10 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Edmonton city council refuses to live within taxpayers’ means

Well, that didn’t take long. Tuesday was just the 44th day since the current city council was elected in October’s municipal election. And already the majority on council (who are the same lefties who were on the previous council) had already warmly welcomed a recommendation from city administration for a 6.4 per cent property tax […]

Economics

20 h. ago Letters: Edmonton city council throws fiscal restraint out the window

Are you happy with the 2026 city budget? Vote in our daily poll! Regarding the latest Edmonton budget. City council all campaigned on controlling spending. The mayor said he would make hard decisions, the only hard thing he did was to up taxes. Hope the people who believed his b.s. are happy. There are so […]

Transport

23 h. ago Low Level Bridge closed this weekend as city wraps rehabilitation work

The City of Edmonton said Low Level Bridge construction is expected to wrap up head of schedule, with northbound and southbound traffic fully restored in the coming weeks.

Other

34 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Alberta's refusal to enforce federal gun buyback program logical, sensible

It’s not just Alberta that is refusing to aid the federal government in its useless gun buyback program. After the UCP government introduced a motion Tuesday that would advise all police forces in the province (including the RCMP) not to make arrests under the federal act and direct Crown prosecutors not to bring charges, there […]

Events

57 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Canada faces massive internal roadblocks to pipeline, 'nation

Want to know why nothing of significance ever gets built in this country? Consider the allegations levelled by NDP leadership contender Avi Lewis against pipelines, mines and other “nation-building projects” proposed by Prime Minister Mark Carney and others such as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. At his party’s French-language leadership debate last week, Lewis insisted the […]

Events

3 d. ago Keith Gerein: Edmonton's new council faces some of its first sticky issues on finances, infill and climate

With Edmonton’s civic election now six weeks in the rear-view mirror, it is a good moment to reflect on a few issues that had a big presence in the campaign, those that didn’t, and how some from both categories are now playing out with the new council. In that first category, taxes and city finances […]

Society

3 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Making shopping decisions for you: Edmonton approves infill without parking requirements

Call it the big-box conundrum. Say you like to — need to — shop at big-box stores to buy in bulk and save money from your stressed family budget. People who claim you don’t “need” three dozen of something (and therefore don’t “need” to shop at a big-box) will never understand how important it is […]

Events

5 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Premier Smith needs to control hardcore UCPers to advance in Edmonton, Calgary

Danielle Smith and her UCP will not do better in Edmonton and even Calgary until the premier gets the hardcore of her party under control. The highwire Smith is walking was very evident at her party’s AGM this weekend at Edmonton’s Expo Centre. Smith said she wanted to make a breakthrough in Edmonton where the […]

Events

6 d. ago Lorne Gunter: MOU's hurdles make chances of a new pipeline to Pacific coast slim

The resignation of Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet (but not the Liberal caucus) on Thursday, after Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to build an oil and bitumen pipeline to the Pacific coast, has made the agreement look like a bigger win for Alberta […]

Events

7 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Highlight of Carney/Smith MOU is departure of Guilbeault from Liberal cabinet

Ding dong the witch is dead. The biggest win for Alberta as a result of Thursday’s memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the province and the federal government over a West Coast pipeline has to be the resignation of the detested Steven Guilbeault from the Liberal cabinet. When he was Justin Trudeau’s environment minister, Guilbeault was […]

Events

8 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Count on Knack's city council to continue high

Edmonton’s new mayor must have abnormally sharp vision — maybe 20/10 or even 20/5. While discussing the upcoming fall budget deliberations, Mayor Andrew Knack said he could see an end to the “pendulum” approach to city taxes. That’s why I think Knack must have super vision, because for the life of me, I can’t see […]

Events

9 d. ago LIBERAL SHELL GAME: Carney’s pipeline offer to Alberta not what it seems

WATCH: Sun political columnist Lorne Gunter on how the Liberal’s  want to defeat pipelines without being the bad guy. What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter to the Editor for possible publication to torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca.  Letters must be 250 words or less and signed. And […]

Transport

9 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Despite MOU, Carney sets up West Coast pipeline push to fail

There is every indication that Carney is as anti-oil as his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, despite all his talk of building an energy superpower

Events

1 week ago Keith Gerein: Despite another grim city budget, Edmonton may be closer to ending its financial funk

Though it’s hard to see, there is a hint of sunlight glimmering behind what otherwise appears to be another gloomy Edmonton city budget. The biggest dark cloud in the way is obviously the proposed 6.4 per cent tax hike for 2026, which comes on the heels of 5.7 per cent and 8.9 per cent increases, respectively, in the last two years. That’s tough for […]

Other

1 week ago Lorne Gunter: Nutrien's U.S. port project shows Carney's MPO more about politics than results

Potash is a key component in agricultural fertilizer, and demand is on the rise worldwide. Farms in places such as China, India and Japan are consuming ever larger quantities. Canada is the largest potash producer in the world (about one-third of the total). Our annual potash exports are valued at around $9 billion to $11 […]

Politics

1 week ago Letters: Alberta’s use of notwithstanding clause subverts debate

Does Alberta need more teachers? Vote in our daily poll! What a steaming heap of political posturing/fence-sitting Lorne Gunter delivered in his column today regarding Smith’s use of the notwithstanding clause. While he isn’t “completely in line” with the UCP on transgender laws, he’s “not vehemently opposed” to them either. That much wriggling while sitting […]

Other

2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Feds’ treatment of Alberta versus Quebec clearly uneven

Presently, Quebec’s legislature, the National Assembly, is debating a new provincial constitution that would declare Quebec a “free national State,” known as the State of Quebec, “fully sovereign” from the rest of Canada. The new constitution would assert that the province may appoint its own superior court judges (a power now reserved to Ottawa), conduct […]

Events

2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Smith government's use of notwithstanding clause is within the spirit of the Charter

Maybe the Charter of Rights and Freedom’s notwithstanding clause went unused so long that constitution “experts” told themselves a lot of fables about it, include one I heard Wednesday. On Monday, the provincial government tabled legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to stop courts from overturning a trio of bills affecting transgender youth. On Wednesday, a […]

Politics

2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Interim PBO's refreshing frankness unlikely to win him full

If you want to know whether the Carney government is serious about trimming the federal budget and being transparent, keep an eye on what happens to Jason Jacques. Who is Jacques? Is he a senior economist whose advice everyone respects? A cunning investor whose every market move is mimicked by lesser investors? An opposition MP […]

Events

2 w. ago Edmonton could explore private partnerships for public buildings

Edmonton city council will take a look at a report outlining how private industry could be used to help construct important infrastructure that's currently unfunded.

Culture