Wholesale sales in Alberta rose 0.7 per cent in April to $6.8 billion – the fourth increase in five months for the province, says Statistics Canada.
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Braid: Note to Flames and city – dump grudges, get arena deal
The City of Calgary and the Calgary Flames are starting to circle each other again, like a pair of NHL enforcers on the hunt.
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RBC loses its lustre as investors make TD Canada’s premium bank
Canadians collecting employment insurance hits all-time low
The number of Canadians collecting employment insurance benefits has hit an all-time low. The total number of EI recipients plunged 18.1 per cent year-over-year to 453,060 in April, a level not seen since Statistics Canada began gathering data in 1997.
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Greystone public hearing
Council got an earful regarding the proposed Greystone development at the June 18 regular and non-statutory public hearings. Chief among the concerns expressed were the timing of the development while traffic and infrastructure problems persist.
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Mayor talks cannabis to chamber crowd
Genung’s recent trip to Halifax, N.S., for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) conference provided a glimpse into where Cochrane is at with respect to dealing with cannabis legalization.
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Council approves 12,000 Acres Plan
City council unanimously approved the 12,000 Acres Plan at its June 18 meeting, laying out the next 50 years of development for a 12,460-acre section of land annexed from Rocky View County in 2012.
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Shale CEO: U.S. To Be The World’s Top Oil Producer By Fall
The United States is on track to become the world’s top oil producer as early as this fall, unseating the current no.1 Russia, according to Scott Sheffield, the chairman of one of the largest U.S. producers, Pioneer Natural Resources.
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Change being made to Strathcona County recycling
Push-back from across the world means Strathcona County residents will have to change their recycling habits.
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The Australian suburbs where property listings are soaring, and where they’re drying up
Australian property listings have risen over the past year, reflecting increased supply in Sydney and Melbourne, the nation’s largest housing markets.
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