Morinville is now just 107 people away from becoming Alberta’s newest city, suggests its latest census.
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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Alberta’s carbon prices will be highest in Canada by 2020: study
OTTAWA — Move over, British Columbia: Canada’s oilpatch next door in Alberta is on track to have Canada’s most aggressive carbon pricing system by 2020.
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Thrift store opening new location
A new home for the Bibles for Missions Thrift Store will provide more room for retail space and officials with the store say it will help the organization support causes in Okotoks and abroad.
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Municipality issues demolition order to owners of destroyed properties
To hasten recovery the municipality is issuing a demolition order to all Wood Buffalo property owners whose homes and structures were destroyed by the fire, the municipality announced Wednesday.
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Town replacing water meters in thousands of homes and businesses
The Town of Okotoks is replacing water meters in thousands of homes and businesses to bring them up to date.
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New liquor warehouse on track for completion
The Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission’s new liquor distribution centre is on track to open in 2017, on time and on budget.
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Palliser continues to develop connections in China
Palliser Regional Schools marked another step forward in June in exposing its students to the larger world while sharing the excellent educational experience provided here with international students.
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The 9 most profitable places to be a landlord in the UK
The nine most profitable areas in the UK to be a landlord have been announced in the Buy To Let Index by online lending and investment platform Lendinvest.
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Low Oil Prices Kill Off 7 Billion Barrels Of Oil Production
Capital expenditure cuts of $150 billion for 2016 and 2017 by U.S. exploration and production companies are expected to result in average production losses of 4.2 million barrels per day in the Lower 48 through 2020, according to Wood Mackenzie.
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The price is right for commercial real estate
The city’s energy industry may be struggling, but one local company in the business of serving up an alternative fuel source is thriving.
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