EDMONTON – With the “bitumen bubble” blasting a $6 billion hole in the province’s energy revenues, Alberta is facing some tough choices.
Or at least, so we’ve been warned by Premier Alison Redford, Finance Minister Doug Horner and their Tory colleagues.
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Residents of the southeast community of Fulton Meadows can be proud to know they have an official Edmonton community league.
A resident of the neighbourhood for the past two years, Erin Sturgeon serves as the new community league president.
Sturgeon and eight other community members created the Fulton Meadows steering committee, which, over the past eight months has laid the groundwork to making Fulton Meadows an incorporated and registered community league.
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A world-renowned food advocate is giving Edmontonians and University of Alberta students something to chew on.
Best-selling author and food activist Raj Patel spoke at Edmonton’s city hall Wednesday to challenge the perceptions of food and culture as well as educate Edmontonians about the global food economy.
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The year 2012 continued to be a strong recovery year for Calgary, most notably due to impressive employment gains with what will likely be record migration when the final stats are tallied. Indeed, the region is seeing increased attention from investors, businesses and people from all over the world. Truly, in terms of the economy, there are few better places in the world to be than in Calgary.
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Back in business.
The return of NHL hockey has meant a revenue rebound for some Calgary businesses just a couple weeks after the much-delayed debut of the season.
“It’s been unbelievably busy,” said Paige Lambert, a manager at Jamesons Irish Pub in Sunridge.
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A section of Blackie School that was demolished could be resurrected as a recreational park for the whole community, if a group of school officials and residents have their way.
Plans are in the works to build a park just to the north of the hamlet’s existing school that could include a pathway, picnic area and exercise equipment.
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The long-awaited South Health Campus emergency department opened Jan. 14.
The emergency room deals with some cases that can’t be handled at Okotoks Urgent Care Department, but patient numbers haven’t dropped at the Okotoks Health and Wellness Centre since the emergency room in Calgary opened.
The hospital is located in the south Calgary in Auburn Bay and is staffed to handle up to 200 patients a day, with 70 registered nurses and nine paramedics on staff. There are between one to five doctors in the emergency room throughout the day and a pediatrician on from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day.
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Data from the Conference Board of Canada shows exactly why Calgary and Alberta have tremendous levels of spending compared with the rest of the country.
Whether it’s luxury home sales, luxury cars or luxury retail, people in these parts have in recent years shown a propensity to spend their hard-earned dollars.
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Voters can expect few changes in the foothills area once new riding boundaries come into effect for the next federal election.
The Macleod riding could get a new name and be a little smaller if the report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta is approved, but it will not sever the riding in two as considered in an earlier proposal.
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As a metals broker I am always asked about storage. I have rather strong feelings about this topic and I always advise people the following:
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