can market their own crops. That means setting their own prices and signing their own contracts.

The bill that ended it all is called the Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act. It will go into effect on August 1, 2012, but farmers can negotiate contracts starting January 1st of 2012 for delivery anytime after August 1st of that year. The wheat board will still be around, but the single-desk contract system will be abolished.

That means the wheat board will be getting a new crop of directors. Farmer’s are enthusiastic about the new system. Some, like Noel Hyslip from Vulcan, Alberta, traveled to Ottawa to witness the vote. He has a personal interest because in the 1990s he tried to sell some of his wheat to a customer in the United States and was thrown in jail for 45 days. Now Hyslip and all other Canadian farmers can treat their wheat crops the same as any other cash crop, selling whenever and to whomever they wish.

Heritage Pointe Real Estate Blog - Tuesday November 29, 2011 - Home in Heritage Pointe Neighbourhood Destroyed by Fire

A home in the Heritage Pointe neighbourhood in Calgary was destroyed by fire this past Friday. All that is left are parts of the entryway and two brick pillars. Two people were left homeless by the 7:30 pm blaze, which seemed to start and grow rapidly.

One neighbour, Dave Mueller, said everything appeared normal when he got home from work. Twenty minutes later the home was billowing black smoke. Neighbours knocked on the home’s door and all they could see was flames. The residents, a woman and her adult son, were not home at the time. Though the fire department worked on the property for about three hours, the home could not be saved. The blaze picked back up about 3am because the blaze had reignited from some apparent hot spots.

When they arrived back, the woman was visibly distraught. The next day the lady was apparently in better spirits. Neighbours say the owner was quiet, and had lived in the home for the last five years. The home was up for sale, with an asking price of $609,000. Fire officials are looking into the cause of the fire, considering it suspicious for now.

Heritage Pointe Real Estate Blog - Tuesday November 15, 2011 - Artesia Project Gets Underway in Heritage Pointe

Heritage Pointe is getting a new 272-home community dubbed Artesia. It is the last development in the neighborhood, and will be located at Deerfoot Trail and Dunbow Road. The 55 acre site will be home to a mix of single family structures and villas, set to be built in four separate phases.

Developer Ted Stack is overseeing the project. Right now he is hoping that the grading, deep utilities and the roadways are well along before the deep snows of winter settle in. Opening date is sometime in the fall of 2012. This is a luxury development, with homes by Thomas Luxury Living, Astoria Custom Homes and Albi Homes. The villas will be constructed by Calbridge Homes.

Single family properties will be on estate lots, ranging from 65 to 90 feet wide. Roughly half of the community will be open space, and the construction methods will be environmentally friendly. Single family home prices start in the middle $700,000 range. Villas will price out beginning in the low $700,000s. Architectural style will be similar to other Heritage Pointe developments, sporting a mixture of French and English Country, Tudor, Georgian and Craftsman designs.

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