An off-leash park in southeast Calgary will soon be redeveloped to be more fun for its four-legged users.
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Northwest Calgary park set for overhaul
A major overhaul of a park in northwest Calgary will bring new off-leash boundaries as the city tries to better protect sensitive habitats in the area.
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Dog parks planned for GP
Dog owners – rejoice.
The City of Grande Prairie has proposed off-leash areas in all areas of the city, but now it’s up to the public to decide how they will look.
About 12 different areas have been earmarked as possible locations, with an emphasis on spreading locations out in each quadrant of the city.
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Lamphier: Edmonton-based firm a Champion in the pet food industry
EDMONTON – It’s like a bad dream that won’t end. Once again, job creation has stalled, stock markets are sagging and economic angst is back.
But for the moment, let’s dispense with these nagging macroeconomic worries. Today, our subject is something that’s slightly closer to home: pet food.
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Calgarian building pet-friendly home
Built-in kibble canisters, a closet full of chew toys, scratching posts and ergonomic beds.
It will all be part of the cat and canine castle that David Beart hopes to build next year.
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Apartments: Wooing Dogs and Their Owners
Americans spend more than $50 billion a year on their pets. It should therefore come as no surprise that apartment owners would want to take a bite out of that lucrative market. After all, not every Rex or Rover lives in a single family dog house in the back yard. Many are apartment dwellers.
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Park proposed for community’s pooches
Man’s best friend may soon be able to run free in Turner Valley, if council approves a proposal for a new dog park.
Coun. Dona Fluter suggested to council at its Jan. 7 meeting the Town establish a dog park to address the increasing number of cases of dogs running at large and to give pet owners and their pooches a place to socialize.
“Just about every other person has a dog these days,” Fluter said in an interview last week. “I just see more and more people with dogs.”
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Global Pet Food Stores plans aggressive expansion in Calgary market
CALGARY — Global Pet Food Stores Inc., which has a chain of stores across Canada and into the United States, is planning an aggressive expansion in the Western Canadian market, including Calgary.
“Western Canada has been the fastest growing portion (of the chain’s expansion) over the course of the last probably 18 months,” said Jim Walker, the company’s president, who was in Calgary on Tuesday.
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