Home sales surge in rural Alberta

Some realtors in rural Alberta are reporting a surge in home buying by Albertans fleeing the big city, and they say the COVID-19 pandemic is a big part of what’s behind the boom. “We are living in a society where people want to grow their own gardens again and they want to have chickens and they want to be a little bit more self sustainable," said Allison IsBell of Lively Realty Ltd in Nanton “We offer space. Most of our lots here are larger, you can have a garden you can do th