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January 15th., 2012
Volume 11, Issue 8
Dear Friends and Partners,
Welcome back! So, how were the holidays - did you have a grand time? Are you excited about the year ahead? Of course there remain many question marks concerning the economy, pipelines, global-financial stability - but living pinned by fear, is not living at all. So many GREAT stories get drowned out when you listen to the news. You have to search for the bright ones.
I was driving through Nisku, an industrial area just outside of Edmonton. I saw 'help wanted' signs on the splotchy ice covered lawns of factories and brightly coloured signs touting 'good opportunity-apply inside' were sprinkled along the artery roads. Employers in Edmonton felt the labour crunch tightening six months back.
Last year the energy sector saw many large multi-billion dollar projects get the green light. The construction industry that builds the projects and material spinoffs, are already busy and anticipate 2012 to be the beginning of massive construction starts.
With BMO offering an insanely low 5 year fixed rate of 2.99%, it looks like 2013 is positioned to carry more main-stream optimism with a wider segment of the economy flourishing in Alberta and Western Canada. Of course nothing is guaranteed and any mix of local or international strife could derail a good thing, but over the next decade the growth will continue through the peaks and valleys.
When it comes to planning your year ahead (and the next 5) here are some critical questions to ask and a few links to help you measure along the way. The questions are courtesy of San Francisco based Career Coach Suzannah Scully's blog.
1. What are you most proud of in the last year?
2. If there were a newspaper headline describing this past year for you, what would it say?
3. What unfinished business do you want to resolve before the year end and when will you do it? (i.e. lingering relationships, apologies, goals yet to achieve)
4. When were you most excited about life in this past year? What were you doing? Who were you with?
5. Looking back, what would you have done differently in 2011?
6. What new dream for yourself did you achieve?
7. Where did you let fear hold you back from a goal you had?
8. What was boring to you this year that you hope to change for next year?
Now, get out there and make your dreams happen!
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Alberta's Economy To Lead Nation: TD Report
By Mario Toneguzzi, Calgary Herald. January 10th 2012
Alberta's economy is forecast to lead the country this year and next year, according to a report by TD Economics.
The provincial economic update also sees employment growth in Alberta topping Canada for 2012 and 2013 as well.
The TD Economics report predicts Alberta will see real gross domestic product growth of 2.6 per cent this year and 2.9 per cent in 2013 compared with 1.7 per cent and 2.2 per cent respectively across the country. FOLLOW THIS ARTICLE
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Alberta Rides Strong Job Creation Wave
Province's unemployment rate remains lowest in country
Alberta enjoyed a banner year for job creation in 2011, though new figures show employment changed little from November to December.
Data released by Statistics Canada Friday said the country added 18,000 jobs last month. Few of those came in Alberta, but the province tallied 77,500 new jobs for the calendar year of 2011. Of the past 15 years, more jobs were added only in 2006.
"There were job gains in just about every sector," said Darrell Winwood, public affairs officer with Alberta Human Services. "This was the second-best year for job gains since 1997." The main industries of growth, said Winwood, include construction, health care, social assistance, and both wholesale and retail trade. READ MORE HERE
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Real Estate Market Healthy, Agents Say
By Lewis Kelly, Edmonton Journal. January 5th 2012
Edmonton wrapped up a stable year in real estate in December, the Realtors Association of Edmonton said Wednesday.
"It is a relief to report on the stability and health of the local real estate market," said Chris Mooney, association president for 2011. "With prices and sales varying within a small range, there is a solid base going forward into the 2012 market."
Mooney mentioned the European debt crisis and a depressed housing market in the U.S. as major concerns, but emphasized that the energy-based economy of Alberta in general and Edmonton in particular keeps the local housing market buoyant. GRAB THIS STORY
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I must say its a nice questions you have asked....
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