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Leong: Hudson's Bay is dead but its aspirations can live on to help build Canada

How Canada today can inspire itself from the Hudson's Bay Company of the late 19th century, which sought to drive economic development in the West

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Ricky Leong

Varcoe: Trans Mountain CEO eyes initiatives to increase capacity, hopes to join national projects list

Trans Mountain Corp. CEO Mark Maki can envision the need to build more pipeline capacity to ship oil to Canada’s Pacific Coast for export, and the...

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Chris Varcoe

Opinion: Can Alberta survive a net-zero agenda?

It should be evident to Albertans that the province is on a collision course with the Carney government, driven by a fundamental disagreement: will...

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Dennis Mcconaghy

On the Road: Birdsong

May mornings are full of sound. That, I’m sure, is not a startling revelation to anyone who steps out into the world at around 5 in the morning....

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Mike Drew For Postmedia

Brookman: City's communication lacking in reciprocity

In the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke, the brutish southern sheriff tells his prisoner, “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” To the...

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George Brookman

Opinion: PM Carney wants Canada to be an energy superpower - here’s how he can prove it

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he wants Canada to become an energy superpower. That’s the right goal, and now that he’s in charge, it’s time to...

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Tim Mcmillan

Opinion: Waterton-Glacier Peace Park a reminder of goodwill between nations

In the weeks ahead, you will hear more about the Rotary International Convention coming to Calgary from June 21 to 25. Up to 20,000 Rotarians from...

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Bryan Walton

Bell: In Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith kicks Nenshi NDP butt

What do we have here? CBC News has a poll by the noted pollster Janet Brown and it hits the street with a bang. Premier Danielle Smith sure must be...

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Rick Bell

Varcoe: Throne speech confirms 'energy superpower' goal, but what major projects will be fast-tracked by Ottawa?

The new federal throne speech reconfirmed the Carney government’s objective that Canada will become the “world’s leading energy superpower in both...

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Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: As Trump and OPEC leader come to Alberta, energy markets 'hanging on their words'

As oil prices plod along near US$60 a barrel, all eyes in the Canadian energy sector will soon focus on two wildcards in the weeks ahead: OPEC and...

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Chris Varcoe

Braid: King Charles adds weight to a defiant throne speech message to the U.S.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla were kind, friendly, warm and seemed genuinely delighted to help with Canada’s relaunch into a new era. No...

28.05.2025 1

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Don Braid

Ford: Fifty years hasn't dulled the memory of school shooting

The survivors are all over 60 today. Likely, many are grandparents. They would have watched their own children go through high school, hopefully as...

28.05.2025 1

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Catherine Ford

Varcoe: U.S. air travel demand 'has not recovered' yet from Canadians cancelling trips south, says WestJet CEO

The temperature surrounding trade tensions between Canada and the United States may have been lowered, slightly, in recent weeks with less “51st...

28.05.2025 1

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Chris Varcoe

Bell: Carney offers Alberta diddly squat — more Liberal lip-flapping

The question was asked in the last column. Would Prime Minister Carney screw over Alberta this week? Or when Carney rolled out his plans for the...

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Rick Bell

Braid: UCP rightly reacts as kids exposed to shocking sex images in school libraries

How did stuff like this ever get into school libraries? Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides put the question Monday by releasing excerpts from...

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Don Braid

Breakenridge: Positive first steps in Ottawa's approach to Alberta's energy

It was, by all accounts, a very warm welcome for the new federal minister of energy and natural resources in Calgary last week. That, in and of...

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Rob Breakenridge