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Canada, an energy superpower: No longer a pipe dream

Canada, an energy superpower: No longer a pipe dream

With Canada’s energy at the forefront of our economy, Postmedia has asked business leaders to weigh in on the challenges. They will discuss which...

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Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Alberta and separatism: A comparative perspective and lessons for Canada

Alberta and separatism: A comparative perspective and lessons for Canada

Albertans have voted in a referendum that brought the province’s future in Canada into the national spotlight. As a policy analyst, this debate has...

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Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Sport and recreation infrastructure is essential infrastructure

Opinion: Sport and recreation infrastructure is essential infrastructure

I grew up in Calgary. I played soccer at the indoor soccer centre and watched my brother play hockey at Stu Peppard, Frank McCool and Murray Copot...

24.10.2026 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Making a case for the Calgary fieldhouse

Opinion: Making a case for the Calgary fieldhouse

Since 1967, the Calgary Multisport Fieldhouse Society has lobbied to build Calgary’s first fieldhouse — a project revived, reassessed and...

24.10.2026 10

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Calgary Herald

Post referendum post-mortem: Let’s keep building Canada

Post referendum post-mortem: Let’s keep building Canada

Prime Minister Mark Carney aptly summed up the results of the Alberta referendum: “On Oct. 19, Albertans made a clear choice. They chose unity, to...

24.10.2026 10

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: It's time to invest in southern Alberta

Opinion: It's time to invest in southern Alberta

When people think about the infrastructure that supports a growing community, they often think about roads, bridges, schools or hospitals. Rarely do...

23.10.2026 10

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: Alberta now has opportunity to build useful immigration program

Opinion: Alberta now has opportunity to build useful immigration program

The next time the Alberta government has a spare $130 million to spend on a high-visibility program, it should consider spending it on rebuilding our...

23.10.2026 20

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Calgary Herald

Lessons from tragedy: Canada needs a safer emergency response system for when people go missing

Lessons from tragedy: Canada needs a safer emergency response system for when people go missing

When 11-year-old Parker Wells went missing earlier this summer, should emergency response have included an immediate public alert? An Amber Alert for...

22.10.2026 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Delivering on the Green Line vision means thoughtful investment and creativity

Opinion: Delivering on the Green Line vision means thoughtful investment and creativity

To many, the aboveground plan for the Green Line’s downtown segment seems like a road to nowhere, implemented for the sake of building another train...

20.10.2026 20

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: Alberta voters have right to clarity on proposed changes to immigration in referendum

On Monday, Albertans will vote on 10 referendum questions. Not surprisingly, much of the attention remains focused on the question of separation.

16.10.2026 20

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Calgary Herald

Canada has a history of discrimination; don't fall for it in Alberta

Separation has been front and centre in Alberta. But the provincial referendum is about more than separation. Half of the questions focus on...

15.10.2026 30

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Calgary Herald

Dinning and Toews: Separation would be 'reckless' and 'self-defeating'

Alberta has always played a significant role in Canada’s economy. Even before becoming an energy powerhouse, fur trading, agriculture and ranching...

15.10.2026 10

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: Alberta is asking the wrong question

Bradley called at half past 12. He talks slowly. He says a thing, then explains the thing, then checks your face to see whether the explaining...

14.10.2026 20

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Calgary Herald

Stay open for growth: Former premiers urge 'No' on the immigration questions

Alberta’s continued prosperity depends on immigration. Our province’s remarkable journey from frontier trading post to global energy power is...

14.10.2026 20

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: Alberta's economic voice is being heard; don't silence it

There is nothing better to remind Albertans about the importance of staying in Canada than the blockbuster deal announced this week between...

10.10.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Even when we're thankful, there's negotiation

Years ago, at a friend’s family Thanksgiving, four of us stood around the kitchen counter folding dumplings. The turkey was already in the oven, and...

09.10.2026 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Don’t let denialism distract from truth and reconciliation progress

Millions of Canadians participated in “Orange Shirt Day” activities last week to observe the 6th National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on...

09.10.2026 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: A Tory’s torment over the loss of moderate government

On Aug. 30, 1971, I was eligible to vote in an Alberta provincial election for the first time. I voted for Peter Lougheed and the Progressive...

09.10.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Let's consider all of our history

Let’s consider our past as we decide our future.

09.10.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: When everything is essential, what do you go without?

Autumn has arrived. For many Calgarians, that means planning a Thanksgiving meal around the kitchen table. Now picture a different kitchen table in...

08.10.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: What if ER docs joined the province's private-pay plan?

