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November 2008 - Posts
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New park-and-ride fee causes concern The $3 charge next year for park-and-ride lots may send transit users to try freebie parking on residential streets, fear neighbours of the city-run lots. That could exacerbate drivers' antics in areas such as Read More...
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Transit plan alarms residents When residents of Southwood and Willow Park first saw signs advertising city-sponsored open houses for "LRT redevelopment" earlier this year, few bothered showing up. Were they going to repaint Anderson station, Read More...
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Businesses shred filing fees The city might be facing either legal action or a closer look from the province after imposing heavy new fees for businesses looking to appeal their property taxes. A coalition of Calgary-based business organizations will Read More...
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Flaherty offers crisis tips from ‘boring' Canada WINNIPEG — This is a guest column by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty in Thursday's Financial Times, posted on the Department of Finance's web site and titled ‘Boring' Canada's Read More...
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Market to stabilize The word of the day? Stabilization. That is how Richard Corriveau, regional economist with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., characterizes the housing market facing Calgarians and Albertans in the upcoming year. At the recent Read More...
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Million dollar babies When the overpass was built as an extension to 50th Avenue S. W.--or Mount Royal Gate as it prefers to be called--it certainly helped the flow of traffic that pours constantly up and down Crowchild Trail. But I was guilty of expressing Read More...
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Oil price plunge leaves alberta $6.5B poorer EDMONTON - Plummeting oil prices have slashed $6.5 billion from what was expected to be a near-record breaking Alberta surplus. The province still expects a $2-billion surplus, mostly because of summer oil Read More...
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CMHC sees stable housing market The Calgary housing market turmoil that has led to layoffs at new home construction companies, abandoned condo projects and a collapsing average resale home price will moderate and stabilize in 2009, according to the latest Read More...
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Tax hike trimmed by first big cuts The first substantial cuts to the city's budget and Calgarians' property taxes came Tuesday after a plan to drop around $65 million in funding for ambulance service got a thumbs-up from council. The move, coupled Read More...
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Calgarians weave dreams for city An urban farm replaced Shaganappi Golf Course on Saturday, while 17th Avenue's shopping and bar district was extended west to Killarney and, in a reverse of Joni Mitchell's lyric, they placed green paradise over Read More...
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Gloom not doom Should Calgary worry? Commodity prices are tanking. Oilpatch players say they'll prudently guard their dollars as the economy is teetering on the brink of a recession. Moreover, Alberta is on the verge of a new royalty regime that will Read More...
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City has millions in rainy-day fund With about $140 million in the city's rainy-day fund -- and hundreds of millions of dollars more in other municipal reserves -- some are arguing that, with Calgarians facing a compounded 25 per cent tax increase, Read More...
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Flaherty offers crisis tips from ‘boring' Canada Globe and Mail-Report on Business-Canadian Press WINNIPEG — This is a guest column by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty in Thursday's Financial Times, posted on the Department of Finance's Read More...
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How A Loan Pre-approval Letter Can Help with Your Home Search A pre-approval letter is a statement from a lender that you are qualified to service a specific amount of debt. If you are bidding on your dream home, being pre-approved can be a great advantage Read More...
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What is One Million Acts of Green? This season, CBC and The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos want to mobilize Canadians to do One Million Acts of Green. In partnership with Cisco, the idea behind the campaign is that one small act can make a big difference. Read More...
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Sales and listings gap narrows in Calgary Experts see signs of return to balance for resale housing The gap between sales and listings of used homes is narrowing in Calgary, a sign that balance could be returning to a marketplace top-heavy with available Read More...
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ICE - 'In Case of Emergency' This is a standard procedure all paramedics follow at the scene of an accident when they come across your cell phone. We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than Read More...
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