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Sask’s Regina economy the best among Canada’s major cities
Wednesday, 17 Dec, 2008 – 13:03 | No Comment
Sask’s Regina economy the best among Canada’s major cities

Regina can now brag that its economy is the best among Canada’s major cities, according to new rankings published by CIBC. Regina was the best city in Canada economically in 2008 as measured by the …

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Car theft in Canada falls slightly
Tuesday, 16 Dec, 2008 – 0:40 | No Comment
Car theft in Canada falls slightly

 

The rate of police-reported motor vehicle theft decreased 9% in 2007, the fourth consecutive annual decline. The rate peaked in 1996, and has been generally dropping since. According to police and insurance companies, reasons for this decline include the …

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Calgary property taxes may rise by about 23 per cent
Friday, 7 Nov, 2008 – 9:51 | No Comment

Calgary homeowners may see a property tax increase of more than 23.3 per cent increase over the next three years. City of Calgary staff unveiled a proposed three-year operating budget Thursday worth $7.9 billion – nearly …

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Crime is the most important issue in Calgary
Saturday, 1 Nov, 2008 – 6:43 | No Comment

Crime is the most important issue for Calgarians in the city’s annual citizen satisfaction survey, surpassing infrastructure concerns for the first time in eight years.

Forty-two per cent of 1,000 randomly selected Calgarians said that crime, …

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Canada’s housing market balance stabilizes in third quarter
Wednesday, 15 Oct, 2008 – 23:32 | No Comment
Canada’s housing market balance stabilizes in third quarter

The number of properties listed via the MLS® systems of Canada’s major markets was down from its peak in the third quarter of 2008, according to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). …

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Calgary condo and house prices drop
Wednesday, 8 Oct, 2008 – 23:40 | No Comment

The average MLS sale price of a single-family home in Calgary metro dropped by nearly six per cent in September compared with a year ago while condo prices fell by more than 10 per cent, …

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Canada one of Lonely Planet’s top 10 “best countries”
Thursday, 2 Oct, 2008 – 6:38 | No Comment

The Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2009 guide has put Canada in its top ten countries, and Canada’s Tourism Commission is impressed with the write-up. The Lonely Planet is a worldwide travel guide company that encourages …

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Newcomers earning more money in Western Canada
Saturday, 13 Sep, 2008 – 9:03 | No Comment

Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver remain the destinations of choice for many newcomers; however, this trend is slowly changing.  In 2007, cities outside the three above-mentioned received close to one third of Canada’s 236,000 new immigrants.

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