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Varcoe: Cenovus CEO touts 'incredible milestone,' as company set to hit million-barrel-a-day mark

Varcoe: Cenovus CEO touts 'incredible milestone,' as company set to hit million-barrel-a-day mark

And Jon McKenzie sees the potential for more growth in Canada

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Chris Varcoe

Opinion: On Friendship Day, reassessing what makes a 'friend'

Opinion: On Friendship Day, reassessing what makes a 'friend'

Years ago, in grad school, a friend of mine started a documentary club. Six of us, once a month, in someone’s apartment, whoever’s turn it was,...

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: A province's reputation is its economic infrastructure

Opinion: A province's reputation is its economic infrastructure

Earlier this month, Alberta celebrated one of the most significant technology investment announcements in its history.

yesterday 10

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Calgary Herald

Varcoe: 'Not just talk': Action on pipeline capacity fuelling 'positivity' among Alberta energy leaders

Varcoe: 'Not just talk': Action on pipeline capacity fuelling 'positivity' among Alberta energy leaders

Across the sector, there is a growing sense of what's possible — that new pipeline projects could move ahead and diversify Canada's exports

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Chris Varcoe

Bell: Say what?! Tim Hortons celebrating Harry Potter is attacked as anti-trans

Bell: Say what?! Tim Hortons celebrating Harry Potter is attacked as anti-trans

Read this column and you'll want to grab a Harry Potter donut, if only to take a stand

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Rick Bell

Mar: Understanding Alberta's frustrations: How we got here and why it matters

Mar: Understanding Alberta's frustrations: How we got here and why it matters

I recently explained why the Canada West Foundation is bringing together economists, academics and policy practitioners with expertise in fiscal...

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Gary Mar

Alberta Voices-Andrew Kemle: Canada’s problems don’t justify separatism

Alberta Voices-Andrew Kemle: Canada’s problems don’t justify separatism

Alberta separatists default to the following argument: Canada lost $1 trillion in capital flight, manufacturing is going south of the border and our...

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Calgary Herald

Breakenridge: Separatist drive fell far short of 'confident boasts'

Breakenridge: Separatist drive fell far short of 'confident boasts'

Had the premier not intervened to boost the separatist effort, it would have failed by a considerable margin

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Rob Breakenridge

Bell: Calgary cops soldier on as search for 11-year-old Parker goes nowhere

Bell: Calgary cops soldier on as search for 11-year-old Parker goes nowhere

The ground has been searched. 11-year-old Parker is still missing. Calgary police say looking for the boy is not over yet

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Rick Bell

Bell: Where is 11-year-old Parker? Search hits brick wall, cops soldier on

Bell: Where is 11-year-old Parker? Search hits brick wall, cops soldier on

The ground has been searched. 11-year-old Parker is still missing. Calgary police say looking for the boy is not over yet

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Rick Bell

Opinion: The most important capital markets news last week was the one few noticed

Opinion: The most important capital markets news last week was the one few noticed

Last week brought one of the more consequential shifts in Canadian capital markets in some time. Ontario agreed to join the country’s securities...

25.07.2026 10

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: The dangerous distraction of Alberta’s bike lane debate

Opinion: The dangerous distraction of Alberta’s bike lane debate

Why is the province trying to fuel a cars-versus-bikes debate? Transportation planners are asking, after Premier Danielle Smith’s government...

25.07.2026 10

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: The slow death of Canadian local news

A nation that stops producing and consuming its own media isn't just losing an industry. It's quietly outsourcing its own sense of self.

