Greatest Boom Ever

According to the city’s financial department, Medicine Hat was able to secure more money as a result of investment earnings than staff expected in 2025, helping to balance the budget.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/ypbewesv         

The ability of Canada to send more oil to Asia has been proven by the successful startup of the Trans Mountain pipeline — and it could continue to grow with the removal of trade barriers this week.   Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/cp8rypez       

We are increasingly seeing a growing appetite among city council to repeal things that are difficult, without the same energy to replace them with something better. Bigger and far more impactful work has already fallen, and now it’s going down to community-level issues.   Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/24ewymuf     

Canada’s tourism sector is entering a promising 2026 with tourism revenue outpacing the broader economy, according to Destination Canada’s Canadian Tourism Outlook 2026–2035, prepared with Tourism Economics.     Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/y2sh3ha8        

This massive grocery store chain is expanding further into Edmonton.     Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/3vh34c9n         

Key takeaways, as well as a full breakdown of a community survey conducted earlier this year around a variety of local topics, were presented to council Monday.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/2sw8v8wx    

A surge in studio and granny flat dwellings across the Southern Highlands reveals how families are unlocking affordability in the premium tree-change market.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/nhb583yv  

CALGARY — CALGARY — Western Canadian oil production can grow by about one million barrels per day over the next seven years, driven  mainly by  expansions to existing steam-driven oilsands projects, says a new report from  Enverus  Intelligence Research.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/3xxp5j6v     

Canada’s natural gas reserves now rank amongst the top 10 largest reserves in the world.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/3d923y4v  

Safety concerns and proximity to heavy industrial uses were reasons given by Calgary city council on  Tuesday, when  they overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to  locate  a charter school in a northeast business park.     Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/265acjmx   

Development plans for the former home of the Edmonton Oilers  won’t  come at the expense of K-Days, city officials say, as  councillors  advance a new vision for the Exhibition Lands.     Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/4ys43n4p

A new Costco appears to be on the way for northeast Edmonton, with plans for a location in Manning Town Centre.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/3xvhykne  

      City council and administration are obsessed with Downtown revitalization.   Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/79mjbza2  

Spring is traditionally when Canada’s housing market shifts into high gear. But this year it’s idling, despite four consecutive years of price reductions nationally.   Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/tpakxc52