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

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...

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Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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

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...

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Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Engineering standards are not red tape

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...

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Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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

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...

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Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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

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...

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Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Calgary council finds creative ways to tackle classroom crowding

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...

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Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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

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 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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

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 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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

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 6

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: New Grassy Mountain mine design will benefit Alberta

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 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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

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 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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

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 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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

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 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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

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 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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

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 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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

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 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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

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 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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

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 10

Calgary Herald

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 30

Calgary Herald

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 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: We're fast-tracking projects, but slow-walking engineers

Alberta is undergoing an economic transformation, evolving from an energy powerhouse into a global hub for infrastructure, mega-energy projects and...

11.09.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: It's time to end the annual property tax charade

Every fall, Calgary taxpayers are treated to the same theatrics.

09.09.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Alberta Voices — Donald Barry: As Alberta decides in referendum, what will Trump do?

In October, Albertans will be asked in a referendum whether they want the province to remain in Canada or move toward a second independence...

06.09.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: The climate crisis keeps affecting our lives

Let’s face up to reality sooner rather than later; fossil fuels are reaching their sunset years.

28.08.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Calgary’s AI training push needs a workplace test

Calgary is putting serious energy behind artificial intelligence. Alberta’s refreshed Technology and Innovation Strategy aims to create 20,000...

27.08.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Canada’s human trafficking crisis is reaching across provinces

The recent human‑trafficking arrests in Ontario should force Canadians to confront the systemic failures — jurisdictional, legal and cultural —...

26.08.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Northback’s miracle Grassy Mountain coal mine

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...

25.08.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: A tale of two neighbourhoods - Bridgeland and Parkhill

Article content A battle has been waged in recent months between the residents of Erlton, Parkhill, Rideau and Roxboro and the developer behind a...

21.08.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: The strike is over; Alberta's aviation access problem is not

Calgary’s airport is having a record run. In 2025, YYC handled 19.4 million travellers and offered 108 non-stop destinations. That growth...

18.08.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Canada can build major projects faster without sacrificing nature protections

Wildfires raging in Canada this summer not only underscore the severe threat that climate change poses to the country’s ecosystems, but also...

15.08.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Status quo the greatest threat to Canadian health care

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...

15.08.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

The Northern Advantage: Why Canada needs a second gateway beyond Lower Mainland

The announcement in early July from the Prime Minister’s Office — confirming that Canada and Alberta will advance a new West Coast pipeline...

15.08.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: We survived the fire. Who will help us survive the recovery?

“No one is coming to save you. You have to save yourself.”

14.08.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Alberta Voices: Paul Barsketis - A teacher's perspective on why Canadian unity matters

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...

13.08.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Canada is worth your wildhood

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...

08.08.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

After Extraction: Why Alberta needs a closure plan for AI data centres

Alberta is on the verge of another industrial boom. AI data centres are being proposed across the province, with promises of jobs, investment and...

08.08.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Amid entrepreneurial drought, Alberta’s small businesses grapple with rising costs

As Alberta should be moving back toward fiscal stability and surplus territory with this year’s elevated oil prices, many small business owners are...

08.08.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Alberta needs to park no-fault insurance plan

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...

07.08.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: What China’s 'oil fortress' means for Canada’s West Coast bet

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...

05.08.2026 50

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: City council is making the housing crisis worse for people with disabilities

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...

04.08.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Alberta Voices-Andrew Kemle: Canada’s problems don’t justify separatism

Alberta separatists default to the following argument: Canada lost $1 trillion in capital flight, manufacturing is going south of the border and our...

28.07.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: The most important capital markets news last week was the one few noticed

Last week brought one of the more consequential shifts in Canadian capital markets in some time. Ontario agreed to join the country’s securities...

25.07.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: The dangerous distraction of Alberta’s bike lane debate

Why is the province trying to fuel a cars-versus-bikes debate? Transportation planners are asking, after Premier Danielle Smith’s government...

25.07.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: The slow death of Canadian local news

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.

25.07.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

'Running to failure': Multibillion-dollar funding gap leaves city infrastructure at risk

The Alberta Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association (ARHCA) ran a clever — and somewhat cheeky — ad campaign during Stampede, aimed at...

22.07.2026 50

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Alberta sovereignty: Officially give up? Why not negotiate instead?

The non-binding referendum scheduled for October offers Alberta risk-free leverage in Ottawa.

21.07.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Alberta Voices-Sabine Brasok: Seniors for Independence lays out its arguments for separatism

Seniors for Independence lays out its arguments for separatism

18.07.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Beyond the rodeo: How the Calgary Stampede can help end global hunger

Every July, the city of Calgary undergoes a dramatic transformation, with rodeos, parades, and celebrations of Western heritage that bring thousands...

18.07.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Missing voices: What are youth learning about recovery and asking for help?

As Alberta invests in recovery and public safety, one question keeps arising as I read the headlines: What are children and young people learning...

17.07.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Recycling a TV costs $2.75. Why Is Alberta charging $14 for a solar panel?

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...

17.07.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald