Thus Wetaskiwin enjoys a source of clean, fresh air while being ideally located in the rich north-south corridor of Alberta. Wetaskiwin also enjoys abundant, good water.

The prevailing winds come to Wetaskiwin mainly from the west, where there are no major cities or large industries - only farms, then trees and forests all the way to the Rocky Mountains and then the Pacific Ocean.

Wetaskiwin also normally enjoys ample rainfall. Farming is done in the area with little or no irrigation, and in the city are thousands of healthy lush trees, most rarely needing to be watered.

Wetaskiwin was honored as the winning city in the Alberta Year 2000 "Communities in Bloom" contest. The competition is between cities of comparable size all across Alberta and placed Wetaskiwin as the top city in the province in its category.

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This honor qualified Wetaskiwin to move up and compete with other cities across Canada at the National level. In 2001 and 2002, Wetaskiwin placed very well.

Then in 2003, in the 10,001 - 20,000 population category, Wetaskiwin won it all and was named the "Communities in Bloom National Champion".

At the same event Wetaskiwin also won as second award for the "Tidiest City in Canada" (in a combined category including cities of all sizes.)

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Communities in Bloom Website