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January/February 2005 issue	In this issue Table of Contents Feature: Range roamers In-depth: Canada’s bison The Inside Story Editor’s Notebook Reverberations Explorer À la carte Mosaic

Photo: Laura Leyshon

Call it Highway 17, 50th Avenue or simply the Meridian — by any name, Lloydminster’s main street (top) divides the city between Alberta and Saskatchewan. The municipality bears the distinction of being Canada’s only border city: about two-thirds of its 23,000 residents live in Alberta, the rest in Saskatchewan. Replicas of red survey markers along 50th Avenue indicate which province you’re in.

While the city is geographically split, many who live here point out that the border is largely insignificant. A special charter governs the city, which means, for instance, that everyone is exempt from paying the Saskatchewan sales tax. But there are quirks. "We live on the Saskatchewan side, but we have Alberta gas and power," says letter carrier Josi Cooper, whose mail route until recently straddled the border. "When Alberta residents get their rebate, we don’t get it." And managing a border city has its share of challenges. "You get to do everything twice," says Mayor Ken Baker. "If you’re dealing with one provincial government, you have to deal with the other, because we try to run our city as a seamless community."

Monique Roy-Sole

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