Alberta finance minister to announce fourth quarter results on budget
The Alberta budget, which ended on March 31, was last forecast to come in at a $3.2 billion deficit. View Source
‘It’s really quite appalling’: More Calgary suburban development being considered
The growth strategy that goes to a city committee on Monday says over the 2023 to 2026 period, Calgary‘s population is expected to grow by 88,000 people. View Source
Rising cost of gas detrimental for rural mail carriers, residents
A mail carrier says her out-of-pocket costs for delivering packages along her rural route have doubled because of the hike in gas prices and cost of living. View Source
Calgary second only to Vancouver when it comes to inflation rate hikes
Calgary has among the highest inflation rates in the country due largely to soaring shelter and transportation costs, costing residents dearly. View Source
CN Rail announces new investments in Ontario and Alberta
The Montreal-based company says the investments will be in technology, capacity, rolling stock units and company-wide decarbonization initiatives, as well as network improvements. View Source
Alberta housing starts rebound to 2015 levels as oil prices surge
Housing starts in Alberta climbed 15.2 per cent to 46,456 units in May. That’s the most new home construction the province has seen since March of 2015. View Source
First the pandemic, now prices: Alberta restaurants struggling with high inflation
Alberta’s hospitality industry had a tough couple of years through the pandemic, but it’s being hit perhaps even harder by the biggest increase in inflation since 1991. View Source
Experts say Air Canada is too dominant in the East for WestJet to compete
The WestJet Group announced Thursday a plan to shift its resources in the wake of a strategic review of the company’s operations. View Source
Volunteers hold fund-raising auction for historic Calgary-area community hall
This is a big weekend for hard-working volunteers trying to preserve a bit of southern Alberta history. People who run the Square Butte Community Hall are trying to bounce back …
New measures attempting to reduce barriers for foreign engineering technologists in Alberta
Mila Wagner left Ukraine and came to Canada in 2016 after Russia invaded Crimea. She brought with her multiple engineering degrees earned in her home country. Read more: Lethbridge College …