This Kind Of Reporting Stinks - Another fear mongering article. Talks about a couple who gave it all away to move to Alberta and wait... still have it. But what if they lost their jobs!!! Well it could happen but would they even have jobs in their own hometown? Cornwall wants them back but do the
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03/30/2009
Alberta's oil sands projects are taking a break. For now.When we think of this break we have to think long term the next two to three years will be slow.Peoples views of short and long term cycles differ i.e 2-3 months, 10 to 20 years. A great way to get terrified is to think day to day and follo
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03/25/2009
Because of Canada's conservative nature we were able to make it through while American banks are collapsing. You'll hear about Canada's sub-prime crisis but our banking system is so different and because our loans are recourse loans we simply can't just walk away from our mortgages. Sure we were
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03/24/2009
Listen to the whole audio file if you are interested but it is the last 10 minutes of where the price of oil is going that interest me. CKUA March 22nd Radio Program This week's Political Panel includes former Conservative cabinet minister Rick Orman, former Liberal Edmonton MLA Mo Elsalhy, and t
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03/23/2009
Headlines scream Alberta is shedding jobs.With an unemployment rate of 5.4% Alberta is doing better than many countries in the world including Canada which hit a 7.7% unemployment rate in February. While Alberta gained 3,300 jobs in January 129,000 were lost across the country. Numbers look scary
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03/22/2009
Headlines scream Alberta is shedding jobs.With an unemployment rate of 5.4% Alberta is doing better than many countries in the world including Canada which hit a 7.7% unemployment rate in February. While Alberta gained 3,300 jobs in January 129,000 were lost across the country. Numbers look scary
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03/22/2009
Want to see how house prices across major Canadian cities have fared over the the last 2 years?Take a look at this interactive map of real estate statistics from across the country, including home sales, average prices, apartment rents and vacancy rates.Edmonton's stats are as follows in October
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03/20/2009
My aunt forwarded this to me. I know it is quite late; now news a month old is ancient history. However, it is a good read and pretty bang on.An American Perspective Newsweek: Oh those Boring Canadiansby : Fareed Zakariain : NEWSWEEKFeb 16, 2009 The legendary editor of The New Republic, Michael K
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03/17/2009
Interesting times. This year and into next will be the good news, bad news routine. Until we (Canadians, Americans, consumers...) can make up our collective minds as to whether the economy is crashing or recovering we'll fluctuate from elation to despair.I read an interesting article about the ps
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03/16/2009
Other countries around the world are in serious economic turmoil but Canada is blessed to have the most stable economy. Among Canada's provinces Alberta is the most balanced with the healthiest economy and growing infrastructure to support population/investment growth. You may read the the oil
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03/12/2009