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Real Estate
Mortgage-Free in Alberta
Odette Karlsson sold her Kitchener townhouse for $700,000 and bought a new one in Alberta for half the price
A Full House in New Brunswick
The Ostrander bunch moved to Fredericton with three adult kids, four dogs, three cats and a hamster
My Retirement Project? Building Affordable Co-housing.
Bureaucratic barriers make housing inconvenient and expensive to build. If you get creative, it doesn’t have to be.
Habitat: Inside a technicolor kids’ wonderland in Toronto’s east end
The owners gutted the place and turned it into a retro fun house
This cozy new dorm solved one B.C. college’s student-housing woes
In remote B.C., Coast Mountain College’s nature-inspired dorm isn’t just a place for pre-class power naps. It’s a home away from home.
How this run-down Halifax home became a real-life Barbie Dreamhouse
Seasoned home renovator Rebekah Higgs created her own all-pink palace, which she shares with her daughter and dog
The Move: How two Toronto entrepreneurs revamped a retro Nova Scotia general store
Audra Williams and Haritha Gnanaratna wrote an unhinged letter, chased government funding and pulled up what they call "a lasagna" of carpet to realize their dream: Rosefinch Mercantile and Tea Room in Port Medway, Nova Scotia
This revamped ’30s-era Montreal duplex has its own Escher-inspired staircase
The Brunique family wanted a modern family home. They got it—plus a custom staircase inspired by Dutch artist M.C. Escher’s mind-bending design
This legendary Vancouver home has starred in movies and music videos. It’s now selling for $10.8 million.
The home is surrounded by woodland, reflecting ponds and a creek. Deer, herons and bears often visit the property.