25.07.2026 10

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Calgary Herald

Brookman: City council needs to 'tackle the obvious and focus on the easy wins'

Brookman: City council needs to 'tackle the obvious and focus on the easy wins'

The public does not want to wait for studies and commissions; the public wants action, especially on items that are not complicated

24.07.2026 10

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George Brookman

Bell: A fighting Danielle Smith tells rest of Canada, keep your hands off Alberta oil

Bell: A fighting Danielle Smith tells rest of Canada, keep your hands off Alberta oil

Premier Danielle Smith to Canada — Don't mess with Alberta oil

23.07.2026 5

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Rick Bell

Nelson: Danielle Smith bounces back as Naheed Nenshi has Stampede to forget

Nelson: Danielle Smith bounces back as Naheed Nenshi has Stampede to forget

The premier had some big, positive news lurking beneath her Stetson

23.07.2026 20

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Chris Nelson

Bell: Calgary cops don't believe Parker must be dead, and search on

Bell: Calgary cops don't believe Parker must be dead, and search on

"We will continue to pursue every lead and examine any possibility and we remain absolutely committed in an effort to find Parker," says Acting Staff...

22.07.2026 3

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Rick Bell

'Running to failure': Multibillion-dollar funding gap leaves city infrastructure at risk

'Running to failure': Multibillion-dollar funding gap leaves city infrastructure at risk

The Alberta Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association (ARHCA) ran a clever — and somewhat cheeky — ad campaign during Stampede, aimed at...

22.07.2026 20

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Calgary Herald

Ford: Online gambling puts money before morality

Ford: Online gambling puts money before morality

If any government, including Alberta’s, is actually serious about the well-being of its younger citizens, the gaming ads would be regarded as toxic...

22.07.2026 20

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Catherine Ford

Bell: Calgary cop heading up search for Parker speaks of the heartbreak and the hope

Bell: Calgary cop heading up search for Parker speaks of the heartbreak and the hope

Parker is still missing. The leader of the search for the 11-year-old boy speaks out

21.07.2026 5

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Rick Bell

Breakenridge: Bike lane 'complaint' portal set to shore up government interference

Breakenridge: Bike lane 'complaint' portal set to shore up government interference

Imagine for a moment what the reaction would be if a future Alberta NDP government demanded that Calgary and Edmonton build more bike lanes. Further...

21.07.2026 10

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Rob Breakenridge

Alberta sovereignty: Officially give up? Why not negotiate instead?

Alberta sovereignty: Officially give up? Why not negotiate instead?

The non-binding referendum scheduled for October offers Alberta risk-free leverage in Ottawa.

21.07.2026 10

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Calgary Herald

Leong: Where there's smoke, there's a needless political firestorm

Leong: Where there's smoke, there's a needless political firestorm

The strained Canada-U.S. relationship has yet another irritant needing to be managed

21.07.2026 10

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Ricky Leong

Alberta Voices-Sabine Brasok: Seniors for Independence lays out its arguments for separatism

Seniors for Independence lays out its arguments for separatism

18.07.2026 10

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Calgary Herald

Beyond the rodeo: How the Calgary Stampede can help end global hunger

Every July, the city of Calgary undergoes a dramatic transformation, with rodeos, parades, and celebrations of Western heritage that bring thousands...

18.07.2026 10

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Calgary Herald

Bell: Bike lane clash in Edmonton, is Calgary next in line for a fight?

Bike lanes. They're back in the news and the political temperature is going up.

17.07.2026 6

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Rick Bell

Missing voices: What are youth learning about recovery and asking for help?

As Alberta invests in recovery and public safety, one question keeps arising as I read the headlines: What are children and young people learning...

17.07.2026 20

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Calgary Herald

Bell: Nenshi grovels to Loony Left after snapshot with Israel ambassador

NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi caves to militants. Really?

17.07.2026 20

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Rick Bell

Recycling a TV costs $2.75. Why Is Alberta charging $14 for a solar panel?

In Alberta, recycling an old television costs $2.75. Starting Oct. 1, recycling a solar panel — made of roughly 80 per cent glass, with an aluminum...

17.07.2026 20

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Calgary Herald

Braid: Nenshi issues slavish apology for photo with Israeli ambassador

What is it with these former Calgary mayors and the Jewish community? NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi now joins Jyoti Gondek as a serial offender. As mayor,...

