Greatest Boom Ever

More than 40,000 Australians have turned their homes into retirement funds, with new figures showing the Gold Coast dominating Queensland’s reverse mortgage rankings.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/rckjwy69  

The Bank of Canada is holding its policy rate at 2.25 per cent and says that it expects the Canadian economy to improve, despite flatlined growth over the past 18 months .       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/bp6ndryf  

The price of oil is rising as war in the Middle East reignites, but a well-supplied market and Trump’s on-again, off-again threats appear to be keeping the spike in check.     Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ypph276r  

The city is carrying out a functional planning study for Glenmore Trail between Richard Road and 14th Street S.W. in a bid to alleviate congestion and make the busy corridor safer.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ky8s2ae7  

The Canadian Real Estate Association has downgraded its forecast for home sales activity in 2026 again, despite a small uptick in the number of homes that changed hands in June.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yc79kpwj  

OTTAWA — The federal government has gone from a C student to top of the class in its work to advance internal trade between provinces, says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2s3by6ye  

Mark Carney has presided over the worst first year of economic growth of any prime minister since Lester Pearson in 1963 — 63 years ago! Even Justin Trudeau, who was an economic disaster for 10 years as PM, had a better first year than Carney.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3nked9w7  

The Lauderdale sinkhole is growing.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3e2hkmxj  

A recently released RCMP report shows overall crime in the Wood Buffalo region is declining, with a 15 per cent net decrease in total crime.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2hez4wzc     

Buried civil construction installations for the new fibre optic network in Red Deer should be about 75 per cent complete by the end of August.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3v9xkkbs      

The Town of Okotoks has partnered with Azimuth Builders and Wilco Disposal on a pilot project that has already demonstrated that a significant portion of construction waste can be diverted from the landfill.     Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5276ypxj  

Cochrane council is looking for ways to make it easier and faster for businesses to establish and expand in the community.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2axrvy6z     

Mortgage rates rose last week to the highest level since August 2025, and that caused homebuyer demand for loans to pull back. Refinance demand, however, moved higher.   Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4vmv2xfn     

Building completions in one state have plummeted to a 12-year low and are the “biggest reason” the nation is falling behind a major new homes target.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2n9jd9ry