It was like a game of winner-takes-all poker, with a handful of northeastern Alberta communities that are coping with rapid oilsands-related growth and huge infrastructure costs vying with one another for industryrrelated tax and royalty money. And the City of Cold Lake, home to about 15,000 residents, won the pot., Now the losers, including the Fort McMurray area, Lac La Biche, and Cold Lake's nearest neighbour, Bonnyville, are left with few cards to play.
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