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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,...
Earlier this month, Alberta celebrated one of the most significant technology investment announcements in its history.
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...
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I want to live in a province where every person, regardless of how they came to be here, is treated as a human being worthy of dignity and respect. In...
I am Calgary-born and raised. I learned to put on concerts here, and I have put on a lot of them.
Alberta’s separation referendum will be profoundly impacted by the outcome of the negotiation between Danielle Smith and Mark Carney on climate...
Travel writer and Calgary author Will Ferguson is a recipient of the Governor General’s Award for Popular History: Pierre Berton Award, and a...
The president of the United States cannot have my country because my Canada is a snow-covered cenotaph in a small town, where the names of the fallen...
It takes a remarkable amount of political audacity to change your own law on the fly, but Premier Danielle Smith’s UCP government just did it...
On May 20, Alberta’s Ministry of Children and Family Services announced a new “needs-based” funding model for shelters providing services to...
City needs to make changes to ensure cyclists are safe riding our streets
Explaining — or even just bottom-lining — all the complexities in the review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) that begins this week is...
Premier Danielle Smith has estimated that startup costs for an independent Alberta would be about $400 billion.
My friend is a vascular surgeon. Back home, his waiting list ran six months. Patients flew from three countries to see him. In Calgary, he drives a...
Like it or not, we are now in the most important political campaign in Alberta’s history. Amid all the hysterics of politicians and commentators,...
Every day, women in Alberta and across Canada perform work so foundational to our economy that the country barely notices it.
On Monday, Premier Danielle Smith had a laundry list of things that would need to be figured out if Alberta separated from Canada — our share of the...
For years, Alberta has been told its frustrations are exaggerated or rooted in partisanship. But the truth is far simpler and far more structural —...
An Alberta King’s bench judge’s decision that a proposed referendum question supporting separation is unconstitutional because the province had a...
Calgary has never been a city that got stronger by pretending risks were smaller than it is.
The people of Alberta need a new children’s hospital. They got American urology clinics instead.
Rideau-Roxboro has been one community since 1928. However, the city has a curious tendency to split it into two communities when it suits its needs,...
Despite indications to the contrary, Canadians do agree on some things. Most of us assume that if a vehicle is legally sold, registered, insured and...
Fourteen years ago, I moved to Calgary. I didn’t grow up in the oilpatch, although my father was a veteran of the energy industry. I came for work,...
Canadians should welcome the possibility of a project by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma taking shape in Banff National Park. But not if the...
The period between May and September typically sees a higher volume of tenant turnover in major cities across Canada. It is also the season when many...
When politicians debate Alberta separation, they talk about pipelines, equalization and constitutional authority. Those are real debates. But for most...
I’ve cycled around Calgary since I can remember. From a chair on the back of my dad’s bike to exercising and running errands today, I’ve used...
Equalization payments are not a result of direct provincial transfers to Ottawa. That is a misconception being perpetrated by the advocates of Alberta...
On Nov. 25, 2024, 72 per cent of my neighbours in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass voted yes to the metallurgical coal mine at Grassy Mountain....
Calgarians want a city that is safe, healthy and resilient. Achieving that vision requires more than emergency response. It requires sustained...
Coal Association of Canada president Robin Campbell said, “Polling consistently shows a majority support responsible resource development.” The...
During National Nursing Week — running May 11 to 17 under the theme The Power of Nurses to Transform Health — Albertans will rightly recognize the...
Nearly three million Albertans’ voter records exposed. No hackers. No sophisticated cyberattack.
Responsible government requires decisions grounded in facts — not distraction, division or short-term political calculation.
There are many dynamics to the time change debate, but allowing Albertans to be heard is perhaps the most important.
With the war in the Middle East threatening the global supply of oil, most Canadians appreciate the urgent need for a new pipeline to our West Coast...
A recent media report about a threatening email sent to Muslim students at the University of Calgary is deeply unsettling — but, for many of us, not...
This Sunday, May 10, millions of Canadian mothers will receive flowers, candles, and cards thanking them for everything they do.
An essential aspect of a properly functioning universal health-care system is the ability to provide patients with the care they need promptly. In...