EDMONTON – Proposed changes to Alberta’s civil forfeiture laws will make it faster and easier for the government to seize money, cars and houses from alleged criminals.
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Morinville taxes to jump 3.68 per cent
Morinville residents will have to pay about $93 more on their tax bills this year, town council learned last week, due in most part to an unexpected hike in provincial school taxes.
Town council voted 5-0 in favour of first reading for its 2013 property tax rate bylaw last week. Coun. Nicole Boutestein was absent.
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Strathearn couple fights Southeast to West LRT line in Edmonton
The city is preparing to take over some land in Strathearn for the Southeast to West LRT line but one couple is begging them to reconsider.
For the last 20 years Wayne Brown and Sharon Morganson have decorated their home at 8622 95th Ave. for both Halloween and Christmas and invited the public to come out and enjoy it.
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Atlanta, Georgia’s Real Estate Market
Jo Gipson of Atlanta Intown Real Estate Services, shares how the real estate market is heating up in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Rural septic systems on the public radar
Over the years that Alberta farmers and ranchers have been completing Environmental Farm Plans (EFP), farm waste management has consistently ranked among the top five environmental challenges concerns identified by producers. It’s important for farmers to know their responsibilities when it comes to on-farm sewage management.
“We know that many municipalities across the province are facing pressures to better manage water quality,” says Alberta Environmental Farm Plan program co-ordinator, Perry Phillips.
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Council critic sells property city wanted to developer for $75.5 million
CALGARY — Renowned city hall gadfly Oscar Fech has sold a vast tract of northeast land to a private developer for $75.5 million.
As the perennial council critic and long-shot mayoral candidate himself often says: Can you believe it?
City officials can — barely. Because now, when they need part of that land for major road upgrades, they’ll likely face a more friendly negotiator than the man who always warned aldermen to use more “common sense.”
“We knew there wasn’t any possibility of dealing with him when we needed (the land),” Ald. Jim Stevenson said Monday.
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Housing regulator sees recovery taking root
(Reuters) – The chief U.S. housing regulator on Wednesday expressed optimism that the deep downturn in the nation’s property market was finally over, but said the future of the government’s role in housing finance needed to be settled for long-term health.
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The Sunshine Index
Looking for a ray of sunshine in the depths of winter? Head to Mustique, a tiny 1-mile-by-3-mile island in the sunny Caribbean. But it will cost you—$3,338.66 per hour, to be exact.
To find out where homeowners get the most solar bang for their buck, real-estate consulting firm Knight Frank looked at 14 warm-weather vacation spots around the world. Using the average hours of sunlight per day and the average house price for a four-bedroom property in a prime real-estate location, Knight Frank arrived at the price for an hour of sunshine, averaged over a year.
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Buffalo Lake homeowners lose battle over property assessments
A group of Buffalo Lake homeowners have lost their battle over what they saw as unfair property tax increases. READ