INNISFAIL — Innisfail’s partially revitalized downtown was enjoyed by some early trick or treaters at Saturday’s second annual Pumpkins on Parade.
Pumpkins carved by residents and lit with battery operated tea lights decorated two blocks of 50th Street where work was completed in mid-september. READ
CALGARY, AB, Oct. 27,2012/ Troy Media/ – Many of us will remember the sketch from the 1983 Monty Python movie The Meaning of Life and the restaurant maître d’ played by John Cleese. “And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint,” he said to his diner, a man of enormous size and girth. Offering the man one more teeny, tiny morsel of food ended badly. If you’ve seen the film, you’ll know. (If you haven’t, use your imagination).
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Flooding along Wolf Creek has prompted concerns that it may be at capacity and not able to handle the runoff from future developments, Lacombe County council heard on Thursday. READ
Strathcona County council approved a recommendation at its Tuesday, Oct. 23 meeting to conduct a strategy and set a timeline for future urban growth into the Bremner urban reserve area, located northeast of Sherwood Park.
The growth management strategy for the Bremner urban reserve area, a future 200,000 population development, will provide an analysis of growth options that include a sustainable diversity of land use, potential population capture, servicing requirements, sequencing of growth locations, and future cost implications for Strathcona County that minimizes the impact on existing developed areas and taxpayers.
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CALGARY—Calgary’s economy is expected to continue to perform well into 2013 as strong provincial activity drives employment growth and demand for commercial office space in the city.
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CALGARY—Alberta retail sales growth in August outpaced the Canadian average, according to Statistics Canada.
The federal agency reported Tuesday that sales in the province reached $5.8 billion, up 0.4 per cent from July and a year-over-year increase of 8.1 per cent.
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Fastest-Growing Cities
Bloomberg Rankings identified the 10 U.S.cities with more than 300,000 residents that had the greatest population gains and losses from 2010 to July 1, 2011. We ranked the cities (in ascending order) on their percentage change in population.
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CALGARY— Wholesale sales in Alberta rose by 10.1 per cent year-over-year in August to $6.5 billion, the highest annual growth rate among all Canadian provinces, according to Statistics Canada.
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The CRAFT Beer Market has been a stunning success in Calgary since it opened its doors in the Beltline just over a year ago.
Now the concept is moving north.
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