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A rezoning sign in front of an empty lot
business housing

Honey, I shrunk downtown: Edmonton developers eye shorter buildings

Developers once envisioned an Edmonton skyline with many more towers, but that vision is disappearing, lot by lot.

food business

The Tomato celebrates 30 years of community

The Tomato is celebrating its 30th anniversary, but the party it's throwing with its September-October issue is more about the community than the publication.

technology business

Meta to speak at Industrial Heartland conference

The annual conference put on by Alberta's Industrial Heartland Association will include a look "behind the build" of the $13-billion AI data centre that Meta plans to put in Sturgeon County.

business region

Hydrogen in Calgary could unlock freight options for Edmonton

With $3 million in funding from Emissions Reduction Alberta, Azolla Hydrogen will be able to serve long-haul truckers in Calgary, a key step in making it plausible for fleets to be hydrogen-fuelled, said president and CEO Jared Sayers

A newspaper clipping of an ad for Great Western Garment with the headline 'Women Wanted'
history business

A moment in history: Sept. 4, 1947

On this day in 1947, Edmonton's Great Western Garment Company was advertising for new workers.

region food

Farmstand Tour invites visitors to 'market on wheels'

As harvest season begins, Experience Alberta is inviting visitors to Strathcona County on Sept. 6 for a Farmstand Tour.

health technology

Health Innovation Lab ready for applicants

The Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute has launched the Health Innovation Lab, a three-year, $10-million initiative with the Government of Alberta.

A person in a dark blue shirt operating a heat press that can press designs onto shirts
arts health

Art collective opens at Kingsway Mall in response to ADAP

A new art store at Kingsway Mall aims to make it easier for former AISH recipients to transition into employment under the new Alberta Disability Assistance Program.

technology business

Five Edmonton-area projects share in emissions-reduction funding

If the five Edmonton-based projects to share in $15.7 million from Emissions Reduction Alberta succeed, they are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of 4,700 tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2030, generate 504 person-years of employment, and contribute $81 million to Alberta's GDP