The province has a rental vacancy rate of 1.4 per cent.
city of calgary
October 30, 2017
10:39AM
City hall should shorten approval timelines for building permits.
March 13, 2017
1:48PM
Decentralization can lead to duplication of services and the layering of new taxes upon old ones.
June 22, 2016
11:38AM
Non-residential property taxes are up 3.8 per cent in 2016.
October 5, 2013
2:00AM
It's not your imagination. Your property taxes really are shooting higher.
For those who haven't paid attention to their property tax bill until recently, let me offer some calculations: Had the city and province stuck to inflation-only increases starting in 2007, a homeowner with a $2,500 property tax bill in 2006 would see a $2,858 bill this year. Instead, the charge will be $3,430, or an extra $572. The cumulative effect over seven years is an extra $1,538.
September 14, 2013
2:00AM
In the 20th century, much of the divide in politics and policy was over how best to create jobs, incomes and keep people from starving how to create opportunity as part of the good life. Those on the "left' argued for state intervention and often outright state ownership; those on the "right" pointed to open markets and other elements of capitalism as the superior route to avoiding poorer populations.
March 2, 2013
2:00AM
Its a pity that Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi is busy picking fights with the provincial government and local homebuilders. His Worship seems preoccupied with the province over his desire to have a city charter that would allow him to tax more.