Share Spending in Alberta municipalities has outpaced population and inflation growth by a large and unsustainable margin, however in our city of Lethbridge, it has done much better than most cities in keeping the spending in line according to a new study. Province wide, from 2000-2007, population and inflation grew by 45%, but in the [...]
Share Spending in Alberta municipalities has outpaced population and inflation growth by a large and unsustainable margin, however in our city of Lethbridge, it has done much better than most cities in keeping the spending in line according to a new study. Province wide, from 2000-2007, population and inflation grew by 45%, but in the [...]
Share On September 28th, 2009 it was announced by the Government of Canada that there will be support to strengthen economic opportunities across Manitoba. This will be done by investments being made into 6 projects that will help ensure that the communities succeed during the time of economic slowdown and will remain prosperous in the [...]
Share With funding from the Federal, Provincial and Municipal levels of Government, residents of Manitoba will soon have nine new recreational infrastructure projects. On September 21st, it was announced that funding for these new recreational projects will create jobs in Winnipeg and several rural Manitoba communities. The investments are part of Canada’s Economic Action Plan, [...]
Share A project which was originally called a lost cause took a huge step to becoming a reality as the municipal, provincial and federal government announced that they will take the bill for two large restoration projects at Medicine’s Hat very own Medalta Potteries. Over the next 1 ½ years, the 1927 production building, otherwise [...]
Share As I have said before, home renovations are smart investment in the long term value of your home. Recently in accordance to economic stimulus and encourage investing in Canada’s housing stock, Budget 2009 proposed a temporary Home Renovation Tax Credit (HRTC). HRTC will apply to eligible home renovation expenses for work performed, goods acquired [...]
