CALGARY – Calgary is one of the world’s top five ultimate sports cities, according to SportBusiness International.
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Survey needs to be taken with a grain of salt: Mayor
Grande Prairie just missed cracking the top 50 best places to live in Canada list for 2014.
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County on best places to live list
Strathcona County has been rated one of the best places to live in Canada by to MoneySense magazine’s annual survey.
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Mayor scoffs at Money Sense ranking
Alberta stands atop Money Sense magazine’s “Best Places to Live in Canada” but Medicine Hat falls to No. 78.
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10 hottest housing markets for 2014
From Oakland, Calif., to Memphis, Tenn., these major metro areas are expected to see the biggest increase in home prices this year, according to CoreLogic Case-Shiller’s latest home price forecast.
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REAL ESTATE: THE AFFORDABILITY OF CANADA’S 35 LARGEST CITIES
Thanks to Hugh Pavletich and Wendell Cox co-authors of the Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey. This table shows that Vancouver BC continues to rank as the least affordable city out of the 35 largest Canadian cities with a multiple of 10.3 times median household income required to buy a median priced house. As of Q3 2013 the 6 cities ranked from least to more affordable are: Vancouver 10.3, Toronto 6.2, Montreal 4.7, Calgary 4.3, Edmonton 3.9 and Ottawa 3.8
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Calgary ranks fifth in highrise construction in North America
CALGARY – Calgary is ranked fifth overall in North America for the number of highrises and skyscrapers currently under construction.
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RVC named top 10 place to do business in Alberta
From the perspective of an entrepreneur looking to set up, expand or move a business, Rocky View County (RVC) was listed in the top 10 on Alberta Venture magazine’s annual list of the Best Communities for Business.
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Fort ranked 13th for business
Fort Saskatchewan has cracked the list.
In a recently-released 2013 Best Communities survey by Alberta Venture, Fort Saskatchewan was dubbed No. 13 on a list of Alberta’s top 25 communities for business.
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Best- and worst-run states: Survey of all 50
How well run is your state? It can be difficult to objectively assess the quality of a state’s management. The economy and standard of living can be affected by decisions made decades ago, forces outside the control of the state’s government and administrators, as well as the government’s own actions.
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