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Aug. 03, 2012 | Cody Stuart
Pop The Question: Larry Mathieson
Founded in 1982, Ronald McDonald House Charities Canada provides a home-like atmosphere for parents and children who travel long distances to seek medical treatment for three decades now. Located across from the Alberta Children's Hospital, the new 23-bedroom Ronald McDonald House® Southern Alberta (RMHSA) was constructed in 2007, adding to RMHSA's 12 other houses across Canada. CREB® caught up with RMHSA's executive director Larry Mathieson to talk a little bit about the charity and the city he calls home.
Aug. 03, 2012 | CREBNow
I'll Take That to Go
The car sharing initiative car2go, a subsidiary of Daimler North America Corporation — that got its start in Austin, Texas — launched July 21, across the city 150 lowemission smart cars are available for Calgarians on the go.
Aug. 02, 2012 | CREBNow
Calgary Contributes to Price Index Increase
"The metropolitan regions of Toronto and Oshawa, and Calgary were the top contributors to the increase in May," said a report by Statistics Canada. "The impact of these regions on the overall index was slightly offset by the decrease observed in Victoria."
Aug. 02, 2012 | Cody Stuart
Pilot Program for Pathway Safety
Public Safety Communications has announced the launch of a pilot program which places pathway markers along Centre City/Bow River, the Elbow River pathways and in Fish Creek Park.
Aug. 02, 2012 | CREBNow
Calgary Century Homes
For 2012, there are 508 homes participating in the week-long celebration. Most of these homes were built around 1912 when Calgary's first housing boom hit its peak.
July 26, 2012 | Cody Stuart
City Approves Massive Keystone Hills Plan
Sitting on 1,080 hectares bordered by 160 Ave N, Stoney Trail, 14 St NW and the expanding Calgary airport, the Keystone Hills Area Structure Plan calls for a mixed use development that will eventually be home to as many as 60,000 people and employ as many as 18,000.
July 26, 2012 | CREBNow
Wheatland County
Wheatland County includes the communities of Strathmore, Gleichen, Cluny, Dalemead, Carseland, Lyalta, Rosebud, Hussar, Rockyford, Chancellor, Dalum and more.
July 26, 2012 | Cody Stuart
Calgary Holding Strong
Although multiple sources have singled out the housing markets in Toronto and Vancouver as proof of a greater Canada-wide trend, Calgary has yet to see the sort of rapid price fluctuations and sales declines evident in those cities.
July 25, 2012 | Cody Stuart
Cranston
Situated on Calgary's southern perimeter and named for the family that originally homesteaded the area, Cranston offers residents a lifestyle not easily equaled by many of the city's neighbourhoods. With Downtown Calgary and the Rocky Mountains both easily accessible via Deerfoot Trail or Highway 22X, and with a bevy of amenities in and around the community itself, Cranston residents can take full advantage of both the natural and manmade attractions in the area.
