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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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.