Greatest Boom Ever

Without Hardisty, Alta., there would be no gas for your car, asphalt for roads, jet fuel for jaunts or billions in oil revenues flowing to Alberta and Ottawa. It might be a tiny dot on the map, but its impact on Canada's welfare is massive       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/hmkytkuz  

Extreme weather and a booming population now have Alberta electricity operators keeping one eye on the power grid when temperatures hit plus or minus 30 C.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2jz4d8e3     

The starter home — that first home on the real estate ladder for new entrants to the market — is not dead yet.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5n944n5r  

A new substation and transmission lines have been approved for Edmonton, which will expand the growing city’s electricity system and capacity.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4h6djmry     

The starter home may appear to be on life support in Canada’s largest markets, but in Edmonton, it is still alive and well.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/384kfmh5     

A large portion of under-utilized downtown Calgary office space could get a second life under a new proposal to transform it into a luxury mixed-use destination.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yj2eksay     

Town of Cochrane council has approved the 2026 Community Revitalization Levy (CRL) tax rate bylaw, allowing taxes collected from specific downtown properties to continue funding revitalization projects in the area.   Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5n74myec     

In a unanimous vote, Airdrie City Council approved changes to the city's noise bylaw, introducing 48-hour exemptions for snow removal and stricter controls on amplified event sound.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/mrx2n9y2    

The City of Brooks mailed out 2026 Property Tax and Assessment Notices last week, and they should arrive in mailboxes shortly.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yffzupru  

An empty parcel of land that has sat vacant on the city’s north side for almost two decades may in the near future be home to a mid-rise apartment following a rezoning request passed by council Monday.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3z9w8mey  

Billionaire Alex Birkenstock, heir of German cult sandal brand Birkenstock, and his wife, Vanessa, have bought a $51.5 million whole-floor apartment in Sydney’s Crown Residences in cash.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4tbnzd2a  

In order to reduce wait times, six new fire halls are needed to serve the city’s growing neighbourhoods near the Anthony Henday ring.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2u58xwzh  

Five years ago, over 40 countries pledged to scale back and phase down unabated coal power at the COP26 UN Climate Summit by 2030-2040, with hundreds of institutions promising to end international coal financing. Three years later, the Group of Seven (G7) nations, namely the United States, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan, officially agreed to exit from unabated coal power generation between 2030 and 2035, marking the first major commitment by the world’s largest economies. But the rules are now being rewritten, and in times of crisis, it always comes back around to dirty coal .   Global demand for coal as a primary power source is surging again, thanks to the ongoing energy crisis triggered by the war in Iran, with countries that previously prioritized cleaner energy reversing course and utilizing coal as a reliable, cost-effective baseline alternative.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/58v6vtzs     

If you’re looking to buy a home in Alberta, there are a couple of cities that are seeing plenty of inventory on the market.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4z34f43s