Business Roundup
The Business Roundup provides you with the latest headlines and happenings related to business and the economy in the Edmonton region.
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Recently in the roundup
Edmonton to study data-centre regulation and restriction
Edmonton city council will receive a report in the spring about ways it could regulate and restrict data centres.
Edmonton to consider nighttime economy office
A dedicated nighttime economy office will be on the table during Edmonton city council's budget deliberations in November after more than a dozen representatives of arts and entertainment organizations attended an executive committee meeting on Oct. 21
Data centre explosion mirrors cannabis boom, event hears
Alberta's current data centre boom bears similarity to what the cannabis industry went through in the late 2010s, a regional economic development summit hosted by CREDA Edmonton Region and the Cities Institute heard.
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Recent business articles
On the agenda: District energy, downtown parking, construction
This week, council will hear options for the future of the downtown district energy system, consider a rezoning for a parking lot in the core, and learn more about administration's proposed business-friendly construction policy.
A moment in history: Oct. 30, 1973
On this day in 1973, Edmonton's two Army and Navy stores were advertising a winter sale.
Attainable housing needs to come in all shapes and sizes, proponents say
When Omar Yaqub struggled to help an IslamicFamily client escape domestic abuse, he knew something had to change. That incident and others inspired his work on the Diamond of Dunluce, a forthcoming development that will offer affordable housing for multigenerational living.