22-Mar-07. Tories unlikely to halt Balzac project. Edmonton Journal, A16.

Developer Ivanhoe Cambridge and the United Horsemen of Alberta are building a racetrack, mall, hotel, veterinary college and casino in the hamlet of Balzac north of Calgary without a . The City of Calgary has refused to send its municipal water to the project and now the Municipal District of Rocky View wants to obtain water from the distant Red Deer River. Government critics are hinting at a secret deal between the Balzac mall developers and senior government officials over the water licence issue.