I’ll admit I have been strongly opposed to the Alberta government’s dual-billing legislation: the Canadian experiment where anesthesiologists are...

07.10.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: When does an immigrant become an Albertan?

I recently met an 85-year-old woman who made me think about Alberta’s past and present. Mrs. Sukhdev Kaur Hari, known as Gick Harry, is a descendant...

03.10.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Set the expectations for your friends and family to show up and vote to remain

We might have a problem. Most Albertans, like me, are both proud Albertans and Canadians who want Alberta to remain in Canada. At the same time, many...

03.10.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Alberta doesn't just need more physicians, it needs more time for them be doctors

Alberta is working hard to recruit more physicians. But imagine hiring a new doctor and then requiring them to spend more than a full working day...

03.10.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Compute needs a community, not just a campus

The debate has been about what data centres take. The better question is what they can build.

03.10.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Stephen Harper: Separatism poses 'significant risk' for Alberta

'Most voting for it will do so just to “send a message” … I believe that approach is mistaken'

02.10.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Bill 25 misrepresents what is happening in the classroom

With the recent implementation of Bill 25, titled “An Act to Remove Politics and Ideology from Classrooms,” one must wonder where this policy...

02.10.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: The 'friendliest city in the world' cannot be divided by separatism

As CEO of Tourism Calgary, I get to meet people from around the world and show them how special our city is. I get to tell them it’s not really that...

01.10.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Protecting our sovereignty means protecting our public health care

If you ask Canadians what makes us different from our American neighbours, the vast majority will say that it’s our public health care; that in...

01.10.2026 10

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Calgary Herald

Alberta Voices - Krista Dumba: In this time of division, kindness might be Alberta’s most important tool

I’m not political, not even a teeny tiny bit.

28.09.2026 30

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: Albertans can now buy their own medical imaging scans — but then what?

As of July 31, 2026 , Albertans can purchase medical imaging scans, including X-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI, without a physician referral. That means...

26.09.2026 40

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: Alberta’s referendum turns immigrants into scapegoats for government inaction

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...

26.09.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Engineering standards are not red tape

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...

26.09.2026 50

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: Facing labour shortages, Alberta shouldn't create reasons for workers and businesses to leave

As optimism grows in anticipation of renewed growth in Alberta’s oilpatch, there is also growing concern around the demand for labour, and whether...

25.09.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Alberta's school flag ban trades the mosaic for the melting pot

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...

25.09.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Calgary council finds creative ways to tackle classroom crowding

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...

25.09.2026 30

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: Referendum question 2 would have kept this successful immigrant away

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...

24.09.2026 40

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: The free door in youth sport closed without a vote; Calgary can reopen it.

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...

23.09.2026 20

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Calgary Herald

Alberta Voices - Brad Tomlinson: Separatism comes down to difference in values

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...

22.09.2026 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: New Grassy Mountain mine design will benefit Alberta

A recent opinion piece from the Alberta Wilderness Association stated it would take a “technical miracle” for the proposed Grassy Mountain...

22.09.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Small businesses are the missing piece in Canada’s investment and trade strategy

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....

21.09.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Alberta Voices — Keith F. Pope: Grandparents believed in Alberta's prosperity. We should, too

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...

19.09.2026 20

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: The separation report's faulty assumption: financial discipline in Alberta

The Alberta government’s newly released separation report, commissioned from the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, runs to hundreds...

19.09.2026 20

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: Why we’re all responsible for preventing Calgary’s domestic violence

For decades, women and girls have carried much of the responsibility for keeping themselves safe from gender-based violence. Learn the warning signs....

19.09.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Alberta could score big in global investment, if it doesn't self-sabatoge

Canada — and Alberta — were on the global financial stage earlier this week as investors representing $120 trillion in capital gathered in Toronto...

19.09.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Canada’s energy leadership shines far beyond our borders

When Canadians talk about energy leadership, the conversation often begins and ends with oil and gas. Alberta’s energy sector has helped power our...

18.09.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

When 'leverage' isn’t leverage: Why the separatists’ push for bargaining power is an empty bluff

As someone who has practised and studied intergovernmental relations in Canada for more than two decades, I find the Alberta separatists’ latest ad...

17.09.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Separatism is an oversimplification of the Calgary-Shaw byelection result

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...

16.09.2026 20

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: Question 8 in referendum could gut the Canada Health Act

While the separation question is understandably taking up most of Alberta’s bandwidth, the other nine ballot questions could also drastically change...

15.09.2026 40

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Calgary Herald

Opinion: Calgary is the city I mistakenly vowed never to call home

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...

12.09.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald