OTTAWA, Feb. 28, 2017 /CNW/ – The Conference Board of Canada’s Index of Consumer Confidence rose 9.0 points in February to 110.6. This was the largest monthly increase since March 2015, putting the index at its highest level in more than seven years.
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Council voted to defer a proposal to cancel municipal property taxes for every residential property destroyed or “irreparable damaged” by last May’s wildfire during their Tuesday evening meeting, after members disagreed on the timing and nature of the motion.
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Mortgage approvals rocketed by 41 per cent in the three months ending January, as first-time buyers flocked to get a loan in the wake of looser mortgage lending rules and to avail of the Government’s new help to buy scheme.
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Medicine Hat Fire Services opened the doors of the new station to the public Monday, holding an open house for Hatters to come and check out the upgraded location.
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Those in favour of building a new performing arts centre or an Exhibition Trade and Convention Centre will have a greater ability to find funding for their projects.
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The value of city homes fell only slightly up to mid-2016, according to the City of Medicine Hat’s new property tax assessment.
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U.S. oil inventories are at record levels, but there are a few glimmers of hope that the glut could be starting to subside.
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India’s state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will take majority control of Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) as part of the government’s plan to merge some state-held companies to create an oil major capable of competing with Big Oil, India’s Economic Times reported on Monday, quoting senior government officials.
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There was positive news for Alberta’s economy Monday as another analyst predicted solid if unspectacular growth in 2017 following two years of recession.
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The city’s largest unfunded infrastructure project has racked up quite the bill already.
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