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More than $4M lost to fraud-related scams in the Hat in 2025 (Medicine Hat)

  Hatters were scammed for more than $4 million in 2025 through local and global fraud-related crimes, according to the Medicine Hat Police Service.     Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/fj6sb9ef    

Bank of Mum and Dad now paying for experts in brutal property market (Australia)

  Parents are closing the Bank of Mum and Dad to cash gifts and  guarantor  loans, instead paying for buyers’ agents to help first-home buyers compete in a brutal market.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/2v2xyc5f      

Nelson: Understand this Alberta — there'll be no new pipeline (Alberta)

  They all know it’s a pipe dream. But with Canada’s future at stake, politicians need to play the game before finally acknowledging there’ll be no new pipeline to ship Alberta crude.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/3bhuh7zu  

Wedgewood Heights affordable home plan goes ahead after heated debate (Edmonton)

  Despite vocal opposition, Edmonton’s city council approved the sale of a surplus school ground in Wedgewood Heights for $1 following a heated public hearing on Wednesday ordered by Justice Shaina Leonard in November.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/2a7b6525  

Demand for multi-generational housing grows in Calgary (Calgary)

  Multi-generational homes have been around for decades in Calgary, but with the surge in the cost of housing over the last half decade, these dwellings are increasingly in demand.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/nh9mzu2n             

Canada's housing market starts year with drop in sales, rise in supply (Canada)

  Canada’s housing market was largely in a deep freeze in January despite more choice and lower prices, a new report has found.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/txj3pjf5     

Making their move: Population boom builds Calgary business (Calgary)

    When he launched his moving company, Dan  Korchounov  was moving dozens of clients into new homes around Calgary.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/msctfbhd    

'Energy security': What are the hurdles to a nuclear-powered Alberta? (Alberta)

    Alberta’s provincial government is looking at how to bring nuclear power generation to the province — but there  isn’t  a Mr. Burns in sight.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/mrpwmmmc     

Sturgeon County residents speak out against proposed Century Hills subdivision (St. Albert)

  Sturgeon County council heard from residents opposed to a proposed higher-density subdivision in the Sturgeon Valley during a Feb. 10 public hearing on Bylaw 1701/25.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/8x6dsrrh         

Nanton council greenlights $1.6M for RCMP relocation (Okotoks)

  Nanton Town Council approved budget amendments to accommodate the relocation of the RCMP office to the Tom Hornecker Recreation Centre (THRC).         Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/46t2bsh2     

Demand for multi-generational housing grows in Edmonton (Edmonton)

  More first-time buyers in Edmonton are looking  to  multi-generational housing, teaming up with downsizing parents, so they can afford to  purchase  a single-family detached home.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/3fbkrew4     

Airdrie leaders endorse sport tourism plan to boost local economy (Airdrie)

  Airdrie City Council unanimously accepted a new Airdrie Sport Tourism Strategy for information, and endorsed it in principle, with direction to  refer back  to the presentation as sports tourism initiatives move forward.        Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/5b5pkjm5