At a regular meeting June 20, the Board of Trustees of Rocky View Schools (RVS) unanimously approved attendance boundaries for a new school in Hillcrest set to open some time in 2019.
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Monthly Archives: June 2018
County receives funds for regional transit service
A plan for a regional transit service connecting rural communities with the City of Grande Prairie has received nearly $640,000
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ERA Real Estate Offers Listing Service for New Construction Homes
MADISON, N.J., June 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — ERA Real Estate, a global franchising leader, today announced a relationship with Builders Digital Experience (BDX) to bring affiliated brokers and their independent agents access to more than 130,000 units of new construction inventory. By incorporating BDX’s New Home Source Professional, a new home construction listing platform funded and endorsed by a consortium of the top U.S. homebuilders, the ERA® Network can showcase additional options within a national housing market challenged by low inventory.
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Mayor gives annual State of the City address
Airdrie is well on its way to accomplishing City council’s main priorities, according to Mayor Peter Brown who gave his annual State of the City address to the Airdrie Chamber of Commerce June 20 at the Woodside Golf Course.
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This is the best UK city to be a landlord, new research finds
If you’re considering buying property to rent it out for profit, it’s important to be aware of several factors that will affect how worthwhile the venture will be.
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Residents feel unsafe in downtown Lethbridge after dark: survey
A new survey conducted for the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) found community stakeholders generally feel very safe in most areas of the southern Alberta city.
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Business group calls for spending restraint as number of property owners seeking tax relief climbs
CALGARY—The number of Calgary home and business owners seeking a break on their property tax bills has skyrocketed 386 per cent over the past four years, according to city figures.
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Blockchain-based property registries may help lift poor people out of poverty
Many developing countries don’t have a working system of tracking property rights, and what they do have can be fragile and incomplete. In Haiti, for instance, a large earthquake in 2010 destroyed all the municipal buildings that stored documents confirming many small farmers’ ownership of the land they worked. Even years later, many farmers didn’t have proof that they were landowners. People are still fighting over their land.
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New communities proposed in the City of Calgary
City council will be discussing recommendations from administrators on Thursday that could see the development of eight new communities in the City of Calgary.
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Proposed wind farm in eastern Alberta has residents of neighbouring communities uneasy
The proposed Sharp Hills Wind Farm near the hamlets of New Brigden and Sedalia, north of Oyen, has many in the region questioning the potential impact the dozens of turbines with massive blades will have on their health and the environment.
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