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Boardwalk Rental Communities partners with Alberta Housing and Capital Region Housing Corporation to provide 160 Apartment Units of housing for those displaced by the Slave Lake Fire
May 24, 2011 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- CALGARY, May 24, 2011 /CNW/ - Boardwalk Real Estate ...
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