With record-breaking temps and the popularity of air conditioning soaring in Alberta, the province’s energy grid is literally hot and cold and moving to a “double peak” system.
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Monthly Archives: April 2025
Baturyn neighbourhood bus service altered during major road work
Bus service in a north Edmonton neighbourhood is being reconfigured during work to a major road for the next six months.
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Is it time for Alberta to adopt rent control? A look at the pros and cons
As some Edmontonians face exponential rent hikes, the province says it has no plans to adopt rent control, crediting our lack of regulation for record-breaking home builds.
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Varcoe: Danielle Smith confident Dow’s $9B petrochemical project will be built, despite construction delay
Premier Danielle Smith says she’s confident Dow Inc. will move ahead with its $9-billion petrochemical project in Alberta, even though the company said it will delay construction on the massive development.
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Liberals lead Conservatives by 4 points on final day of election campaign: Nanos
The Liberals have a four-point advantage over the Conservatives on Day 36, the final day of the federal election campaign, with voters heading to the polls on Monday.
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A Trump-induced interest rate cut won’t actually lower mortgage rates
A pressured interest rate cut won’t actually lower mortgage rates. It could do the opposite, an economist said. If there is doubt about the central bank’s independence—whether it is politically neutral and committed to its dual mandate of stable prices and maximum employment—it could result in more chaos in the bond market. That would likely push rates on 10-year Treasuries up, and send mortgage rates soaring.
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Spring buying season is here. How the San Antonio real estate market is looking right now.
It costs about the same to buy a house in San Antonio this year as it did around this time in 2024, and a little less to rent an apartment.
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Tenants and Landlords Brace for Egypt’s Rent Reform
For much of the twentieth century, Egypt’s “old rent” laws have capped rents at levels that now seem obsolete. In neighborhoods like Manial, families pay as little as EGP 8 (USD 0.16) a month for spacious apartments, other tenants pay as low as EGP 10-30 (USD 0.20-0.61) per month for apartments and properties in upscale locations such as Heliopolis and Zamalek.
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Dubai World Trade Centre to launch new real estate exhibition ‘Rise’
Dubai: Dubai will create a new exhibition and trade event specifically for the real estate industry – but one that will focus on more than developers, projects and sales, according to a top official at Dubai World Trade Centre.
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Sydney suburbs with worst tenants revealed
Cheaper Western Sydney and regional NSW suburbs have become some of the riskiest areas to be a landlord despite being increasingly popular with property investors due to the higher rental returns.
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