Greatest Boom Ever

  Okotoks’ newest traffic circle, and its first on a major transportation corridor, appears to be functioning as intended just months after opening.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/bdd6c988     

  A proposed pump track for the community of Dunmore continues to evolve, with a hope now to include further amenities for those looking for recreation in the area.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/4kxdjhv5     

Medicine Hat city  councillors  have decided more public input is needed before moving forward  regarding  any decisions in the city’s Transportation Master Plan, voting to reevaluate feedback later this year.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/2e6yp8mn     

Mortgage interest rates dropped last week to the lowest level in a month, prompting more current borrowers to seek savings in a refinance. While lower rates  didn’t  give potential buyers much incentive, the run on refinances was enough to push total mortgage demand 2.8% higher compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/y7nev8pm     

    Regional property markets are accelerating again, with fresh data showing house prices and rents in non-capital  areas are  outpacing city capitals.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/yy6a46b5         

  Housing starts across Canada are expected to decline through 2028 as higher costs, weaker  demand  and elevated inventories — particularly in the condominium sector — weigh on new construction activity, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/25r2r967     

  Most  Edmontonians  are  likely unaware  that the scale of the City of Edmonton’s infrastructure base has grown to such an extent that it now carries a replacement value of  nearly  $40 billion  —  $24 billion  of which is devoted to transportation.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/3vckrdc4       

  A public hearing for a controversial development in Springbank Hill will be held Tuesday at city council.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/5rdzha5z      

  Thirteen per cent of Albertans say they are planning to retire outside of Canada, according to a new survey released Tuesday by BMO Financial Group.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/bddk4962         

  Walk through one of Edmonton’s older neighbourhoods and you’ll notice the yards feel layered. There are big trees overhead: elms, ashes, old poplars, but there is also something else: lilacs along the fence line, a row of currants tucked beside the garage, maybe a Saskatoon bush that looks like it has always been there. In some backyards, rhubarb and horseradish still pushes up every spring, even if no one remembers who planted it.     Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/n6tmffm4      

    The social media mouthpieces will hit the roof this day.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/3az6yah7     

  Construction in Medicine Hat got off to a strong start in the first month of 2026, according to monthly building permit statistics released by the city’s planning and development services department.           Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/y9cuyjes