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Oil prices dropped this week, Canada is in a technical recession, and the trade outlook with the United States remains as bumpy as skateboarding down a dirt road marred by potholes.        Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3s5yb8dr  

We often hear people say: “If only I had a crystal ball, that’s what I would have done.”       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ytkv3kjd  

The photo with this article is of a garbage-bin corral outside a west-end eight-plex. It was taken the day after — after — garbage collection in the neighbourhood and posted to social media this past weekend.     Read more: https://tinyurl.com/nh632wsv     

As Canada’s population continues to decline due to stricter immigration laws, Alberta remains an outlier, boasting more than 47,000 migrants — most of them interprovincial — in the last year.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yh3zd5sh     

Appetite for variable-rate mortgages keeps growing, depending on where you get your financing.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/p295nvt7    

When East Village’s new vision was conceived more than 25 years ago, it was intended to be a model 21st century urban village where a diversity of Calgarians of different incomes could thrive together. There was to be no gentrification. However, now there is discussion that the Calgary Drop-In Centre will have to move, its programs decentralized.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yt37xxt7  

The 2026 rural construction season is well underway. Strathcona County crews are advancing a wide range of projects that strengthen our rural transportation network and support reliable travel for residents.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2wza5j6x

Widening Highway 2 outside Red Deer to eight lanes and designing it to a 130 km /h standard is not the answer to safety concerns, Alberta Transportation officials were told Thursday.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4svwrw7r     

In a move being described as a victory by local community leaders in Fort McMurray, Suncor Energy confirms it is requiring some maintenance workers contracted to work in the oilsands to be local residents.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yc6nrn92     

Christian McGowan and Alison Baker fell in love with a building that was never intended to be a home.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yz4r2eat         

A plan for high-density housing near Calgary transit stations has prompted pushback from some on council who call it “blanket rezoning 2.0.”       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2wfxvhwr  

Canada’s housing market became more affordable this year, but Calgary was not among those markets where buyers saw improving conditions, with one exception. A new report from National Bank of Canada examining first quarter data for the year (ending March 31) found larger markets saw improvements in affordability, but Calgary became slightly less affordable.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2sytxcps     

More parents are helping adult children purchase homes. A recent report from the Bank of Canada found more parents in high-cost markets are co-signing on mortgages, allowing their children to purchase more expensive homes.         Read more: https://tinyurl.com/s248ekkb          

Purchasing a home is never an easy financial milestone to achieve, and in Edmonton, it’s becoming even more challenging, making it an outlier among major cities in a new report.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5fbtmtyv