Calgary councillors Monday expressed frustration with the province’s hefty demands on its side of the property tax ledger, but say they have no choice but to pass it along to homeowners.
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Monthly Archives: April 2016
City Council considers 2016 tax rates
Red Deer City Council will give first reading to the Property Tax Bylaw for 2016 at today’s Council meeting.
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Flames’ CalgaryNEXT arena plan sent back to drawing board by council
City officials will huddle with Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corp., the company that owns the Flames and Stampeders, to find the best fit for the CalgaryNEXT arena-stadium proposal.
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Iveson makes regional revenue pitch
In his state of the city speech Monday, Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson issued his clearest signal yet that the city has to share in the industrial tax revenue generated in the region.
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University to sell select residential real estate properties
The University of Chicago plans to sell 13 residential properties in the areas surrounding its campus, including 10 buildings that house students, faculty and staff, two vacant lots and one retail property. The sale this summer will allow the University to reinvest resources to support its teaching and research activities. The selected properties will be placed on the market in May 2016, with an expected closing in the fall of 2016.
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Province to fund $18.5M replacement of Kananaskis emergency facility
KANANASKIS COUNTRY — The NDP government is dedicating $18.5 million to a new emergency operations facility in the heart of Kananaskis Country as the number of visitors to the region keeps growing.
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New propane facility announced for county
All about that propane.
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China Stockpiling Oil At Highest Rate In Over A Decade
China might be in the midst of another round of stockpiling, stepping up crude oil imports to fill its strategic petroleum reserve (SPR).
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County OK with high-density housing
Fifty dwelling residential units is no big deal in Strathcona County.
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Silver’s on Fire
Another interesting week, in that the price of silver separated from the price of gold. The former went no nowhere, while the latter gained over 4.5%.
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