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High rent could force B.C. family with four incomes to move to Alberta

High rent could force B.C. family with four incomes to move to Alberta

“The only thing that’s holding us back is that we have all our jobs here, the three youngest go to school here and they have friends. It’s like being between a rock and a hard place,” says the mother.
Coastal GasLink pipeline nears finish line with 85.5 per cent complete

Coastal GasLink pipeline nears finish line with 85.5 per cent complete

As of the end of February, nearly 5,500 workers were employed across northern B.C. on the 670-km natural gas pipeline project
Cattle rustling on the rise across the Prairies

Cattle rustling on the rise across the Prairies

Stolen livestock often trucked to East Saskatchewan and Manitoba, where there is a lack of brand inspectors at sale barns
Powder King Mountain Resort for sale at $8.3 million

Powder King Mountain Resort for sale at $8.3 million

Northern B.C. ski hill listing includes the Azouzetta Lake Resort near MacKenzie
Feds backtrack on flawed foreign-homebuyer ban

Feds backtrack on flawed foreign-homebuyer ban

After receiving heat from the real estate industry, Ottawa has amended its new two-year ban on foreign homebuyers
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