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Opinion: Protecting Calgary's future with a proactive response to the threat of U.S. tariffs

In recent weeks, the looming threat of U.S. tariffs has understandably caused significant concern among Calgarians and our business leaders. As we...

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Mayor Jyoti Gondek

Bell: Pete Guthrie speaks his mind as he exits Premier Smith's inner circle

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Rick Bell

Varcoe: Finance minister says U.S. tariffs would double deficit, crimp revenues in new Alberta budget, but economy will still grow

'I think from a budgeting perspective, it's prepare for the worst and hope for the best — and have the flexibility to respond'

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Chris Varcoe

Braid: Pete Guthrie rattles UCP with surprise resignation, hints of more trouble

Braid: Pete Guthrie rattles UCP with surprise resignation, hints of more trouble

Peter Guthrie didn’t just quit cold as Alberta infrastructure minister Tuesday. He left a basket of rattlesnakes on the desk. The ex-minister...

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Don Braid

Opinion: Ranchers asking for honesty, integrity in province's handling of coal mining

Opinion: Ranchers asking for honesty, integrity in province's handling of coal mining

I made a phone call last week to a neighbour, someone reluctantly thrust into the “coal mines or water” debate. Last year, the MD of Ranchland took...

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Blaine Moen

Varcoe: Canadian oil producers face $7B hit from Trump energy tariffs — but U.S. consumers would see $22B wallop, study finds

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Chris Varcoe

Bell: Jeromy Farkas running for Calgary mayor — Boy, he's changed!

Bell: Jeromy Farkas running for Calgary mayor — Boy, he's changed!

He’s back and Jeromy Farkas sure sounds like a changed man. As a councillor, and when he ran for mayor last election in 2021, Farkas was a pull-no-...

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Rick Bell

Bell: Albertans are getting a tax cut in this week's provincial budget

Bell: Albertans are getting a tax cut in this week's provincial budget

We’re getting it. We’re finally getting it. Getting some of our hard-earned cash back, putting some of our dough back in our pockets. This...

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Rick Bell

Breakenridge: Premier pays lip service to getting answers on health care allegations

Breakenridge: Premier pays lip service to getting answers on health care allegations

Last week’s news conference by the premier and her health minister was clearly not to announce a public inquiry into the allegations of political...

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Rob Breakenridge

Low-income transit passes: The hand-up to help in hard times

Low-income transit passes: The hand-up to help in hard times

“Low-income Albertans left stranded due to transit pass support program funding cuts” is a headline we can still avoid if provincial leadership...

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David Cooper

Braid: Tragic stories show need for UCP's 'compassionate intervention' for addicts

Braid: Tragic stories show need for UCP's 'compassionate intervention' for addicts

It’s not often a reporter signs in to a government news conference on the hunt for scandal, but ends up with a broken heart. That’s how it felt...

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Don Braid

Bell: United States is an enemy country to Canada — give your head a shake

Bell: United States is an enemy country to Canada — give your head a shake

Are you kidding me? Tell me the pollster got it wrong. Tell me the mathematics got all mixed up. Maybe they missed putting in a decimal point...

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Rick Bell

On the Road: Cold in the air

On the Road: Cold in the air

I think this might be the first time I’ve ever seen a squirrel’s breath. It was sitting on a branch nibbling a spruce cone with the sun behind it...

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Mike Drew For Postmedia

Varcoe: Two promising signs for Alberta's economy? 15 proposed data centres and billions raised by tech sector

Varcoe: Two promising signs for Alberta's economy? 15 proposed data centres and billions raised by tech sector

Setting aside the economic gloom tied to the threat of U.S. tariffs, two promising developments are unfolding today that could drive Alberta’s...

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Chris Varcoe

Opinion: Reinstate health-care premiums and use budget surpluses to build funding pool

Opinion: Reinstate health-care premiums and use budget surpluses to build funding pool

Since the 1970 introduction of universal health care, Alberta’s political right — in the current guise of the United Conservative Party — has...

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Brenton Harding

Bell: If Carney and the Liberals win, they'll have to deal with a fed-up Alberta

Bell: If Carney and the Liberals win, they'll have to deal with a fed-up Alberta

People I run into here in Alberta are thinking about it and talking about it. Some in quiet voices, others more openly. Few want to contemplate the...

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Rick Bell

Opinion: Canada wins on the ice, but the battle isn’t over

Opinion: Canada wins on the ice, but the battle isn’t over

The showdown at Boston’s TD Garden on Thursday night was more than just a hockey game. Canada edged out the United States 3-2 in overtime, with...

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Antonio Quiñones And Pablo Policzer