Alberta welcomes new ‘merged’ town for new year: Diamond Valley
Posted Jan 1, 2023 2:27 pm.
Last Updated Jan 1, 2023 2:33 pm.
Southern Alberta has a new municipality: Diamond Valley – a merger between Turner Valley and Black Diamond.
Diamond Valley is located 67 kilometres southwest of Calgary at the intersection of Highway 22 and Highway 7. It’s surrounded by Foothills County.
The amalgamation of Turner Valley and Black Diamond was approved in the spring.
Council members will be sworn in Jan. 9 The first council meeting will be held Jan. 11.
Current Black Diamond and Turner Valley elected officials will continue to govern as a united council.
Statistics for Diamond Valley, a new town in Alberta. (Photo Credit: turnervalley.ca)
Business owners will receive renewal notices by mail, and they will have until Feb. 28 to renew the licence.
Street addresses will remain the same, though residents will have to update the addresses on their driver’s licences and vehicle registrations, effective Sunday.
The province will automatically update land titles for free after Sunday.
Finally, to update the address on their passports, residents can cross out the old address on page four and write in the new one above it.
A change of address does not make a passport invalid, according to the federal government.
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Residents who own dogs have to apply for a new permanent identification tag for their licensed pet. They will receive notices for renewal by mail. Licenses are not required for cats in Diamond Valley.
More information can be found online.
