Greatest Boom Ever

Officials at the municipal and provincial levels are eyeing better guidelines for proposed data centres as some residents express concern for a large-scale project at the nearby Edmonton Energy and Technology Park.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2u23yv9k  

Work on the Highway 3 twinning between Taber and Burdett is almost complete.           Read more: https://tinyurl.com/upc5j49s     

First-home buyers have been locked out of 169 historically cheap property markets across Queensland since the Federal Government unshackled its 5 per cent deposit scheme a year ago.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2z3fx579  

Since 1967, the Calgary Multisport Fieldhouse Society has lobbied to build Calgary’s first fieldhouse — a project revived, reassessed and reimagined, and now with enough momentum to push past the finish line.           Read more: https://tinyurl.com/36a78vtd  

Catherine and Aaron McArlein began hunting for their first home in 2022, right as Brisbane’s property market spun out of control.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/jbvt4wmd    

Edmonton and Calgary have been given marching orders by Municipal Affairs Minister Don Williams on how to proceed with zoning and land use bylaws.     Read more: https://tinyurl.com/n7a5yk32    

The next time the Alberta government has a spare $130 million to spend on a high-visibility program, it should consider spending it on rebuilding our province’s immigration program from the ground up.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/46y43csx  

The dream of owning a first home seems more out of reach these days. The onus of coming up with a down payment, the seemingly ever-increasing home prices — not to mention the uncertainty brought about by the trade war with the United States — the challenge of it all seems more daunting than ever.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/43ndnd69    

Over the summer, I was impressed by the park improvements happening across Calgary. In particular, two unique park developments on the east side of the Deerfoot Trail — The Martin Family Legacy Garden and the Martin Family Pump Track and Skatepark — both thanks to the Martin Family and Parks Foundation Calgary.     Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3napw6x4     

When people think about the infrastructure that supports a growing community, they often think about roads, bridges, schools or hospitals. Rarely do they think about the pipes, treatment plants, reservoirs and pumping stations that deliver clean water and safely manage wastewater every day.         Read more: https://tinyurl.com/mwcwh7ek  

Truckers and farmers paying record prices for diesel this fall have been asking a reasonable question: if Canada has so much oil, why can’t it make more of its own fuel?       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/bdhpd76f     

Strathcona County council has approved changes to its winter maintenance policy, extending the target timeline for completing residential snow clearing from 10 days to 12 days after operations start.           Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4hjx4h72    

Local businesses will have an opportunity to connect directly with major industrial buyers, procurement professionals, and municipal purchasing teams at the 2026 Regional Supply Chain Forum Nov. 3 in Sherwood Park.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3tckundj     

Residents in and around High River are pushing back against a massive data centre that could be built across the highway from the town’s eastern edge.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4rfvthb5