Red Deer was a stop this week in a series of town hall meetings taking place across the province in hopes of encouraging people to travel once again.
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Monthly Archives: March 2022
Lethbridge ranks second nationally for dog park lands
Is there more space to let Fido run loose in Lethbridge?
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EDF’s wind plans facing some mild opposition from county residents
Land bordering the route to the Cypress Hills has been rezoned to allow a major new wind farm, which would essentially twin one now being constructed on the other side of Highway 41.
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City eyes low-interest loans for energy-efficient upgrades
The city will study the potential of offering low-interest loans to residents to pay for energy efficiency upgrades over time on property tax bills, but it could be two years before such a system could launch.
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Five regions see tenant earnings fall below the rental affordability threshold
The rental portal looked at the current average income of a tenant and how it compared to the average level of rental affordability based on the benchmark of two and half times the average rent.
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‘Gentrification’ comes for Rotorua’s Fordlands, squeezing locals out of the suburb that inspired Once Were Warriors
It’s New Zealand’s most deprived suburb, where Domino’s Pizza once refused to deliver – and it’s also had the highest quarterly percentage growth in house prices.
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Look to Facebook for local air quality data
Air quality information will soon be easier to access for the general public as a local air monitoring organization is creating a social media presence.
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‘Act urgently now’: Why sky-high house prices are a problem for everyone
Fixing housing affordability is an enormous task, but it’s too important not to get right.
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Rental vacancy rate remains stable in Calgary
Calgary has among the most vacant dwellings among prairie cities, a new report shows.
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Buyers are aware of the potential disaster in the rush to the regions
Around three-quarters of Australians would move from a capital city to a mid-sized regional town under the right circumstances, new research shows, but the threat of bushfires and floods play into where they would choose to live.
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