5 h. ago Banff, Lake Louise businesses say TFW program changes will lead to closures

Hundreds of hospitality workers are set to leave Alberta's resort town of Banff and Lake Louise after sweeping changes to the federal government's temporary foreign worker program.

Economics

8 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

Other

8 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

8 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

8 h. ago B.C. NDP excuses on ER closures across the province wearing thin

Vaughn Palmer: Despite the NDP's 80 per cent boost to the health-care budget, the Opposition has recorded 1,407 closures in the past two years

Other

9 h. ago School support workers rally outside Alberta legislature as budget released inside

Striking education support workers marched through the streets of Edmonton and protested outside the legislature at the same time the Alberta budget was being tabled inside.

Society

9 h. ago Horner: Highest health budget ever needed as Alberta's population hits 5 million

Population growth is expected to ease from 4.4 per cent in 2024 to closer to 2.5 per cent annually, as of July. “That has made it difficult for many Albertans and families to find family doctors," Horner said

Economics

9 h. ago Varcoe: 'Watershed moment for Alberta,' as province shifts from surpluses to string of budget deficits

'We're going to need to have hard conversations, as Albertans, about what we expect government to fund, the services that we want to see,' said Finance Minister Nate Horner

Other

9 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

9 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

10 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

10 h. ago Braid: Sell off the hospitals? The UCP budget makes it possible

The UCP assault on Alberta Health Services has become a land grab. And maybe a hospital fire sale by a cash-strapped government. Flagged in the new budget is a move to transfer ownership of all hospitals, and the land they stand on, to the Alberta Infrastructure department. You may not have been aware (I certainly […]

Economics

10 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

10 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

10 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

Other

10 h. ago Canada’s Oil Heartland Sees Trade War Sparking Budget Shortfall

Alberta, Canada’s top oil-producing province, is projecting its first budget deficit after four years of surpluses as the prospect of a trade war with the US weighs on the outlook for economic growth and oil revenue.

Economics

10 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

10 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

11 h. ago Olds college closing down programs following immigration changes

Olds College in Olds, Alta., will suspend several programs following new immigration changes that it says have reduced international student enrollment — a challenge underpinned by a historical lack of provincial funding. Among the programs halted are hospitality and tourism management, craft beverage and brewery operations and agriculture technology integration. Most of these programs offer […]

Other

11 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