The 83-acre property sits about 60 miles northwest of Calgary, Alberta, and is anchored by a three-bedroom log home. Once derelict, the 4,032-square-foot house was restored about 20 years ago.

Tiny homes will soon be an option in Alberta. Enough people wanting to downsize to this extent have led to plans for a neighbourhood of the small houses many other Canadians can hardly imagine as ...

Tens of thousands are displaced, leaving many to seek shelter elsewhere. — -- Neighborhoods in Fort McMurray, Alberta, were reduced to rubble as a wildfire continues to ravage the oil sands ...

Allan Craig’s affection for log homes goes way back to when he was a child gazing at the ceiling of a log cabin his parents partly owned in Canada. “I would look up at those beams, and I’d ...

In fact, their entire business — specializing in building log homes — is based on people’s continuous desire to have this particular style of house in the mountains. “Most of our clients build the ...

About 1,000 of the 25,000 log homes that are built in the United States every year fall into the luxury category – a small percentage, but a disproportionate share of construction costs.

Log homes require no more maintenance than other wood homes, Sweet said. But if you think they’re maintenance-free — because, after all, no one maintains trees — think again.