EDMONTON – Young professionals with a taste for downtown nightlife aren’t the only ones driving Edmonton’s impressive condo boom.
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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Massive blaze tears through Fort McMurray condo building
EDMONTON – A huge fire broke out at a condo building that’s under construction in Fort McMurray around the lunch hour on Friday.
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Alberta mid-sized cities rival Calgary/Edmonton for economic growth
CALGARY – Red Deer and Medicine Hat are forecast to post economic growth on par with Prairie counterparts — Calgary, Regina, Edmonton and Saskatoon — Canada’s leaders, according to The Conference Board of Canada’s Mid-Sized Cities Outlook 2014 released on Friday.
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Park maintenance changes coming
At Monday’s council meeting, High River’s renewal department proposed a new maintenance strategy for some local green spaces.
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Ukraine, Iraq tensions ‘dangerous’ to global economy: Oliver
Finance Minister Joe Oliver fears the turmoil in Ukraine and Iraq is potentially “dangerous” to the global economy, particularly in Europe where he says many countries are not living up to their promises to get their books in line.
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Alberta viewed as best-managed province in Canada
A recent survey finds that Alberta is the envy of the country when it comes to how our province is run.
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The Midwest Is Almost Entirely Free Of Middle East Oil
There have been so many milestones during the Great American Shale Boom that some occasionally fall through the cracks.
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When real estate flips you the finger
The cost of land in the nation’s hottest urban neighborhoods is only going up, and that has developers building up, higher, even when the new construction might not fit in with the old.
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Canadian dollar nears 2014 high against U.S. greenback
The Canadian dollar tested six-month highs Friday, but analysts say they don’t expect the loonie’s recent strength to be the new normal.
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City economy still slow, steady
Slow and steady wins the race.
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