Provincial officials in Black Diamond last week assured local leaders and residents that work to shore up the Sheep River’s banks by the Highway 22 bridge will be ready by the time water levels rise this year.
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Lawn care company investigated by province for unfair practices
Service Alberta is investigating four complaints against Dr. Green, a national lawn care company, for unfair trade practices.
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BoC’s Poloz shaves forecast, won’t rule out interest rate cuts in future
OTTAWA – Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says he has not ruled out a future cut to interest rates despite his belief that the global and Canadian recoveries are picking up steam and that disinflationary pressures appear to be waning.
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Provincial grant helps town equip for floods
Work to prepare for this year’s flood season in Okotoks is getting a substantial boost from the provincial government.
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City brokerage not necessary, council told
An Ontario consultants’ report, rejecting a suggestion the city create its own in-house brokerage, has been filed by city council.
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‘Owners’ Equivalent Rent’ Is An Odd Measure Of Inflation
March data released yesterday showed an increase in the CPI inflation rate to 1.5% y/y from 1.1% the month before. It was led by food prices and rents. The former rose 0.4% m/m, and 1.7% y/y.
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IT and legal Update
We have been very busy behind this scenes this past week due to substantial progress we have made on both the IT and legal fronts. Let me explain.
First of all, WordPress has released a number of patch releases in anticipation of their major update called WordPress 3.9 which is due any day now. We have been updating our systems to ensure they are fully up to date. All of this is going on without interfering in our service to you the reader. We would never use any antiquated system such as myspace or any variation of it in 2014 and neither should you if you are on the web!
Secondly, we have nearly finalized our choice of legal counsel for our corporation. We have it down to a few candidates all of which have offices in Calgary and are internationally renowned law firms. Once we have made our final decision, we will let it be known as they will key in us proceeding forward. This comes at a critical time as our major announcement from October is nearly ready and we will be completely ready to deal with any and all opposition we may encounter.
Stores ready to open on Dunmore Road at old Canadian Tire location
It’s out with the old and in with the new as renovations as SportChek and Atmosphere open doors at the old Canadian Tire building on Dunmore Road.
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American Homebuilders Are Running Out Of Land
(Reuters) – A resurgent U.S. housing market has created an unforeseen land shortage that could take the shine off an otherwise promising year for homebuilders.
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Flood mitigation tops council’s priority list
In a recently released action plan, High River councillors outlined their top priorities for the coming year.
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