The Edmonton Screen Industries Office is intent on bringing more TV, film and video game productions to the city with hopes of generating up to $100 million a year — a significant bump from the current $25 million made from the industry.
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The oil and gas sector will continue to help Alberta’s economy outperform the rest of the country, according to ATB Financial, but there will still be some pain for Albertans in the year ahead.
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The Misericordia Community Hospital’s long-awaited new emergency department is nearing completion, replacing an ER that’s more than half a century old.
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An interchange connected to one of Alberta’s busiest highways is set to start construction late this year, and officials anticipate the new connection will bolster business in Leduc and around Edmonton airport.
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Calgary’s tight rental market is likely going to get worse for renters before it gets better, say industry insiders.
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A new fire station scheduled to open in 2025 may be the first of its kind in St. Albert, as the city considers a modular design for the building.
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It may be the season for “ho, ho ho” but thanks to the increased potential for watermain breaks in Lethbridge it may also be the season for “oh oh, no.”
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After two days of deliberations, Saskatoon city councillors passed the 2023 budget on Wednesday with a 3.93 per cent property tax increase.
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Mortgage rates soared over 7% just a month ago, but since then they have fallen more than half a percentage point. Still, mortgage loan application volume decreased 0.8% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index.
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Johette Smuts, head of data analytics at PayProp, says while rental growth has certainly recovered from the lows of 2020 through 2021, it still lags behind the increases seen in 2019 and before. In Q3 2022, the average national rent grew by 3.0%, 3.1% and 2.6% year on year in July, August and September respectively, compared to 3.7%, 3.5% and 4.2% for July, August and September 2019.
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