1 hour ago Total Energy Services Inc. Announces 2025 First Quarter Conference Call and Webcast

CALGARY, Alberta, April 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Total Energy Services Inc. (“Total Energy”) (TSX:TOT) will conduct a conference call and webcast following the release of its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The financial results will be released prior to the conference call. Daniel Halyk, President and CEO will host […]

Culture

1 hour ago Lorne Gunter: Smith needs to let Alberta's collective outrage set the autonomy agenda

According to calculations by Vancouver’s Fraser Institute, between 2007 and 2022 Alberta and Albertans sent $245 billion more to the federal government than the federal government sent back to this province in the form of pensions and social payments, unemployment benefits, research grants, health care contributions, affordable housing construction and so on. Some of that […]

Events

2 h. ago From the archives: A hotel 'with the most modern equipment that money could buy'

Over the years, long-time Herald researcher/librarian Norma Marr prepared a feature called The H Files, in which she looked back at a myriad of Calgary news events. Here are some of her instalments from April 1998.

Other

3 h. ago Most Canadians Support Building an Oil Pipeline That Would Sidestep US Market

More than three in four Canadians would support publicly funding an oil pipeline to carry crude from Alberta to eastern Canada, according to a poll commissioned by Bloomberg.

Other

5 h. ago He was a ‘father figure’ who vanished in 1996, Ontario police are still looking for him

The Brant County Ontario Provincial Police is continuing to seek information regarding Robert William Commu, who has been missing since March 31, 1996.

Events

11 h. ago ’Small decline’ in Ontario measles outbreak with 89 new cases reported

Ontario is reporting 89 new measles cases over the last week, bringing the province’s case count to 661 since an outbreak began in the fall. That’s compared to just over 100 new cases last week and 120 the week before. Dr. Sarah Wilson, a public health physician at Public Health Ontario, said numbers “look to […]

Other

12 h. ago Bell: Smith slams those whipping up Canadians for a brawl with the U.S.

'Rhetoric that amps up Canadians to encourage a brawl with our biggest trading partner is irresponsible,' says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith

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12 h. ago Bell: Smith to politicians — stop scaring the hell out of Canadians

'Rhetoric that amps up Canadians to encourage a brawl with our biggest trading partner is irresponsible,' says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith

Politics

12 h. ago Alberta oil well report updated after concerns over taxpayer backstop recommendation

Energy Minister Brian Jean's office didn't directly answer questions about why the wording was changed

Economics

13 h. ago Funding cut could leave vulnerable seniors at risk of homelessness, B.C. charity says

A B.C. charity says provincial funding it relies on to help keep vulnerable seniors from homelessness was cut this year with just 11 days notice.

Other

13 h. ago Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says latest U.S. tariffs hard to celebrate, but give time for talks

Smith said a renegotiation of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement could be pushed until after the election, something she deemed 'very positive'

Economics

14 h. ago Latest U.S. tariffs hard to celebrate, but give time for talks: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith

“It's hard for me to celebrate,” Danielle Smith said Thursday in Calgary. She pointed to a “devastating” impact on the forestry industry, and for steel, aluminum and autoworkers.

Economics

14 h. ago RCMP arrest Cuban national trying to enter Canada by running across border bridge

The RCMP said officers arrested a Cuban national attempting to enter Canada from the United States by running across the Fort Erie International Railway Bridge that connects Ontario to New York. The Mounties said their Niagara-on-the-Lake border integrity unit officers, with help from Ontario Provincial Police, arrested the individual last month under the Immigration and […]

Society

14 h. ago Letters to The Province: As a Canadian, I feel compelled to call out Alberta premier’s opportunistic bluster

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith invites Americans to pause tariffs to enable her fellow-Albertan, Pierre Poilievre. At the same time pitching sovereignty, which in reality is a bid for secession. There’s just no other way to square her continually disruptive political rhetoric about “Alberta First”. As a Canadian, I feel compelled to call out her opportunistic […]

Other

15 h. ago Ottawa man found guilty on terror, hate charges related to neo

OTTAWA — A Superior Court judge has found Ottawa-area graphic designer Patrick Macdonald guilty on three counts of terror and hate-related charges related to the production of antisemitic propaganda for the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division. Superior Court Justice Robert Smith found Macdonald guilty this week on all the charges he faced: participating in the activities […]

Other

15 h. ago Braid: Smith's tariff victory cry alarms Conservatives as Ontario car sector gets pounded

Smith’s Alberta-first language alarms many federal Conservatives who are desperately trying to get Leader Pierre Poilievre elected

Economics

16 h. ago 'Uncertain, unheard, and unrepresented': Staff survey highlights discontent within AHS

Employees at Alberta Health Services (AHS) are increasingly feeling disregarded, ignored, and disengaged from their jobs, according to the results of the agency’s 2024 staff survey. The survey was open to just under 89,000 employees and volunteers in November. A summary report was prepared for Dec. 6 of last year, and was acquired by Postmedia […]

Other

16 h. ago Jura Announces Favorable Award on Costs under the Settlement Agreement Arbitration

CALGARY, Alberta, April 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Jura Energy Corporation (“Jura” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce that it has received a favorable ruling on costs in its International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) arbitration proceedings involving Jura’s operating subsidiaries, Spud Energy Pty Limited (“Spud”) and Frontier Holdings Limited (“FHL”) (together the “Claimants”), claiming […]

Economics

17 h. ago Federal election 2025: Everything you need to know about voting in Ottawa Centre

This election will see a rematch from former provincial rivals Yasir Naqvi and Joel Harden in this downtown battleground riding.

Politics

17 h. ago Manitoba premier says federal tariff retaliation is supported across the board

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he and other provincial leaders are backing the federal government’s response to tariffs imposed by the United States. Kinew says there was broad consensus in a virtual meeting Thursday with Prime Minister Mark Carney after Carney said Canada will hit back with matching tariffs on vehicles imported from […]

Economics