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Alberta ski towns face severe labour shortage

Alberta ski towns face severe labour shortage

Lack of foreign workers and local job-seekers forces hospitality sector to make tough decisions – some blame "too generous" government job benefits
Hay rustlers reveal depth of drought desperation

Hay rustlers reveal depth of drought desperation

Hay illegally baled from an Alberta park and seized by RCMP and then stolen reflects desperation of livestock producers as historic drought threatens the Prairies
Industrial sector picks up pace across the Prairies

Industrial sector picks up pace across the Prairies

Speculative development and private investors are back as vacancy rates fall and demand for distribution space increases
BREAKING: Calgary’s Bow tower sold for $1.2 billion

BREAKING: Calgary’s Bow tower sold for $1.2 billion

H&R Real Estate Investment Trust sells two-million-square-foot iconic tower to ‘significantly reduce Calgary office exposure’
B.C. ranchers race raging wildfires to save livestock and land

B.C. ranchers race raging wildfires to save livestock and land

Three massive fires are burning around a third-generation ranch, threatening the family’s cattle, land and livelihood
Bosa bucks Calgary’s rental market with condo conversion

Bosa bucks Calgary’s rental market with condo conversion

Vancouver-developer switches Calgary luxury condo tower to rentals despite rising vacancies, flatline rentals and falling per-door sale prices
Skyline REIT swoops on Calgary industrial

Skyline REIT swoops on Calgary industrial

REIT nabs $67 million single-tenant distribution centre as city becomes a hot spot for development and investments.
'We haven’t had no rain in forever’

'We haven’t had no rain in forever’

Northern Alberta farmers say record heat wave, drought, is frying bumper crops and stunting growth of livestock
Trans-Mountain pipeline starts tunnelling in Burnaby

Trans-Mountain pipeline starts tunnelling in Burnaby

Milestone reached as 1,150-kilometre project burrows into the final link from the Alberta oilsands to tidewater
Amazon’s new Alberta robotic hub biggest in West

Amazon’s new Alberta robotic hub biggest in West

Planned 600,000-square-foot distribution facility near Edmonton will dwarf similar Amazon facility planned at Port of Vancouver