Canada Loses 135,000 Residential Builders To Retirement By 2035
Residential construction retirements will remove 135,000 workers by 2035, 21% of the trade, per BuildForce Canada and CHBA. Alberta is inside that number.
Paul Brandt won’t stop making noise about a crime that runs on silence
Paul Brandt worked as a registered nurse before country music, and in 2017 he founded the Calgary-born #NotInMyCity movement against human trafficking.
Alberta’s Average Home Hit A Record $736,519 As Starts Fell
Alberta's average new home price hit a record $736,519 in Q2, up 2.5%, per BILD Alberta. Calgary reached $843,862 as starts fell 21% province wide.
Canada Folded Its Cards and Washington Still Will Not Deal
Canada repealed its digital services tax in 2025 and Washington gave no credit. Finance Canada and USTR records show why Alberta energy is the real card.
Housing Starts Fall 13% in the Middle of a Shortage
CMHC says Canada started 13% fewer homes in June 2026 while 137,324 permitted units sat idle. What that means for Alberta builders and Calgary buyers.
Every Environment Minister in Canada Just Met on Alberta’s Ground
Canada's environment ministers met in Calgary July 15, 2026 on faster permits. The Impact Assessment Act still sets a 480-day federal approval clock.
Calgary Philanthropist Stephanie Felesky Joins Alberta Order of Excellence
Stephanie Felesky was born in Toronto on January 28, 1947 and raised in postwar Calgary, where she built a philanthropic career the province now recognizes.
Rooftop concert fighting human trafficking returns to downtown Calgary July 25
A Not So Silent Summer runs July 25 from 4 to 10 p.m. at the Calgary Marriott ONEUP! Rooftop, with Paul Brandt and three local acts backing #NotInMyCity.
Rentals Are Now More Than A Third Of Everything Alberta Builds
Alberta rental starts are 37% of all housing starts year to date, per BILD Alberta. Edmonton is 41% purpose-built rental and Calgary is 35%.
Jim Davidson Cofounded FirstEnergy and Shaped Alberta Energy Banking
Jim Davidson cofounded FirstEnergy Capital in Calgary in 1993 and joins the 2026 class of the Southern Alberta Business Hall of Fame three decades later.
