http://www.edmontoninvestor.ca Market News And Local Reports Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:22:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The secret is out: The world’s most famous lingerie store opened its first location in Canada August 14 at the West Edmonton Mall.  By the time the doors opened, approximately 300 people had waited for as many as three-and-a-half hours to shop at the new Victoria’s Secret store.  At nearly ... http://www.edmontoninvestor.ca/?p=44 Edmonton’s Heritage Festival is adding to Canada’s citizenship population this year.  Citizenship and Immigration Canada will hold a swearing-in ceremony for new Canadians at the Heritage Amphitheatre this coming Monday. Roughly 95 people will take the oath. It is the first time in ten years that the welcoming of new ... http://www.edmontoninvestor.ca/?p=38 A week of soaking-wet weather did not dampen the attendance numbers for Edmonton’s International Street Performers Festival.  The event, which ended July 18, attracted some 230,000 visitors to Churchill Square.  The record attendance figure was 250,000. Shelley Switzer, artistic director for Streetfest, said that during periods of good weather, the crowds ... http://www.edmontoninvestor.ca/?p=36 Speculation and rumours are circling Daryl Katz. The owner of the Edmonton Oilers may be seeking control over the Hamilton Copps Coliseum lease, a move that would control the arrival of a new or expanded NHL team in the city. The report, released on www.sportsnet.ca, has yet to be substantiated ... http://www.edmontoninvestor.ca/?p=34 Lush Cosmetics employees braved the eleven-degree weather on Wednesday, June 9 to protest Alberta’s oilsands development. The store employees on Whyte Avenue joined national Lush employees and Rainforest Action Network (RAN) members in the protest, demanding a stop to development. Lush makes its organic products by hand and supports environmental, humanitarian ... http://www.edmontoninvestor.ca/?p=32 Edmonton is in a drought situation. The city’s Kinnaird Ravine is littered with dried leaves, dead branches and withered grasses. Not a good scenario going into the summer season.  This is prime tinder for a wildfire; all it takes is one spark. This isn’t the only dry area in Edmonton.  Throughout ... http://www.edmontoninvestor.ca/?p=28 The near-completion of two large industrial projects in the Edmonton region is both a positive and a negative. For some, it is the beginning of improvements, but for others, it is the beginning of unemployment. Approximately 6,000 construction workers are completing Shell’s Scotford expansion project and about 5,500 of those workers ... http://www.edmontoninvestor.ca/?p=26 As many students and parents know, it is currently scholarship season, and administrators of funds are contending with a huge pool of applicants.  One of these organizations is the Edmonton Community Foundation, which endows the Belcourt Brosseau Metis Awards with $13 million in scholarship money.  Each year, an average of ... http://www.edmontoninvestor.ca/?p=24 Chief Executive Officer of Royal LePage, Phil Soper, says irrationality in the housing market is occurring in Canada’s largest cities. Royal LePage released a survey indicating the average price of a two-storey house in Canada this year is 10.3 per cent higher compared to last year’s average price of $365,141. Two-storey ... http://www.edmontoninvestor.ca/?p=21 Having an in-home performance from the pipe and drum band from the Edmonton Police Service is an unimaginable treat for the band’s many fans.  When members of the band actually performed in the front lawn of a patient with incurable cancer, the performance became infinitely more special. Judy Kelly lives in ... http://www.edmontoninvestor.ca/?p=19