The tiny hamlet of Caroline, home to just 500 residents northwest of Calgary, is at the centre of a growing debate over how rural communities can balance much-needed tax revenue with the desire to preserve their unique way of life.
At issue is a proposed 57-acre, 14-megawatt solar farm that supporters hail as an economic lifeline, but opponents fear could alter the character of the village forever. The project, which buts up to the northern border, is almost the size of the town itself.
