Traditionally blue-collar Red Deer sees bright future in science and medicine

Glenn Moore zeroes in on the advantages of Red Deer with a rhetorical question.

“Would you like to live in central Alberta or Fort McMurray if you are a family man?”
Moore, a longtime commercial realtor with Advantage Commercial in the central Alberta hub city, is happy to answer it, and give you the goods on Red Deer.

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Biotech giant Gilead Sciences to expand Edmonton operations

EDMONTON – The world’s third-largest biotech firm is gearing up for a major expansion in Edmonton.

Gilead Sciences plans to start construction in early 2013 on a new 45,000-square-foot research and development facility in northeast Edmonton. The new building, which will be located on a 10-acre site across from Gilead’s current facility on Hayter Road, will house lab and office space for more than 80 scientists, the company said.

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