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Vancouver and Toronto companies relocating to Edmonton region
Several industrial companies from Canada's biggest cities are relocating to the Edmonton region.
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RUNWITHIT Synthetics secures $3.5M investment to put its tools into more hands
The $3.5 million investment RUNWITHIT Synthetics has received from Raven Indigenous Capital Partners will allow the company to create new products for more customers across the globe and to hire more people, including in business development, to allow it to establish further hubs for people who make change.
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Leduc residential construction 'going like gangbusters'
While the Edmonton region's population booms, provincial housing starts reach record highs, and real estate sales see double-digit increases, numbers suggest a significant portion of the region's new housing is being built in Leduc.
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Calls for public engagement: St. Anthony school site, transit, cookbook
Here are open opportunities to engage with local governments in the Edmonton region.
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Calls for public engagement: Rezoning for growth, St. Anthony School site
Here are opportunities to help shape municipal planning for high-density development, rezoning, and more. Please only answer surveys from municipalities where you are a resident.
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Edmonton is a city filled with stones, bones, and ancient history
The spear point, a bluish-grey stone shaped like a triangle with sharpened edges, caught the light as Kyle Forsythe, curator of archaeology at the Royal Alberta Museum, held it up to the camera. "The guy who brought it in thought it was an arrowhead," he told Taproot. "That's kind of the assumption when you find something like this. But bow and arrow technology has only been in Alberta for the last 2,000 years."
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Edmonton Global's listening tour will lead to change: Bruce
Malcolm Bruce, CEO of Edmonton Global, says the organization's now complete six-month listening tour has produced insights that could result in changes, including potential shifts to how the organization is funded and governed.
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Edmonton Transit Service seeks more input from youth
The Edmonton Transit Service is doing qualitative research with young Edmontonians because their opinions are underrepresented in research, even though they make up at least 40% of ridership, says the service's branch manager.
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How NAIT helps Edmonton food companies develop delicious
NAIT's Centre for Culinary Innovation is embarking on a new waste-reduction project worth $1 million as it continues to develop groundbreaking products with local food and beverage companies.
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