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Kingswood home hits the market as latest seven-figure listing in St. Albert (St. Albert)

A Kingswood neighbourhood home has hit the market recently as one of the city’s priciest listings, with an asking price just shy of $1.5 million.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5n6yed49     

Is Australia’s property boom over? (Australia)

SYDNEY – A steep drop in Australian home prices fuelled by the federal government’s move to curb tax breaks for investors has prompted analysts to question whether one of the world’s most spectacular property booms could finally be ending.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ykn2hwsm  

Lorne Gunter: Poll points to another decade of Liberal rule (Canada)

According to a poll released two weeks ago by Abacus Data, Mark Carney and the Liberals hold a six-point lead over Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives, 43 per cent to 37 per cent. Nothing startling there, most pollsters have the Liberals as much as 10 points ahead.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2ufjwe88     

Opinion: Is the energy transition Canada’s Kodak moment? (Canada)

In 1975, a young engineer at Kodak named Steve Sasson built the first digital camera. It was the size of a toaster, ran on 16 batteries, and took 23 seconds to record a single grainy black-and-white image.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/jfrynccp     

New data reveals why SA homeowners have least to fear (Australia)

South Australia’s housing market might be cooling on the back of recent interest rate rises, but exclusive new data shows history is on homeowners’ side.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/y7us8uz5