Buying your first home is an exciting milestone. You’ll have a place to call your own, where you can put down roots, build traditions, and make memories. But first, you have to find the best way to pay. Unless you can buy a home in cash, you’ll typically need a mortgage, which is a type...
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City of Calgary provides update on Olympic Plaza brick retrieval
The City of Calgary thanks Calgarians for their participation in the Olympic Plaza Brick Retrieval Program. The registration period, which allowed original purchasers to request an inscribed Olympic Plaza brick, has officially closed. City teams are now processing the submitted applications. Over the registration period, The City received 5,105 applications to have inscribed bricks retrieved...
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City receives approval for franchise agreement with ENMAX, lowering electricity franchise fee
The Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) has approved a new franchise agreement between The City of Calgary and ENMAX, set to bring more affordable and predictable electricity bills to Calgarians. Starting Jan. 1, 2025, the electricity franchise fee (also known as a Local Access Fee on electricity bills) will be calculated using only a fixed rate...
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City Services: Holiday Season 2024
Wednesday Cart Collection No Wednesday cart pickup on Christmas or New Year’s Day. Instead of the usual Wednesday pickup, blue, black and/or green cart will be collected on: Monday, Dec. 23 and Monday, Dec. 30. Only Wednesday blue, black and/or green cart collection is changing. All other households will have their regular pick-up on their...
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Tax Instalment Payment Plan (TIPP) payments unchanged for January; adjustments coming in February
The City of Calgary is informing Tax Instalment Payment Plan (TIPP) participants that, due to the recent Canada Post labour disruptions, recalculation letters — typically mailed in December — could not be sent as originally planned. As a result, January payments for TIPP participants will remain unchanged, unless notified by The City. TIPP recalculation letters...
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City Council approves amendments to Business Licence Bylaw for short-term rentals
Calgary City Council has unanimously approved amendments to the Business Licence Bylaw for short-term rentals (STR). The amendments aim to balance housing affordability, safety, community impact and enforcement while continuing to support property owners and the economic benefits short-term rentals bring to the city. Changes will come into effect on April 1, 2025. “Calgary has...
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Trump taps ‘Apprentice’ producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the United Kingdom
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with “The Apprentice,” is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration. “With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend...
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Prosecutors withdraw appeal of dismissed case against Alec Baldwin in fatal movie set shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico prosecutors won’t pursue an appeal of a court’s decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting on a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie, the Santa Fe district attorney’s office announced Monday. Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey withdrew the appeal of...
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Beyoncé’s performance highlighted Netflix’s NFL debut on Christmas Day
Beyoncé provided more excitement than either game during Netflix’s NFL debut on Christmas Day. Riding into her halftime appearance on a white horse, the 32-time Grammy winner rocked her hometown Houston crowd with a nearly 13-minute performance on Wednesday. She surprised fans by bringing out Shaboozey to perform “Sweet Honey Buckiin” and Post Malone joined...
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Olivia Hussey, star of the 1968 film ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ dies at 73
LONDON (AP) — Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” has died, her family said on social media Saturday. She was 73. Hussey died on Friday, “peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones,” a statement posted to her Instagram account said. Hussey was 15...