People are continuing to flock to Okotoks and sold signs are popping up at houses listed for sale in town at a record pace.
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City status up to residents
As the town moves forward with annexation and plans to triple its population size in the next 30 years, some are asking whether its it time for Okotoks make the official change from town to city.
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Town cracking down on extra trash
The Town has been on a mission over the last two months to make sure residents put a lid on it – their garbage cans that is.
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The Changing Face of World Oil Markets
Calgary families richest and getting richer, singles richest and getting poorer: StatsCan
Calgary remains the richest major city in the country, according to data released Wednesday by Statistics Canada, but the income levels of family households and single people are headed in opposite directions.
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Fort Mac model pitched to businesses
Fort McMurray high schools have some of the lowest drop out rates in the province along with a unique agreement with local oil companies ensuring they only hire teens who have earned their high school diploma.
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The Coming Storm In The Middle East
A new CIA drone base near Erbil, in the Kurdish region of Iraq, seems to have become America’s portal into the Syrian-Iraqi war – a war U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States will not enter.
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Beef producers reaping rewards of record prices
With cattle prices at record highs — more than double what was paid five years ago —spurred by increasing demand in a recovering U.S. economy, a favourable exchange rate and extremely low inventory, are all adding up to a major payday for beef producers.
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Stantec to move headquarters into Edmonton Arena District
EDMONTON – Stantec announced Wednesday it is moving its global headquarters into a new building to be erected in the Edmonton Arena District (EAD).
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Alberta oil dominates an increasingly unbalanced Canadian economy
In Canada’s economy there’s Alberta, and there’s everywhere else.
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