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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...
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...
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...
Since 1967, the Calgary Multisport Fieldhouse Society has lobbied to build Calgary’s first fieldhouse — a project revived, reassessed and...
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...
When people think about the infrastructure that supports a growing community, they often think about roads, bridges, schools or hospitals. Rarely do...
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...
When 11-year-old Parker Wells went missing earlier this summer, should emergency response have included an immediate public alert? An Amber Alert for...
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...
On Monday, Albertans will vote on 10 referendum questions. Not surprisingly, much of the attention remains focused on the question of separation.
Separation has been front and centre in Alberta. But the provincial referendum is about more than separation. Half of the questions focus on...
Alberta has always played a significant role in Canada’s economy. Even before becoming an energy powerhouse, fur trading, agriculture and ranching...
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...
Alberta’s continued prosperity depends on immigration. Our province’s remarkable journey from frontier trading post to global energy power is...
There is nothing better to remind Albertans about the importance of staying in Canada than the blockbuster deal announced this week between...
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...
Millions of Canadians participated in “Orange Shirt Day” activities last week to observe the 6th National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on...
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...
Let’s consider our past as we decide our future.
Autumn has arrived. For many Calgarians, that means planning a Thanksgiving meal around the kitchen table. Now picture a different kitchen table in...
I’ll admit I have been strongly opposed to the Alberta government’s dual-billing legislation: the Canadian experiment where anesthesiologists are...
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...
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...
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...
The debate has been about what data centres take. The better question is what they can build.
'Most voting for it will do so just to “send a message” … I believe that approach is mistaken'
With the recent implementation of Bill 25, titled “An Act to Remove Politics and Ideology from Classrooms,” one must wonder where this policy...
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...
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...
I’m not political, not even a teeny tiny bit.
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...