Alberta

Camrose homeowners are being offered a plum of sorts to encourage them to add suites to their properties.

In those municipalities with a population of at least 5,000, small businesses across Alberta paid an average of 2.36 times more property tax than residents on the same assessed value, the CFIB says.

In those municipalities with a population of at least 5,000, small businesses across Alberta paid an average of 2.36 times more property tax than residents on the same assessed value, the CFIB says.

That's because the area is currently envisioned as the place where 1,300 megawatts of power-production capacity will be added to Alberta's grid by a series of high-tech wind-power developments - everything from Shell's massive 775-megawatt project ov

In Canmore, town bureaucrats have had years where they processed permits for more than $200 million in new construction, much of it for condos and hotel condos aimed at second homeowners living in Calgary or further away.

Perhaps more importantly, Lethbridge has taken significant steps to promote a surprisingly diverse economy in a city once anchored by coal mines and farming.

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