Category: Business/Finance

  • Calgary Group Proposes Alternate Option to City Council Funding Models

    Calgary Group Proposes Alternate Option to City Council Funding Models

    New model proposes no tax hike; to provide one-third of Green Line funding Calgary, Alberta (May 19, 2015) — LRT on the Green (LRTOTG), a Calgary-based not-for profit organization, believes the City of Calgary should consider an alternate funding model to the new forms of taxation shortlisted in the Transportation Funding Capital Mechanisms Report that will…

  • Oil Industry Doesn’t Have a Leg to Stand on When it Comes to a Royalty Review

    Oil Industry Doesn’t Have a Leg to Stand on When it Comes to a Royalty Review

    The oil industry will find it hard to sustain the argument that it is fair that the government derives a mere 55 cents on a $55 barrel of oil sands oil and a maximum of 9 per cent when it reaches anything higher than $120 By Doreen Barrie, Political Scientist, University of Calgary CALGARY, AB/…

  • Strankman Statement on WTO Meat Labelling Decision

      DRUMHELLER, AB (May 19, 2015): Today, Wildrose Agriculture Shadow Minister Rick Strankman released the following statement on the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) decision against US Country of Origin meat labelling legislation. “I welcome the positive news that the WTO has ruled against this regressive meat labelling legislation that has severely hurt Alberta’s export beef…

  • Making Use of Tax Refunds

      By Kim Inglis As another tax season winds down, many Canadians prepare to receive their tax refunds.  While some make good use of the refunds, many do not.  According to the recent BMO Tax Survey, only 25% of Canadians plan to use their tax refunds to save or invest.  Fortunately, a few simple steps…

  • Spray Lakes Sawmill Forest Management Plan

    Spray Lakes Sawmill Forest Management Plan

      By Suzanne Oel, MD of Foothills Councillor, Division 4 I recently attended a workshop put on by Spray Lakes Sawmill.  There was a good turnout of interested participants: local rancher, Alberta Wilderness Society, Elbow Watershed group, Bragg Creek Recreational Users, CPAWS and M.D. of Foothills (me).  The topic was to have input on the…

  • Bombardier Adjusts its Global 5000 and Global 6000 Aircraft Production Rate

    Bombardier Adjusts its Global 5000 and Global 6000 Aircraft Production Rate

    Business jet market size impacted by short-term softness in international markets Approximately 1,750 employees in Montréal, Toronto and Belfast impacted Bombardier Business Aircraft confirmed today that current economic conditions and geopolitical issues in some market regions, such as Latin America, China and Russia, have impacted order intake levels industry-wide. As a result, Bombardier Business Aircraft…

  • Okotoks Lemonade Day

    Okotoks Lemonade Day

    Lemonade Day is coming to Okotoks on June 13, 2015! Lemonade Day is an experiential event that teaches our local children, our future entrepreneurs, about the process of starting their very own business – a Lemonade Stand. Take a look at this collection of online videos which will allow you to experience the same feelings that…

  • Sidewalk Patios & Blade Signs Open House – Okotoks

    Sidewalk Patios & Blade Signs Open House – Okotoks

    The Town of Okotoks is holding an Open House to discuss the Sidewalk Patios & Blade Signs initiative.

  • Calgary Considering its Future Growth and Defining Resilience

    Calgary Considering its Future Growth and Defining Resilience

      In this vibrant city of over a million people we are building up, building out, and building down. Our cities accommodate over 70% of the worlds growing population. In the case of Calgary, that’s going to mean that we need to accommodate another 500,000 people by 2020 (1). In a future with the combination…

  • Okotoks Sidewalk Patios & Blade Signs Open House

    Okotoks Sidewalk Patios & Blade Signs Open House

    Following the findings of Roger Brooks Community Assessment and direction from the Downtown Steering Committee, the Town is considering allowing seasonal outdoor patios on public property as well as blade signs that extend into public property in the downtown area. Changes are proposed to the Land Use Bylaw and Encroachment Policy as well as new…

  • Election Light 2015 Changes Alberta Skyline

    Election Light 2015 Changes Alberta Skyline

    Edmonton— ATB Financial’s headquarters in downtown Edmonton will again tonight be lit in the voice of the province recorded in Tuesday’s historic provincial election. The New Democratic Party won approximately 61 per cent of the 87 seats in the legislature. Wildrose captured 24 per cent, the Progressive Conservatives 11 per cent, with the Liberals and the…

  • New Listings Decline as Home Prices Ease

    New Listings Decline as Home Prices Ease

      Improved sales to new listings ratio reduces inventory gains Calgary – After the fifth consecutive monthly benchmark price decline in Calgary, the number of new home listings eased to 3,064 units in April, a decrease of 18 per cent over the previous year. “With fewer buyers making purchase decisions and improved selection for resale, new…

  • Millarville Parent Council – Did You Know: Pinterest, New School Sites and more

    Millarville Parent Council – Did You Know: Pinterest, New School Sites and more

    From the April 14, 2015 meeting Did you know? • New Learning Coach at MCS! Please welcome Karli Alm. She will be invaluable in helping to meet the needs of all students in their specific needs for learning. She is filling Pam Irving’s position. • Pinterest can help you help your child?! – Check out Team…

  • Turner Valley Budget Approved

    Turner Valley Budget Approved

    Turner Valley – At a Special Meeting of Council held Monday, April 27, Council passed Bylaw 15-1044 authorizing the rates of taxation for the 2015 tax year. Decreases in third party requisitions and an increase in assessment due to growth have helped to ensure the increase in homeowner’s taxes is minimized. The municipal mill rate…

  • AB Small Biz Confidence Lowest in Canada, Still Sliding

    AB Small Biz Confidence Lowest in Canada, Still Sliding

      CALGARY – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) released the latest Business Barometer index that shows Alberta’s small business outlook dropped one point from last month to 47. Nationally, there was a slight drop in small business confidence levels, with seven of 10 provinces reporting a decline, shaving a point off the national…