If you thought construction was already bad in southeast Edmonton, just wait.
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Monthly Archives: May 2017
2016 Census of Agriculture: Seeding decisions harvest opportunities for Canadian farmers
With innovations in crop science, production practices, and marketing, Canadian farm operators are growing a wider variety of field crops while also expanding their production area. Canada’s total field crop area increased 7.0% from 2011 to 92.7 million acres in 2016.
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Downtown building to be leased
Okotoks town council will renovate and lease out a downtown-area building is purchased last month until it decides on a long-term plan for the site.
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Town looking at allowing temporary boulevard pathways
Thanks to a presentation by Ross Sturgeon, Cochrane council has directed administration to look into how impermanent paths across roadside boulevards could be included in the town’s Parks and Open Spaces Bylaw.
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Food services and drinking places, March 2017
Sales in the food services and drinking places subsector were down 0.8% to $5.5 billion in March. Prices for food purchased from restaurants were up 2.4% compared with March 2016, while prices for alcoholic beverages rose 1.8%.
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Edmonton homeowner calls for tighter infill housing rules after damage along property line
An Edmonton homeowner is frustrated after her fence — and the ground beneath it — collapsed into an excavated infill housing site.
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Interim report shows St. Albert ridings will change
The provincial Electoral Boundaries Commission has released an interim report that will redraw St. Albert’s constituency boundaries.
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At County Council
County council has reined in unofficial RV parks and eased up on on-farm housing as part of its ongoing tweaks to its new land-use bylaw.
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At City Hall
St. Albert is taking the lead among Alberta municipalities in lobbying provincial Municipal Affairs Minister Shaye Anderson to commit to timely, inclusive and extensive consultations on provincial revenue sharing.
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Gross domestic product by industry, March 2017
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 0.5% in March, following no change in February. Growth was widespread across goods-producing and service-producing industries.
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