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Nenshi on Redford, council, $52 million and where taxes are going: Year-end...
I’ll be releasing the full transcript of the Herald’s year-end interview with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi in chunks over the course of this week. Here’s the first part. Calgary Herald: You’ve had the...
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Five key numbers to watch as council debates the Calgary budget
Here are five numbers to watch as the annual Calgary budget debate gets underway. 4.7% The proposed tax increase in every year of the 2015-2018 budget. Little of the extra revenue will go into better...
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Provincial grant cut leaves city $5 million short
The Alberta budget has ended a program that pays property taxes on behalf of seniors and social housing facilities, stripping about $5 million from City of Calgary coffers. The government has long...
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Council doesn't have much 'tax room' to play with after provincial hike
A provincial property tax hike nearly as big as Calgary’s civic tax hike means that council won’t have the same “tax room” debate about further increases that divided councillors in past years. Instead...
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City finalizes 4.2 per cent property tax hike for homeowners
City council has finalized property taxes for 2015. Calgary homeowners will be charged a combined city-provincial property tax rate increase of 4.2 per cent, meaning $110 higher taxes this year for the...
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Homeowners facing 'outrageous' increase after NDP raises its portion of...
Calgary homeowners are facing an “outrageous” property tax increase of nearly $170 on the average house after the provincial government raised its take of municipal revenue in last week’s budget. The...
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