Edenwold RM wins land dispute against White City, Sask.
For White City mayor Brian Ferguson, the decision was disappointing and surprising.
“We did an assessment of what we thought the potential outcomes were and frankly, this was not one of the ones that was on anybody’s radar,” Ferguson said. He feels the growth of White City justifies the need for more land, and while he doesn’t know exactly when, he expects the town to be looking to expand its borders again in the coming years.
“What I can say with certainty is that we’re not going to wait until we get to year eight or 10 before we are back in front of the assembly once again for an application for an expansion of the boundaries of White City,” Ferguson said.And while the two communities have continued to work together through the dispute and will continue to now, it is hard to instantly let go of a four-year engagement after the decision Thursday.
“What I’m concerned most for is those residents who really thought that this was going to give them better government, better representation,” Ferguson said when discussing the area and specifically Emerald Park.Now that the land dispute is over, both White City and the RM of Edenwold’s original development plans will continue as usual.
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