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Alberta’s industrial heartland expands beyond petrochemicals

Alberta’s industrial heartland expands beyond petrochemicals

Value-added manufacturing, solar, biofuels diversifies heavy industrial zones that now extend from north to southern Alberta
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Alberta industrial land becomes a political battlefield

Alberta industrial land becomes a political battlefield

The planned 600-acre Lakeview Business District near Edmonton has become a key real estate issue in run-up to the May 29 provincial election
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Canada’s renewable fuel industry will be "unviable" after U.S. move

Canada’s renewable fuel industry will be "unviable" after U.S. move

Canada's biodiesel and renewable diesel sectors will destroyed under a new U.S. subsidy program that freezes out Canadian producers, analyst warn, unless Ottawa steps up
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Three unique real estate listings that caught our eye this week

Three unique real estate listings that caught our eye this week

An entire city block in downtown Calgary; an award-winning Kelowna winery; and a productive Cariboo gold mine among Western Investor’s recent listings
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Calgary will pay owners to demolish vacant downtown office towers

Calgary will pay owners to demolish vacant downtown office towers

Incentives meant to help remove empty space in a core with a 30 per cent office vacancy rate
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B.C. approves $3 billion Cedar LNG project

B.C. approves $3 billion Cedar LNG project

Floating liquefied national gas export terminal at Kitimat will be the first LNG plant to be built and owned by a First Nation
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McCain to spend $600M to double potato processing capacity in southern Alta.

McCain to spend $600M to double potato processing capacity in southern Alta.

CALGARY — French fry giant McCain Foods Ltd. has announced it will spend $600 million to double the size of its potato processing facility in southern Alberta.
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Saskatchewan farmland values register region-leading growth

Saskatchewan farmland values register region-leading growth

Short supply, high prices for arable land as farm revenues rise
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B.C.'s record fossil fuel export revenues in 2022 a 'fragile' windfall

B.C.'s record fossil fuel export revenues in 2022 a 'fragile' windfall

The B.C. government received a record amount of revenue from coal exports in 2022.
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Unpaid oilpatch taxes rise again despite industry boom, say rural municipalities

Unpaid oilpatch taxes rise again despite industry boom, say rural municipalities

EDMONTON — Unpaid municipal taxes from the Alberta oilpatch keep rising despite the industry's boom, the province's rural communities say.
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