Confidence among the nation’s home builders edged up slightly in March but is still mired in the negative, way down from recent highs.
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Ground to be broken on Adventure Park in spring
The Clairmont and District Agricultural Society expects to break ground this spring on its latest recreational community project.
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Census set for spring
The City of Grande Prairie has decided to move forward with a municipal census in spring of 2014.
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Headquarters expansion to begin in spring
When it opened nearly 18 years ago, Lethbridge’s new police headquarters was expected to meet the city’s needs until 2010.
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Hat’s solar project stalled until spring
The city’s solar thermal project is nearly complete but won’t be operational until at least next spring.
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High River plans for series of flood-mitigation projects by next spring
While the province of Alberta released the first proposals for widespread flood mitigation earlier this month, the Town of High River has been designing its own strategies to help protect the town from future events.
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Deep Freeze: Home Sales to Barely Budge in Spring
The U.S. housing market will see no surge at the start of spring, as fewer buyers signed contracts to purchase existing homes in February. An industry index of so-called pending home sales fell 0.4 percent from January but is up 8.4 percent from February of 2012. While the number of for-sale listings increased more than the seasonal norm, Realtors still say a lack of supply is keeping many potential buyers from desired deals. Pending home sales are a one to two month forward indicator of closed sales.
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Albertans have the travel bug for spring
CALGARY — People in Alberta and British Columbia are the most likely to travel this spring, according to the 2013 BMO Spring Travel Survey released Wednesday.
It said 88 per cent of British Columbians plan a trip this spring and will spend an average of $2,641 while 86 per cent of Albertans plan to do so as well and spend an average of $2,489.
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