16.07.2026 9

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Don Braid

Bell: Smith budget boss Nixon likes the Ralph Bucks idea — just not yet

A Ralph Bucks cheque to individual Albertans. It's not out of the question, just not now

16.07.2026 4

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Rick Bell

Opinion: From gas molecules to data molecules: Alberta's next great opportunity

On Nov. 8, 2021, Amazon Web Services announced its Calgary data centre investment. That evening, a conversation took place that fundamentally changed...

16.07.2026 10

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Rick Christiaanse

Nelson: Tsuut’ina housing plan offers hope while Carney dithers

This hints at a new future: not one so consumed by guilt and victimhood

16.07.2026 20

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Chris Nelson

Bell: Smith UCP wants to rein in bike lanes, Calgary city hall not playing ball

With the Alberta government wanting the power to stop new bike lanes or rip out old ones, Calgary city hall is being a pain in the butt

15.07.2026 8

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Rick Bell

Braid: A young girl saves her own life — because she wasn't glued to a cellphone

A driver’s FIRST check should be for pedestrians. You might wait a few seconds longer but nobody’s going to die

15.07.2026 4

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Don Braid

Bell: Smith UCP gears up to stop or rip out bike lanes, now seeks your input

Now Albertans can tell Premier Danielle Smith and her government what they think of bike lanes

14.07.2026 8

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Rick Bell

Braid: Big projects lock Smith and Carney in a pact neither can break

Isn’t it time to drop the suspicion that Ottawa is just setting Alberta up for another betrayal?

14.07.2026 6

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Don Braid

Breakinridge: Amid other wins, Smith's backing of duplicate pipeline to east is nonsensical

This particular project is unrealistic and redundant

14.07.2026 20

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Rob Breakenridge

Braid: Alberta bets on dubious deal with internet gambling giants

Ontario, the first province into the online gambling pot, faces a rise in gambling addiction and even suicides

13.07.2026 7

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Don Braid

Bell: World Cup riots, hooligan violence, among the thugs in the bad old days

A World Cup game and the riots no one who was there will ever forget

11.07.2026 10

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Rick Bell

Braid: Corb Lund petition fiasco signals trouble for Oct. 19 referendum blitz

The rejection of Corb Lund’s Water Not Coal petition, aimed at stopping new mines on the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies, throws Alberta’s whole...

10.07.2026 10

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Don Braid

Bell: Stampede tent noise battle — Calgary's inner city fights back, finally

Live with it, Calgary. The inner city isn't prepared to be a doormat.

10.07.2026 10

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Rick Bell

Varcoe: The years-long quest — and future road map — to bringing data centres to Alberta

The opportunity of bringing data centre investment to Alberta has its genesis in November 2021 with Amazon Web Services

10.07.2026 20

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Chris Varcoe

Bell: Mayor Farkas warns Danielle Smith — don't try to push around Calgary

A fiery Mayor Jeromy Farkas. We found him.

09.07.2026 10

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Rick Bell

Braid: Smith's big Stampede rollouts aimed at cutting separatist support

Carney is not Trudeau, but do separatists see that, Danielle Smith hopes so

09.07.2026 9

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Don Braid

Nelson: Trump scores own goal as soccer fans elsewhere celebrate U.S. demise

With such intense pressure it was little surprise the U.S. team folded like a cheap deckchair

09.07.2026 10

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Chris Nelson

Bell: Defiant Pierre Poilievre fights back, vows to keep exposing Carney as a fake

In a one-on-one interview, here is federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, not holding back

08.07.2026 10

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Rick Bell

Varcoe: Meta unveils massive $13B, gigawatt-scale development in Alberta, Canada's largest data centre

The massive data centre campus in Sturgeon Country, about 35 kilometres north of Edmonton, will be geared towards AI workloads

08.07.2026 30

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Chris Varcoe

Bell: 'Sticking to our guns' — Danielle Smith UCP won't budge on photo radar

You want a lot more photo radar on the street? You're out of luck in Alberta

07.07.2026 10

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Rick Bell

Braid: Alberta Energy Rebate just the latest dubious data grab

Such portals have collected information before, but not on this aggressive level

07.07.2026 50

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Don Braid