Some of the city’s wish list of capital projects may get scaled back, delayed or scrapped altogether as council faces a $310 million capital budget deficit over the next decade.
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Growth, transportation talk at State of the Region address
St. Albert and Sturgeon County are making progress on several important regional initiatives, according to the two communities’ mayors.
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Break out champagne. TD Economics says Alberta will lead country in economic growth in 2017 (2.2%) and 2018 (2.3%)
A look at NDP’s infrastructure spending
The NDP is hoping to rebuild Alberta’s economy, literally, as it ramps up infrastructure spending to soften the impact of sagging oil prices.
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Proposed 80-storey tower would smash Western Canada height records
East downtown residents are getting word they could one day have a record-breaking neighbour.
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Former Concrete Equities exec pleads guilty in $20M-plus fraud
A former Concrete Equities executive charged with fraud and theft after bilking 1,200 investors out of more than $20 million has pleaded guilty to his role in the scam but will not likely spend any time behind bars.
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Residents blast Harvest Hills ‘nightmare’ as golf course redevelopment heads before council
A controversial proposal to redevelop a former nine-hole golf course in Calgary’s northeast into a 716-unit housing development is scheduled to be debated at city council next week.
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Town of Stony Plain
Town council was informed that construction on 44th Avenue, where the August watermain break occurred, is going to be redone next spring.
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Final leg of Edmonton’s Anthony Henday Drive to open Saturday
The final link in Anthony Henday Drive will open to traffic on Saturday afternoon, after a grand opening marking the first ring road in Alberta to be completed.
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Dubai property price falls dubbed ‘healthy housing correction’
Agents say the decline is modest compared with 2009, but the city-state remains an emerging market at the whim of outside influences
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