Accounting giant KPMG says Canada has proven to be second most competitive market in a comparison test of 10 leading industrial countries.
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Monthly Archives: March 2016
Calgary ranks last for business competitiveness in Canada, but still among tops in world, finds new survey
Calgary has received the dubious distinction of being the most expensive Canadian city in which to do business, according to a new study.
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Paula Simons: MacEwan’s new arts centre charms its way into heart of Edmonton
On the fifth floor of MacEwan University’s new Centre for the Arts and Culture, construction workers, tethered by safety lines, wrestle a giant pane of glass into position. The window is just over two metres high, and about 1-1/2 metres wide. Under the deep blue sky, the glass glints in the bright March sunlight. It’s a risky and beautiful manoeuvre, part performance art, part aerial dance — a fitting metaphor for MacEwan’s work-in-progress.
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Construction starts at stalled Edmonton’s Station Pointe development
Concrete pilings are finally creeping skyward at Belvedere’s stalled Station Pointe redevelopment.
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THE NEXT BIG THING
Where will Calgary’s newest hot spot emerge?
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New retailers coming to Park Place Mall by fall despite economy
LETHBRIDGE – There have been prominent changes at Park Place Mall over the past several years that have had a noticeable impact on the retail landscape.
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SR1 opponents continue to question dam
Opponents of the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1) continue to question the Alberta government’s decision on its location after it was announced the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has begun.
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Heritage Hills stage 2 neighbourhood plan approved
The neighbourhood plan for stage 2 of Heritage Hills was approved by Cochrane town council, Mar. 29, after a lengthy discussion around building on slopes that resulted in conditions being added.
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Council views Historic Downtown plan
In order to continue to strengthen and enhance the Historic Downtown, council has directed administration to prepare a 2016 budget request for the first phase of a plan presented by Cochrane economic development manager Mike Korman.
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Fed Admits it is the World’s Central Bank – not just the USA Central Bank
Janet Yellen signaled that the Fed is grappling with the problem I have been warning about: the dollar has become the de facto currency and the Fed is indeed becoming the world’s central bank.
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