93 m. ago Opinion: Teachers deserve better, and so do Alberta families

On April 27, the education minister addressed parents gathered virtually for the Alberta School Councils’ Association (ASCA) Spring Symposium. It should have been a moment of genuine connection with the parents who volunteer their time to help improve our schools. Instead, it felt like a hollow performance, ignoring the urgent concerns echoed by families across […]

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3 h. ago ‘Publicly hired and publicly fired’: Some former MPs struggle to deal with life after Parliament

It’s the natural cycle of political life. It’s part of the job and part of a healthy democracy. But for those who lose their jobs, it still hurts

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3 h. ago Chief Raymond Powder: What Indigenous reconciliation can teach Albertan separatists

Fort McKay First Nation in northern Alberta exemplifies what can be achieved when people reject division and work together

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3 h. ago DEAR ABBY: Fiancee treats man more like a child than as a partner

DEAR ABBY: I’m engaged to a delightful woman from a foreign country. She’s a divorcee, and her 19-year-old son is doing well in college. She essentially raised him herself. Because of some spectrum disorder and ADHD symptoms, her son was apparently a handful. I am healthy, have multiple advanced degrees (including an M.D. and a […]

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13 h. ago Alberta chief electoral officer warns UCP proposed bill will hurt investigations

Alberta's chief electoral officer said a controversial new bill, tabled by the UCP last month, will impair his ability to investigate allegations of election rule breaking.

Economics

13 h. ago Pembina Pipeline Corporation Reports Voting Results from 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

CALGARY, Alberta — Pembina Pipeline Corporation (“Pembina” or the “Company”) (TSX: PPL; NYSE: PBA) reported the voting results from its annual meeting of shareholders held virtually on May 9, 2025 (the “Meeting”). Each of the matters voted upon at the Meeting is discussed in detail in the Company’s Management Information Circular dated March 20, 2025 […]

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13 h. ago Edmonton, Calgary mayors call potential separatism referendum ‘dangerous’

Calgary — Alberta’s two big-city mayors say a separation referendum would be “devastating” to their local economies and is a needless distraction during a period in which the country should be focused on unity. “It is very dangerous talk,” Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi said in an interview with The Canadian Press. “It is dangerous talk […]

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14 h. ago Officials say crews are dealing with more Saskatchewan wildfires this year

Since the start of 2025, there have been 135 wildfires in Saskatchewan. The figure is more than double the five-year average for this time of year.

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14 h. ago Bell: Two out of three Danielle Smith voters want Alberta to leave Canada

'I would say it's 30 percent to 40 percent of Albertans right now,' says Premier Danielle Smith on how many Albertans are considering separation

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15 h. ago Alberta woman dealing with lost luggage, despite AirTag location

Julie Taillefer has been without her bag since landing at YYC, and despite her AirTag attached to the luggage showing it's at the airport, she's been unable to get it back.

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15 h. ago RCMP arrest Alberta man accused of tampering with sprinkler used for wildfire defence

Alberta RCMP say charges are pending after they arrested a man accused of tampering with sprinklers used to protect homes near an out-of-control wildfire north of Edmonton.

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15 h. ago Alberta government failed to follow access to information rules

"Accountability is the cornerstone of the exercise of good governance," Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod noted in her report released May 9.

Politics

16 h. ago Evacuation broadens in Sturgeon County fire, province steps in

With a widening evacuation order and firefighters working around the clock to battle the province’s single “fire of note” in Sturgeon County, Alberta Wildfire moved in to manage the out-of-control blaze. Evacuations widened in rural Sturgeon County northeast of Edmonton on Friday after a sprinkling of rain failed to quell a stubborn week-old blaze that […]

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16 h. ago City of Calgary signs deal for closer ties with Blackfoot Confederacy

Piikani chief says he hopes agreement leads to partnerships in industries that will yield economic benefits for his community members, starting with tourism

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17 h. ago Chefs teaming up to bring one of Toronto's most iconic lost restaurants back to life

Two Toronto chefs are joining forces to bring one of the city's most legendary now-defunct restaurants back to life for one night only.Spend enough time with anyone who lived in Toronto during the '70s, '80s and '90s, and eventually the question "remember Ginsberg & Wong?" is bound to come up.For my part, being born in 1999 and all, I never got the chance to experience the legendary Jewish and Chinese proto-fusion restaurant that held court at Village by the Grange for years before quietly closing down in the '90s, but its legend has always loomed large.A perhaps unlikely combination of cuisines at the time, Ginsberg and Wong combined all the staples of a Jewish deli with Chinese classics. If one person was in the mood for a Reuben sandwich and another wanted Szechuan chicken, everybody was happy.Frankly, it sounds about as close to a utopia as you could possibly get.While many of the restaurant's print and radio ads from its heyday, as you may ...

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17 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Alberta NDP also has ties to company at centre of health

Hmm. Curious. I remember being a little surprised by the NDP’s over-the-top reaction to allegations levelled against the UCP government by former Alberta Health Services (AHS) CEO, Athana Mentzelopoulos, in a lawsuit she brought against the government back in February. Mentzelopoulos’s allegations were serious but unproven. She claimed she was wrongfully dismissed by the government […]

Economics

17 h. ago Read now: The full text of MHCare's letter to the Alberta government

The letter, sent April 8, was in response to allegations made by the former CEO of Alberta Alberta Health Services, and subsequent media reports

Politics

17 h. ago Confirmed cases of measles in Alberta now at 326, continue to rise

The number of confirmed cases of measles in Alberta has now reached 326 with 97 of them in children under 5 years of age and three people in intensive care.

Economics

18 h. ago White House downplays North American auto industry’s concerns about U.K. trade deal

WASHINGTON — The White House is downplaying the North American automobile industry’s claim that U.S. President Donald Trump’s new trade deal with the United Kingdom could make the sector less competitive. The preliminary deal announced Thursday would drop tariffs on U.K. automobiles to 10 per cent for a quota of 100,000 vehicles. The American Automotive […]

Economics

18 h. ago Crews battling wildfire north of Edmonton not out of the woods yet, say officials

Improved weather conditions have provided some relief to firefighters who are still battling an out-of-control blaze north of Edmonton that forced the evacuation of 56 homes.

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