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Alberta

B.C. residents moving to Alberta at quick clip

Recent Statistics Canada studies show that B.C. is losing people at a fast pace, and nearly all of them are heading for Alberta. Since the second quarter of 2011, 12,430 more people moved from B.C. to Alberta.

Calgary, Vancouver vulnerable as office space goes dark

With much more office space going dark than being leased up, Vancouver and Calgary are among Canadian markets vulnerable to a market correction, industry surveys suggest. In its second quarter 2013 report, CBRE Ltd.

Grande Prairie plans annexation

The City of Grande Prairie will proceed with annexation of more than 15,000 acres from the surrounding county of the same name, despite the fact mediation with its neighbour hasn't solved all points of disagreement.

Education tax ruffles councils

The Redford Conservatives' 2013-14 provincial budget threw much higher education-linked property tax burdens on high-growth communities, a move that has some mayors "shocked.

Cold Lake offering cash grants to new landlords

The oil town of Cold Lake is offering developers up to $7,500 per unit to build new rental apartments in the northeastern Alberta city.

’Hat projects humming

The arena/event centre will be built in the northwest portion of the city in Box Springs Business Park, on land donated by the park's developer.

Metro partners mired in talks

The Calgary Regional Partnership remains without the support of two of the key municipalities surrounding the big city: the Municipal District of Foothills and Rocky View County.

Fire costs burn Rocky View

Rocky View County isn't just battling with its neighbours on issues such as land use and urban sprawl.

Calgary tees up redevelopment

The City of Calgary has decided it will no longer keep running the McCall Lake Golf Course south of Alberta's busiest airport.

Grande Prairie eyes logistics hub

The County of Grande Prairie has chosen a firm to move forward with it on a 107-acre logistics park.