Greatest Boom Ever

Premier Naheed Nenshi. Ponder that possibility.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5f7dkr6z    

As construction work dots the future route for the first phase of the Green Line LRT project in southeast Calgary, project officials hope to secure more funding to study extending the line further north and south.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ynxkwxnb     

The city wants more hotel development south of downtown to support continued plans to build out the Culture and Entertainment District.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2ffkxd4x      

The Province hopes to swap roadways with Foothills County in a deal that would give the rural municipality greater traffic control through an increasingly busy industrial area.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3sbr3h64  

More military families could soon call St. Albert home, as Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Edmonton is set to grow by another 1,000 personnel over the next five years, a result of the division reorganization in September.         Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4xnxxfvh     

Despite another interest rate rise, controversial property tax changes and a cost of living crisis, a $27m property investor with 13 homes says investing isn’t dead.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yr4yvd7r     

Mayor Andrew Knack is calling on the province to amend the Safety Codes Act and Municipal Government Act to give the city the legal authority to deny permits for problem developers — or even revoke a business licence.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/39tu7a9b      

Mayor Andrew Knack has warned Edmonton that the province’s direction to restore the former residential zoning standards could allow developments of up to 100 units on certain properties.   Read more: https://tinyurl.com/bdfvu4rr  

It’s a “game-changer” for De Havilland Aircraft of Canada, allowing it to ramp up production of its new water bomber and create more than 1,000 jobs in the country.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/mt4fvb5v     

The global gas market could remain tight well into next year as Europe enters the heating season with the lowest levels of gas in storage in over a decade, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report on Tuesday.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4smncsyb    

A comprehensive report from the provincial Independent Advisory Panel on Electoral Boundaries released Monday in the Legislative Assembly recommends a sweeping reconfiguration of southern Alberta’s political map, expanding the Lethbridge area from two standalone urban ridings into four hybrid electoral divisions.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3svjb6yc     

Australia is approving almost 32,000 fewer new homes today than it was a decade ago, with grim new data prompting a warning for the future of the nation’s housing crisis.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3n4dya52     

        By Venice — October 20, 2026   Here's the trap: right now, Fort McMurray's housing market looks almost comfortable.   CMHC's October 2025 rental survey put vacancy in Wood Buffalo at 13.2 per cent , with an average rent of $1,426 . Fort McMurray placed second on a national list of the most affordable small and mid-sized rental markets in Canada. If you only looked at vacancy, you'd conclude the town is oversupplied and nothing needs building .   Now look at what's actually being built: 24 housing starts in a year , and most of those permits were for basement apartments.   That gap — high vacancy, near-zero construction — is the whole story. Fort McMurray is entering a boom with an empty construction industry.   The demand side has already turned. Housing demand is up roughly 30 per cent over last summer. Sales are up 25 per cent, inventory down 22 per cent, and the population is at an all-time high. The chamber of commerce says it...