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The good times are rollin’, says business survey (St. Albert)

St. Albert entrepreneurs are bullish about business and predicting a profitable year ahead, says the city’s latest business survey.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3xn3mmr5  

Specially-designed marina home up for sale blends indoor-outdoor living (Australia)

A specially-designed family home is up for grabs in Bayview, offering sprawling marina views in an elevated home not sold since it was built.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5n6ksvva        

Businesses build on Beaumont's strong residential growth (Edmonton)

It’s one of Alberta’s fastest growing communities, and it sits on Edmonton’s doorstep.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/y5jzf8ws     

Construction ramping up in Culture and Entertainment District (Calgary)

After work was paused during the 2026 Calgary Stampede, construction is ramping up again in Calgary’s Culture and Entertainment District.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2prcz8wh  

‘Slightly reassured’: Neighbours react as city takes action on Grovenor Airbnb (Edmonton)

The City of Edmonton is moving to inspect an infill property in Grovenor, financed to be affordable housing, which Postmedia identified as an Airbnb earlier this month.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yt8xjhpu     

Saved $150k deposit, then a $16k hidden fee nearly killed new home (Australia)

A couple who saved $150,000 for their first home almost gave up in the face of hidden costs that would have set them back at least half a year.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5cy6f2nr     

Gunter: Spending cuts, not incentives, key to fixing Edmonton's high residential taxes (Edmonton)

So, city council is thinking up ways to convince industries and businesses not to leave high-tax Edmonton for the lower tax jurisdictions all around the city.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2rfbyk6e  

Over-supplied apartment sector behind falling housing prices (Calgary)

Too many condos and too few buyers best described Calgary’s resale real estate market woes in June. Recent statistics from the Calgary Real Estate Board  revealed that resales fell nearly four per cent year over year, while the aggregate benchmark price dropped about two per cent to $572,500.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ybkcvthz  

Opinion: From gas molecules to data molecules: Alberta's next great opportunity (Alberta)

On Nov. 8, 2021, Amazon Web Services announced its Calgary data centre investment. That evening, a conversation took place that fundamentally changed how I thought about Alberta’s economic future.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ynnds35v     

Strathmore leads Calgary’s outlying markets with modest growth in June (Calgary)

Strathmore has long stood out as the region’s most affordable resale real estate market tracked by the Calgary Real Estate Board.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yhr6w6rr  

CMHC reports annual rate of housing starts in June down 6% from May (Canada)

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in June fell six per cent compared with May.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3z4mrwnr  

Alberta Peace region pitches itself as nuclear energy hub for province and beyond (Peace River)

The Peace Regional Energy Alliance says it is time to start the nuclear conversation for Alberta. Eight municipalities in Alberta say it is time to have a serious conversation about northwestern Alberta a new North American centre for nuclear energy development.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2s3rez4n  

Funding finalized for final phase of Sylvan Lake Regional Water/Wastewater Commission (Sylvan Lake)

The final $5.64 million of an $18.4 million investment by the Government of Alberta will finally bring the Sylvan Lake Regional Water/Wastewater System to completion.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3rzdx2cx  

Okotoks rental housing construction surges in 2025 after decades of limited development (Okotoks)

Rental housing construction in Okotoks increased nearly 24 per cent in 2025 as the community continued to make up for decades of limited rental development.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/mtbcvfen