The City of Fort Saskatchewan is now giving residents the option of managing their utility bills and property taxes online.
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Monthly Archives: August 2016
GPSD eagerly awaits new school openings
The Grande Prairie Public School District is eagerly awaiting the opening of two new schools come Sept. 1.
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Is Clinton’s Lead Over Trump As Large As Advertised?
Once upon a time, political polls tended to be pretty accurate (there were occasional exceptions to this rule, but they were few and far between). Recently there have been a few notable misses though. One that comes to mind is the Brexit referendum. Shortly before the vote, polls indicated the outcome would be a very close one, while betting markets were indicating a solid win of the “remain” vote. The actual result was around 52:48 in favor of “leave”, so this was quite a big miss.
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Fundamentals for Uranium Look Great; Is the Uranium Market Ready to Soar?
By any estimate, the uranium market is trading in the extremely oversold ranges, but when the trend is down, a market can trend into the extreme of extremely oversold ranges, and we have seen this occur many times in the past. The 15-year chart illustrates that the next layer of support comes into play in the $21.50-$22.00 ranges, so despite being extremely oversold the market still has room to trend lower. One positive is that the trend is about to turn neutral and if it does it would be the first move into the neutral zone in a very long time.
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Council approves tax relief measures
Wood Buffalo council voted Tuesday night to give all Fort McMurray residents a break on their 2016 property taxes.
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These Are The Best And Worst U.S. Cities To Own A House
Earlier today, in its latest update looking at March home prices, Case Shiller pointed out that “home prices continue to appreciate across the country”, at just over 5%, a pace that has held since early 2015.
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Canada’s balance of international payments, second quarter 2016
Canada’s current account deficit (on a seasonally adjusted basis) increased $3.3 billion in the second quarter to $19.9 billion, as the trade in goods deficit continued to widen.
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Canadian housing affordability deteriorates the most in six years amid surging prices in hot markets: RBC Economics
TORONTO, Aug. 30, 2016 /CNW/ – Soaring housing prices in Vancouver and Toronto continued to squeeze housing affordability at the national level in the second quarter, even though affordability was close to historical norms in most other Canadian markets, according to the Housing Trends and Affordability Report issued today by RBC Economics Research.
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US Home Prices Suffer 3rd Consecutive Decline For First Time Since 2012
All 20 cities in the index showed a year-over-year gain, led by a 12.6 percent advance in Portland, Oregon
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Residential property values, 2013
The total market value of residential properties in Canada rose 4.1% compared with 2012 to $4.2 trillion in 2013.
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