City officials are recommending charging Edmonton pot stores fees more than 15 times higher than the amount paid by similar operations.
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Monthly Archives: April 2018
AGENT’S VIEW: tenant fees ban is unpopular, but it WILL weed out rogue operators
Is your agency braced for the impact of the tenant fee ban? One of the most contentious and unpopular changes to legislation among lettings agents, addressing the subject seems to be akin to completing your tax return: daunting, time consuming and costly.
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Preliminary plan for Highlands School modernization revealed
A newly unveiled plan for one of Edmonton’s oldest schools would tack a long extension onto the back of Highlands Junior High and cap it off with a large, new gym.
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How Blackstone Became China’s Real Estate Connection
In February 2017, Stephen Schwarzman toasted Wang Jian, co-chairman of HNA Group, at a charity event at Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory. Wang lauded the billionaire Schwarzman as a “god of fortune” and a man with the “key to opening up the chest of treasures.”
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Council wrestles with ‘sobering’ funding gap for infrastructure needs
City council received a “sobering” presentation on Edmonton’s 10-year funding challenge Friday, showing a $3.8-billion gap between money promised for construction projects and the estimated cost of the work.
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6 things: new multi-family construction in the Calgary area
While new construction of apartments in the Calgary area pulled back last month, starts on both townhomes and duplexes grew year over year.
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Sales pick up on Calgary homes selling above the $1 million mark
Sales on the upper end of Calgary’s real estate market in the first quarter of 2018 were more active than the same time a year ago.
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Earnings in oil and gas sector up a whopping 20% in past five years
Workers in the energy sector bring home on average $2,428 per week, the highest in the country
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The British economy is growing at its slowest pace in more than 5 years
LONDON — The British economy grew at its slowest quarterly rate in more than five years at the start of 2018, according to a preliminary estimate from the Office for National Statistics released on Friday.
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UFC returning to Calgary, fight card set for July 28
Finally, the UFC is coming back to Calgary.
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