EDMONTON – Edmonton’s wireless system could soon provide free service on the LRT, parks and dozens of other new locations under a proposed partnership with Shaw Communications.
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Online tool provides property details
Want to know what the property taxes are for that nice house across the street?
A new interactive map on the city’s website allows residents to research just that and a whole lot more city data, such as property values and aerial photographs.
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Canadian real estate industry adopting electronic signatures
CALGARY — The Canadian Real Estate Association is partnering with DocuSign to provide a system for electronic signatures for transactions.
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Fight over Internet sales tax intensifies
WASHINGTON — As the owner of PFI Western Wear in Springfield, Mo., Randy Little gets irked when customers come into his store, find the perfect pair of boots, then buy them online, so they don’t have to pay sales tax.
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Outdoor WiFi on its way to Grande Prairie
By the end of the year, residents of Grande Prairie will be able to tap into free outdoor wireless Internet in places such as Muskoseepi Park and South Bear Creek.
The City of Grande Prairie’s corporate services committee approved what should be the last piece of infrastructure in the wireless project, valued at more than $4 million so far.
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Internet key to keeping rural communities connected: Fergstad
Local business owner Bobbi Fergstad is expanding Peace Country connectivity through her new company, The Rural Link.
Fergstad started the business in July 2012 to help bring quality Internet service to rural communities that have struggled with access from large providers.
Fergstad spoke at a Rotary Club meeting recently to emphasize the importance of keeping rural communities connected.
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Strathcona County shelves online vote for 2013
EDMONTON – Strathcona County residents won’t be able to cast their ballots online in October’s civic election.
Strathcona County council learned Tuesday that Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths would not make changes to legislation to allow online voting in October’s civic election, after St. Albert and Edmonton city councils last month defeated proposals for Internet voting.
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Finding a mortgage has never been easier
Canadians may finally be grasping the obvious when it comes to how to get the best mortgage rate. Shop around.
Saving is basic once you are armed with information about the best rate and the best product. It has never been easier, thanks to the Internet.
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Community attempts to woo businesses to Petrolia Mall through the Internet
EDMONTON – With the foreclosure process on a deteriorating Edmonton strip mall now complete, community volunteers are turning to the Internet in their efforts to see the site restored to its former glory.
Petrolia Mall, at 114th Street and 40th Avenue, was built in the 1960s and was once a dynamic and vibrant part of the neighbourhood.
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Village of Warburg is getting wired
A faster route to the super-information highway is coming to residents and businesses in the Village of Warburg this spring.
Beginning this month, staff from the Internet Centre, based out of Edmonton, will begin testing the wiring within the village to guarantee wired, high-speed Internet services will be feasible.
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