Greatest Boom Ever

The first time Courtney Adamo saw the shack that would become her beach house, it was a sunny day and there were whales in the bay below.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4a7f6anr    

VANCOUVER – The Pacific Rim hotel played host to more than 160 business and political leaders this week for the Australia Canada Economic Leadership Forum in Vancouver.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/mujnes36  

Housing affordability continues to be a key issue for millions of Canadians, and a new report suggests specific policy changes could help many first-time home buyers get into home ownership.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/37cv2vwe     

Conversations have begun to make the 2026 Grey Cup the last one held at McMahon Stadium in Calgary.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5n9av6tf      

A 50-year-old photo of a once semirural road that has become a major thoroughfare in Adelaide’s fast-growing northern suburbs has left hundreds of people pining for a bygone era.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5n7mwex9     

Calgarians could be facing a double-digit property tax increase next year as the four-year budget is presented to city council with spending focused on infrastructure and public safety.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/35sjvsy4  

Employment in Alberta’s oil and gas industry is falling, even as companies are “swimming in money” with elevated prices and the industry awaits a lift from new pipeline access.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/pj2rrwe6     

Another construction season in Edmonton is wrapping up.     Read more: https://tinyurl.com/kb823bxs  

The buyers of a rundown house in Manifold Heights have plenty of financial room to play with when they plot the redevelopment of the residence.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4pxxv25u    

          Americans handed Democrats a thumping midterm victory on November 3, with voters voicing anger over the cost of essentials like food, gas and housing. 1 Democrats captured both the House and the Senate, setting up a divided government under President Trump for his final two years. 2 3 For Alberta, the question isn't whether Washington changed hands — it's what a divided Congress actually means for trade, energy and, eventually, property markets north of the border.   The honest answer on real estate: not much, directly. Buyers don't purchase homes based on election results — they buy when they feel secure in their jobs and confident about their payments. 4 About 70% of Canadian exports go south of the border, and when power shifts in Washington it shows up in three places: jobs, prices, and eventually the housing market. 4 That transmission belt runs through trade, not through ballots.   Here's where Alberta specifically sits. Tariffs s...

“Canada’s really having a moment now,” says Stantec CEO Susan Reisbord.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/27tzb9p6