On Alberta’s new municipal affairs minister’s desk sits a proposed Calgary Metropolitan Plan, but a key issue to the region’s booming population remains up in the air, say city officials.
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The split personality of Alberta’s job boom
Todd Hirsch is the Calgary-based chief economist of ATB Financial and author of The Boiling Frog Dilemma: Saving Canada from Economic Decline.
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Building permits best since ’07
The city has released year-end construction numbers for 2013, showing the second-best year over the last seven.
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Apartment building boom in Edmonton area will add 5,000 rental units
EDMONTON – Apartment buildings are sprouting up across Edmonton at a rate not seen in recent memory.
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Influx of population helping to ease labour shortage in the short term in Alberta, Minister Thomas Lukaszuk says
The provincial government says Alberta’s labour crunch is getting better thanks to the province’s growing population.
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Alberta wages surged, young men chose work over school: Statistics Canada
CALGARY – A new Statistics Canada report provides fresh insight into the skyrocketing wages that accompanied Alberta’s most recent energy boom.
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Downtown Calgary Skyscraper Boom
Downtown just keeps getting larger, and larger. Or should I say – it’s getting more office space? While the boundaries of downtown Calgary are well defined, the area keeps on getting “bigger” in terms of the millions of square feet of office space being added as of late through several new skyscraper construction projects.
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Kensington condo boom to bring new look to Calgary neighbourhood
A building boom is going on in one of the city’s oldest neighbourhoods as hundreds of new condominiums are either under construction or planned over the next several years.
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2014 looks strong for real estate market
The Airdrie housing market had a very strong year in 2013 with pricing returning to the peak levels of 2007.
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Booming luxury market pushes Calgary house prices to record highs
CALGARY – A booming luxury market has pushed Calgary house prices to unprecedented levels.
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