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What happened to the good old days where any unskilled shmoe from across Canada could come to Alberta and get payed well for just showing up with a pulse. This is what happens when the Alberta Booms go Bust, and they always eventually go Bust. My friends construction trade Union says that there...

A nice prediction of what Edmonton could become once the inevitable economic Bust hits us. http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2008/10/13/7067091-sun.html

This city is going down the toilet fast. This is the second random stabbing murder of an innocent person in the last week. There are so many transients moving to this city from across Canada and it is beginning to show. In my job I have to work around allot of apartment complexes in this city...

No big surprise here, I don't think I know one person in this Province who thinks things have improved since Alberta's economy began Booming. Skyrocketing rents and cost of living, unaffordable housing, long lines and waits for everything and for most Albertans, wages that have barely budged in...

I just heard a story on CBC radio about how so many people are just struggling to survive in Alberta. They said that even though wages have gone up, people are saving less than they did 5 years ago due to the very high inflation rate in Alberta and due to the off the chart cost of living. They...

10 years after banning all handguns and almost totally doing away with all gun ownership, gun crime in Britain has reached epidemic proportions. This does not come as a surprise to allot of criminologists because when you ban anything you create an increase in criminal activity in the way of...

Even the Edmonton Eskimos seem to be joining the ranks of the homeless. More examples of the "Alberta Advantage" http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070625/edmonton_esks_070625/20070625?hub=TopStories

No Home or Job, Don't Come To Alberta! Were the words spoken by the Alberta Employment and immigration minister yesterday. They are finally beginning to see how the quality of life is crumbling in this Province due to all of the people who are flocking here "Foolishly thinking" there are...

The boom's toll The trickle-down effect of the runaway housing market has a growing number of people, from all walks of life, finding themselves homeless, hopeless ... or both Duncan Thorne, The Edmonton Journal Published: Sunday, May 20, 2007...

Interesting news story on ABC 20/20 tonight about how the Myth that gun control lowers crime really is a myth when the facts are investigated. I found the story interesting because the typical view of the media is that gun control works but the reality is that when you actually take the time, do...

Tenants are being hit with up to 400$ per month rent increases in Edmonton. For those of you from other parts of Canada who still don't understand how out of control prices in Alberta are. This increase was rejected by the Alberta government based on the fact that the tenants had just received...

Ok, we may be a back water, cold, industrial city with the countries highest homicide rate but now at least we have something to be proud of. We now rank in the top 10 for the Worlds most expensive entry level home prices in the vicinity of a downtown. Unfortunately we have to play 2nd to...

I have had it with living in this province. I was born in Edmonton, have lived here most of my life and had no intentions of leaving....until now. It has become so ridiculously expensive to live here I see no future for myself in this city. My rent has gone up 3 times in the last year and just a...