Credit unions in southern Alberta, including one founded in Brooks with a location in Medicine Hat, are proposing further amalgamation.
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Monthly Archives: April 2018
Five Questions with Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci
The Alberta Minister of Finance spoke with Calgary’s Business about the state of the province’s economy
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BETTING ON BRIDGELAND
Bucci Developments continues commitment to the community with Radius
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THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
Calgary developers are getting creative in tough condo market
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Louisiana gets Methanex expansion
Methanex has bought land beside its Louisiana facility and has signalled it will greenlight a major methanol plant expansion there before a competing plan to twin its Medicine Hat plant.
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800,000 people are about to flee New York and California because of taxes, say economists
Conservative economists Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore are predicting a new mass exodus of wealth from New York and California because of the new tax law. But academics who have studied taxes and migration call the forecast “pure nonsense.”
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Finding sufficient land won’t solve Hong Kong’s housing crisis on its own, and it may not even be the most pressing issue
This week, the government’s Task Force on Land Supply launched a public consultation revealing 18 proposals on where it believes the best opportunities are to free up land for housing. The hope is that this “big debate”, as coined by the chief executive, will lead to societal consensus on what land is deemed acceptable to develop.
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Construction of hospital helipad on schedule for completion later this year
A long-awaited helipad at the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre (NLRHC) is on schedule to be completed by the end of the year.
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Businesses feeling the pressure: chamber of commerce
Local businesses have a gloomy view of how municipal taxes, the carbon levy, government red tape and other issues will affect them.
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City of Lethbridge forecasting $141M in property tax revenue in 2018
The City of Lethbridge is expecting close to $141 million in property tax revenue in 2018. Matt Battochio looks at where the money goes and how the funds compare to other communities.
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