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As of July 31, 2026 , Albertans can purchase medical imaging scans, including X-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI, without a physician referral. That means...
Holding my mail-in ballot for Alberta’s 2026 referendum, I was struck by a sensation I had never felt in three decades in Canada: I felt singled...
An engineer educated and trained in Ukraine, the Philippines, or India lands in Calgary, ready to work. How quickly can they put their experience to...
As optimism grows in anticipation of renewed growth in Alberta’s oilpatch, there is also growing concern around the demand for labour, and whether...
Alberta’s students have been back in class for three weeks, and, for now, the flags in schools remain hanging. However, this reprieve is only...
Calgary’s schools are overflowing with students, with more than 97,000 K-12 students moving to the province since 2021. In recent years, we’ve...
I came to Alberta in 1994. I was a 30-year-old computer programmer. I’ve had a moderately successful career here, ending up in the ‘C’ suite of...
On Nov. 13, 2018, I was in a Calgary pub watching the city vote on whether to bid for the Winter Olympics — 56 per cent said no. The room did not...
I have been quite involved with the Forever Canadian movement and I am very opposed to separation. Lots of Albertans are arguing about why we should...
A recent opinion piece from the Alberta Wilderness Association stated it would take a “technical miracle” for the proposed Grassy Mountain...
This week, Ottawa made its biggest-ever pitch to global investors, aiming to catalyze $1 trillion into the Canadian economy over the next five years....
On my desk is a stack of paper that predates me by almost 40 years. It belonged to my grandparents, Fred and Edna Pope, who homesteaded near Oyen from...
The Alberta government’s newly released separation report, commissioned from the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, runs to hundreds...
For decades, women and girls have carried much of the responsibility for keeping themselves safe from gender-based violence. Learn the warning signs....
Canada — and Alberta — were on the global financial stage earlier this week as investors representing $120 trillion in capital gathered in Toronto...
When Canadians talk about energy leadership, the conversation often begins and ends with oil and gas. Alberta’s energy sector has helped power our...
As someone who has practised and studied intergovernmental relations in Canada for more than two decades, I find the Alberta separatists’ latest ad...
After the 2015 election, when I won the Calgary-Shaw riding for the NDP, a narrative began, suggesting that the result was largely due to a...
While the separation question is understandably taking up most of Alberta’s bandwidth, the other nine ballot questions could also drastically change...
How do you end up loving a city you once vowed never to live in? For me, the answer lies in the unlikely journey that eventually brought me to...
Alberta is undergoing an economic transformation, evolving from an energy powerhouse into a global hub for infrastructure, mega-energy projects and...
Every fall, Calgary taxpayers are treated to the same theatrics.
In October, Albertans will be asked in a referendum whether they want the province to remain in Canada or move toward a second independence...
Let’s face up to reality sooner rather than later; fossil fuels are reaching their sunset years.
Calgary is putting serious energy behind artificial intelligence. Alberta’s refreshed Technology and Innovation Strategy aims to create 20,000...
The recent human‑trafficking arrests in Ontario should force Canadians to confront the systemic failures — jurisdictional, legal and cultural —...
Northback says 2.5 million tonnes of steelmaking coal will be produced each year by reopening operations at old mines on Grassy Mountain. This would...
Article content A battle has been waged in recent months between the residents of Erlton, Parkhill, Rideau and Roxboro and the developer behind a...
Calgary’s airport is having a record run. In 2025, YYC handled 19.4 million travellers and offered 108 non-stop destinations. That growth...
Wildfires raging in Canada this summer not only underscore the severe threat that climate change poses to the country’s ecosystems, but also...
If there’s one thing we don’t need, it’s more of the same. In 2025, patients endured a median wait of 28.6 weeks from referral to treatment, and...
The announcement in early July from the Prime Minister’s Office — confirming that Canada and Alberta will advance a new West Coast pipeline...
“No one is coming to save you. You have to save yourself.”
Canadian unity is deeply personal to me. I was born in Canada as a first-generation Canadian. My family came here as refugees after fleeing the Nazi...
Over the past year, something remarkable has happened in Canada. We cheered on the Toronto Blue Jays during their World Series run, welcomed the world...
Alberta is on the verge of another industrial boom. AI data centres are being proposed across the province, with promises of jobs, investment and...
As Alberta should be moving back toward fiscal stability and surplus territory with this year’s elevated oil prices, many small business owners are...
If you are injured by a negligent motorist in Alberta, you have the right to compensation from the at-fault driver’s insurance company for your pain...
When the U.S. and Israel struck Iran on Feb. 28 and the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, most analysts expected Beijing to be among the biggest...
When it comes to building new housing in Calgary, almost everyone has something to complain about. For some it’s not fast enough; for others it’s...
Alberta separatists default to the following argument: Canada lost $1 trillion in capital flight, manufacturing is going south of the border and our...
Last week brought one of the more consequential shifts in Canadian capital markets in some time. Ontario agreed to join the country’s securities...
Why is the province trying to fuel a cars-versus-bikes debate? Transportation planners are asking, after Premier Danielle Smith’s government...
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.
The Alberta Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association (ARHCA) ran a clever — and somewhat cheeky — ad campaign during Stampede, aimed at...
The non-binding referendum scheduled for October offers Alberta risk-free leverage in Ottawa.
Seniors for Independence lays out its arguments for separatism
Every July, the city of Calgary undergoes a dramatic transformation, with rodeos, parades, and celebrations of Western heritage that bring thousands...
As Alberta invests in recovery and public safety, one question keeps arising as I read the headlines: What are children and young people learning...
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...