3 h. ago Lethbridge business leaders, politicians react to 2025 Alberta budget

From health care to education, Lethbridge's mayor and business leaders are looking into the effects the 2025 provincial budget will have on the city.

Politics

5 h. ago Physicians see big holes in health care numbers in Alberta Budget

There are big health care-shaped holes in the 2025-2026 budget issued by Finance Minister Nate Horner on Thursday, says the Alberta Medical Association. According to the budget documents, the new Physician Compensation and Development budget doesn’t provide the required funding to address increased use of health services in primary, acute and community settings, said a […]

Science

6 h. ago Albertans to get promised tax cut in Budget 2025 — here's what it means

Albertans can expect to see a tax cut starting this summer after the government released Budget 2025 on Thursday. The income tax cut, which was promised during the spring 2023 election, is being introduced amid a projected $5.2-billion deficit for the fiscal year, with future deficits of $2.4 billion and $2 billion expected in the […]

Economics

10 h. ago Alberta hopes to keep empowering kids in sport with budget 2025

The Every Kid Can Play grant program allows children the opportunity to be involved in the sports they love

Sport

13 h. ago Critics say Alberta government’s budget falls short on health

Alberta's 2025-26 budget, tabled Thursday by Finance Minister Nate Horner, pledges just under $10 billion for K-12 education operating costs.

Politics

28 h. ago Bell: Danielle Smith pitches a budget hoping to calm Albertans down

The Alberta budget tries to reassure Albertans the sky is not falling as Trump tariffs loom

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28 h. ago Bell: A tax cut, a doling out the dough budget — Smith will survive

The Alberta budget tries to reassure Albertans the sky is not falling as Trump tariffs loom

Economics

28 h. ago Bell: Surprise! Lefties don't like the Danielle Smith tax cut

The Alberta budget is not old-school conservative but it has a tax cut lefties don't like

Economics

28 h. ago Tax cuts, increases, tariff uncertainty highlight 2025 Alberta budget

The Alberta government's 2025/26 budget includes an income tax break for Albertans, but also increases in some other taxes and fees amid uncertainty over U.S. tariffs.

Economics

29 h. ago Red ink, tax cuts, debt payments: Highlights of Alberta’s 2025 budget

Alberta’s finances, tied to the rollercoaster ride that is oil prices, are once again plunging: the 2025 budget predicts a $5.2-billion deficit with no immediate relief in sight.

Economics

29 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Alberta budget not bad, but it's not great, either

Almost exactly one year ago today, when UCP Finance Minister Nate Horner brought down his previous budget, I wrote that Budget 2024 was “not bad, but not great either.” Looking at Horner’s 2025 budget, I could probably just cut-and-paste last year’s column into this space and take the rest of the day off. Last year’s […]

Events

30 h. ago Budget 2025: Province ups contingency to deal with potential impacts of U.S. tariffs on farmers, ranchers

Tariffs would have 'uneven' impacts on the agriculture sector, according to Alberta government documents, with the potential for them to hit both cattle producers and crop farmers

Economics

30 h. ago Alberta Budget 2025: Province ups contingency to deal with potential impacts of U.S. tariffs on farmers, ranchers

Tariffs would have 'uneven' impacts on the agriculture sector, according to Alberta government documents, with the potential for them to hit both cattle producers and crop farmers

Economics

30 h. ago David Staples: Alberta budget brings ray of hope in a Canada gripped by fear

The tax cut comes after years of ever-increasing taxes of every kind, from nasty increases in carbon taxes to brutal rises in local property taxes, not to mention hammering from wicked inflation

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30 h. ago Alberta Budget 2025: Province sets aside $106 million in Edmonton deal with city, OEG to demolish Coliseum, build event park and Downtown development

Provincial officials said Thursday the $52-million event park would include an indoor and outdoor component east of the arena. It would be a public recreation and community gathering space

Economics

30 h. ago Alberta Budget 2025: Education funding to see a 4.5% increase, hike in education property tax

Alberta plans to hike the education property tax in Budget 2025 with the increase covering more than one-third of the operating expenses for education. Finance Minister Nate Horner tabled the province’s 2025-2026 budget on Thursday, and Alberta Education will see a 4.5 per cent increase for the year with a total operating budget of $9.9 […]

Economics

30 h. ago 'Difficult decision': Alberta Budget 2025 delivers $1.2 billion tax cut but also $5.2 billion deficit

“We’re going to have to have hard conversations as Albertans about what we expect government to fund, the services we want to see,” Finance Minister Nate Horner said Thursday

Economics

30 h. ago Alberta Budget 2025: Housing market still a ‘bright spot,’ but looming Trump tariffs will significantly impact province

There’s just no escaping tariff talk in Alberta’s 2025 budget, but the government expects the province’s housing market to be a “bright spot” in the year ahead.  Finance Minister Nate Horner praised the work of Alberta homebuilders, saying they “performed better than every other jurisdiction,” which is helping improve Alberta’s housing supply.  “Alberta’s housing market […]

Economics

37 h. ago Alberta budget day arrives amid talk of U.S. tariffs, possible tax cuts

Finance Minister Nate Horner says addressing affordability is a prime concern, but the uncertainty surrounding tariffs makes the budget more challenging.

Economics

48 h. ago Kelso Technologies Inc. 2025 Outlook and Strategic Initiatives

WEST KELOWNA, British Columbia and BONHAM, Texas, Feb. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kelso Technologies Inc (TSX: KLS) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the budget for fiscal year 2025. The company anticipates sales growth to be flat to slightly positive, in the range of 0% to 5%, compared to fiscal year […]

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