Scotland is beginning to sound a lot like Alberta: The booming oil price is fuelling an accoun­tancy recruitment crisis in Aberdeen as other firms struggle to match the salaries being paid by the cash-rich energy companies. Multi­na­tionals such as BP, Shell and Schlum­berger are taking advantage of the near-record price of a barrel to pay […]

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Not through any direct experience of my own, although my landlord did take the oppor­tunity to raise my rent the maximum allowable by law a month ago, but the city has been moving up the ranks of the most expensive on the planet. Toronto of course ranks first in Canada as the most expensive place […]

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