Edmonton to receive $878 million for transit projects

Edmonton’s transit system is receiving a healthy boost thanks to a cash injection from the federal government.
Federal, provincial and city officials held a news conference in Edmonton Tuesday where they announced Alberta’s $3.3 billion  share of Ottawa’s $33 billion infrastructure fund will go towards transit, green infrastructure, recreation and other needs in the next 10 years.
The money represents Phase 2 of the infrastructure fund first promised in the 2015 federal el