The city will work through the winter to repair six “critical” sites along the Bow River eroded by flood waters, but says it may not be finished before next flood season.
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Monthly Archives: October 2013
FOLLOW THE MONEY… STRAIGHT TO CANADA
Let’s call it an energy shopping spree of sorts.
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Oil and Politics: Who will Take over from the US in the Middle East?
There is little doubt that politics as we knew it in the Middle East is changing right before our very eyes and with that shift in politics will unavoidably come a change in the policies of oil, as the two go hand in hand in the region where the Arab countries have learned since the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War that oil can be a very powerful weapon.
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Flaherty hints at sizeable surplus coming in 2015
The federal government will not only balance the budget in 2015, it will run up a sizable surplus before the next federal election, says Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.
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Staples: It’s time for Edmonton to ‘go for the gusto’
EDMONTON – In the group photograph of Edmonton’s new city council taken before Tuesday’s official swearing-in ceremony, Coun. Ed Gibbons stood at the right hand of new Mayor Don Iveson. Gibbons’ position was appropriate, not just because of his tenure on council.
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Calgary housing affordability easing: report
CALGARY – A sharp rise in average household income is keeping Calgary house price affordability in check, says a new report released Tuesday by Desjardins Group Economic Studies.
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Sears moving distribution centre to Calgary
TORONTO — Sears Canada will be moving one of its distribution centres, employing 276 people, from Regina to Calgary.
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Small Business Week wraps up in High River
One of Canada’s top economists addressed an attentive High River audience Friday afternoon as Small Business Week wound to a close, offering thoughts about the country’s future, but also voiced the necessity of business collaboration.
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Sylvan Lake not clamping down on tenting
The Town of Sylvan Lake will keep an eye on tenting next summer but isn’t planning any new rules.
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August home prices up 1.3% from July
U.S. home prices were up 1.3% in August from July , but the peak rate of gain in home prices occurred in April, a widely watched index shows.
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