Capital city’s council passes bylaw permitting garage and garden suites on home lots
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A Premier without a seat? If Jim Prentice wins, what’s next?
If Jim Prentice, the putative front-runner, does win the Progressive Conservative leadership next month, will he automatically become premier? Or does he have to wait until he wins a seat and can lead his party in the Legislative Assembly?
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Why Alberta Is A Great Place To Call Home
EEDC sees new tourism website, export development program in 2014
EDMONTON – The Edmonton Economic Development Corp. (EEDC) expects to launch a new consumer tourism brand and website for the city by March 31, according to priorities being laid out Tuesday.
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Google Earth time-lapse video shows Edmonton’s growth
The 35,000-foot view – literal or figurative – can be sobering, depending on the subject matter.
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Calgary and Edmonton will be Canada’s economic leaders in the near future
CALGARY — Calgary and Edmonton will be the country’s economic leaders in the next few years, according to the Conference Board of Canada.
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KANETIX Examines Edmonton Housing Trends
Edmonton has avoided an economic meltdown while other provinces were trying to stay afloat. Edmonton has survived the storm because of its largely diverse economy says KANETIX. Real estate investors and Albertans are trying to keep a close eye on the housing market to decide when the best time to take advantage of housing prices is. Although Albertans are trying to predict housing market trends, it is proving to be a difficult task, more so than other Canadian cities.
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Hicks on Biz: Edmonton, city of accomplishments
In a business story long past, a Canadian commentator marvelled at the enthusiasm of a Des Moines, Iowa, taxi driver for his small, American city of 200,000 residents.
The driver proudly offered up realms of Des Moines firsts, #1 in finance services, #4 state for education, its “Silicon Prairie.”
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Calgary spending fueled by high income levels
Data from the Conference Board of Canada shows exactly why Calgary and Alberta have tremendous levels of spending compared with the rest of the country.
Whether it’s luxury home sales, luxury cars or luxury retail, people in these parts have in recent years shown a propensity to spend their hard-earned dollars.
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Edmonton arena deal causes worry over lack of plan for Calgary
Edmonton’s pact for a new NHL arena has a Calgary alderman and an iconic sports booster voicing frustration over the lack of any plan for a similar facility in the city.
But another alderman, Gord Lowe, said he and most of city council have no interest in diverting scarce capital dollars into a rink that would rival Edmonton’s planned $480 million arena that’s being funded by $140 million of that city’s money.
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