Reading Time: 3 minutes Unfortunately, city council is not willing to give up on a deal just yet
Tag: Calgary
Alberta’s rising crime rate begs more policing, not less
Reading Time: 4 minutes The ‘defund the police’ movement provides opportunistic politicians with a moral high ground while doing nothing to address the root causes of criminality
Municipal governments are making the economy worse, not better
Reading Time: 3 minutes If councillors were half as creative at looking for savings as they are at looking for new ways to spend, then Alberta’s economic challenges would have been solved by now
Alberta municipal gov’t labour costs out of touch with reality
Reading Time: 3 minutes Labour costs between 2014 and 2018 increased by nearly $873 million, or 17 per cent, outpacing population growth and inflation
The sky’s the limit for helium industry
Reading Time: 4 minutes Until recently, helium demand was confined to the military, weather balloons and party balloons. Technological advancement has increased demand
Dissecting Canada’s NHL underachievers
Reading Time: 4 minutes We could see as many as five Canadians teams in the playoffs – but more likely we’ll see two or three at this pace
Vancouver’s absurd housing market shuts out millennials
Reading Time: 3 minutes Is the affordability crisis – and the lack of government intervention – a metaphor for something much worse?
Average weekly earnings edge up 3.4% in Alberta
Reading Time: 2 minutes Stats Can saw large employment growth in the health care, social assistance sector, and increased earnings in the transportation and warehousing sectors
Small business confidence in Alberta declines in November
Reading Time: 3 minutes Small business confidence in Alberta is the second lowest in the country and well behind the national average of 56.1 per cent
Municipalities need to rethink tax model
Reading Time: 3 minutes Property tax rates are much higher for businesses than home owners, which can cause serious problems, particularly when the economy falters