The Journal Pioneer

Q. What’s the best way to get rid of a finish run on a radiator cover? My 12 year-old and I are working on this project together but we put on the urethane a bit too thick. It ran in one place and began to harden before we noticed. A ...

I was talking to a friend and his wife the other day who recently had downsized and moved into a townhouse with a very small yard. They were lamenting the fact that they did not have a vegetable garden any more, and the thing they missed the ...

Planting and landscaping season is here. While I don’t have the brightest green thumb out there, I do take pride in what I’ve accomplished with the landscaping around my home. Your yard can add a lot of character to your home, and express a ...

Two Calgary-area Members of Parliament are calling on the federal Liberal Government and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) to shut down the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive (FTHBI), calling it a failure. FTHBI was rolled out in ...

Legacy, in the deep south end of Calgary, was designed by WestCreek Developments to offer a wide range of housing types framed by the great outdoors, says Kalida Manarin, marketing manager at WestCreek. “One of the biggest features of the ...

It was a tale of two cities for new home starts in April in Alberta’s two largest cities, with figures going in opposite directions. Calgary recorded a year-over-year decrease of 40 percent, while Edmonton saw an increase of close to 37 ...

The landscape of real estate has changed dramatically in the last eight weeks, as its future was being forged. To find out where’s it’s been and where it’s going, Point2 Homes conducted a survey of agents from across Canada. “Real estate ...

While the recent flooding in the Fort McMurray area was no surprise for this time of year, this year was different, given the impact of COVID-19. “These floods are coming at a time when we are all practicing physical distancing. Alberta had ...

Alberta new home starts reached 1,946 units in centres with 10,000-plus population, a decline of 5.5 per cent, year over year, in April. This compares to a national decline of 29.7 per cent over the same time period, according to Canada Mortgage ...

New home starts headed in opposite directions in Calgary and Edmonton in April, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. Calgary recorded a year-over-year decrease of 40 per cent, while Edmonton saw an increase of close to 37 per ...