The World Bank is out with its annual ranking of countries with the most business-friendly climates.
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Calgary housing affordability easing: report
CALGARY – A sharp rise in average household income is keeping Calgary house price affordability in check, says a new report released Tuesday by Desjardins Group Economic Studies.
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City scores higher but falls from top 10
The nation’s small business lobby has ranked Lethbridge ahead of Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver on its list of the most entrepreneurial communities in Canada.
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Mayoral candidates don’t need to re-invent Edmonton
The international magazine the Economist, along with the Reader’s Digest, recently released a list of Canada’s most expensive cities. Edmonton is seventh on the list. But what stands out is how affordable our city is relative to those above us.
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The most dangerous states in America
You might think that going to California, Texas or New York exposes you to a lot of crime. But in fact it was Tennessee that had the nation’s highest violent crime rate last year.
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Calgary places in top ten of liveable cities report
The City of Calgary is the world’s fifth most liveable city, according to a independent report conducted in association with the Economist magazine.
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Alberta ranks seventh out of 58 resource-rich jurisdictions
EDMONTON – Alberta’s environmental assessments, royalty rates and public reports on the Heritage Savings Trust Fund fall below international standards, a new report says.
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McCoy highest local school in Fraser Institute ranking
The Fraser Institute released its annual Alberta High School Rankings over the weekend.
Among Medicine Hat schools, Monsignor McCoy ranked the highest on the list. Out of 279 schools surveyed, McCoy ranked at number 41. Out of the other city schools, Crescent Heights high School ranked 123, while Medicine Hat High School ranked 137.
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The 10 best U.S. cities for urban forests
Joni Mitchell sang about “paving paradise” in the 1970s, but some U.S. cities like Portland, Ore., are now making parks from parking lots and creating urban forests that cut pollution and save energy. Which are the nation’s 10 best for greenery?
For a top 10 list, released Tuesday, a federally funded survey looked at the 50 most populous U.S. cities to see which have the most parkland per capita as well as which do the most to create green spaces and make them accessible to the public.
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University of Alberta school back in business
EDMONTON – After finishing out of the running the past two years, the University of Alberta has again been ranked one of the top business schools in Canada and the world by the Financial Times of London.
The Alberta School of Business is ranked 100th globally and sixth in Canada on the 2013 version of the newspaper’s influential list of the world’s top 100 business schools. The British newspaper ranks business schools according to measures such as career development, research capability and diversity of programs based on a detailed survey of alumni from each program.
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