8 h. ago GREEN: Carney government should swiftly axe foolish EV mandate

Most Canadians disapprove of the mandate; most do not want to buy EVs; most can’t afford to buy EVs (which are more expensive than traditional internal combustion vehicles and more expensive to insure and repair); and if they do manage to swing the cost of an EV, most will likely find it difficult to find public charging stations.

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23 h. ago FINLAYSON: Carney government should recognize that private sector drives Canada’s economy

At the halfway point of what’s shaping up to be a turbulent 2025, how is Canada’s economy faring?     By any measure, the past six months have been a bumpy ride. The Canadian economy lost momentum over much of last year, with economic growth cooling, job creation slowing and the unemployment rate creeping higher. Then, as […]

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44 h. ago Opinion: Frontline communities at serious health risks from LNG, growing body of scientific research shows

Opinion: Governments need to show — through a comprehensive, cumulative and independent health impacts assessment — that the industry is safe

Science

55 h. ago Danielle Smith and Doug Ford to sign agreements in Calgary today

CALGARY — The premiers of Alberta and Ontario will meet in Calgary today to sign two new memorandums of understanding. Danielle Smith’s office says she and Doug Ford will sign agreements on energy priorities, trade and interprovincial co-operation. The pair were together at a roundtable in Calgary on Sunday, with Ford tweeting that they discussed […]

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5 d. ago Bell: Danielle Smith government takes on Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek over bike lanes

Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen says he is concerned about "constructing bike lanes at the expense of road capacity"

Politics

6 d. ago Opinion: B.C. Ferries’ China deal exposes the cost of fiscal weakness

Opinion: When governments lack the fiscal discipline to preserve options, their foreign policy becomes reactive, not deliberate. Values get sidelined not by choice but by necessity

Economics

1 week ago Opinion: UCP government failing to fund education for growth, inflation

Another school year has come to a close with students, teachers and families celebrating milestones achieved throughout the school year. But even as the year ends on a high note for many, a troubling reality remains: Alberta is still the least-funded school jurisdiction in all of Canada when it comes to per-student spending — an […]

Economics

1 week ago Lau: The government's massive childcare plan has only made waitlists longer

With huge government funding came huge government control — followed by a widespread shortage of childcare spaces in Ontario.

Politics

1 week ago Opinion: Gregor Robertson on jumping back into politics and his new role

Opinion: Partnering with the private sector and other levels of government is essential for Ottawa to deliver affordable housing, says Canada's new housing minister.

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2 w. ago CHARLEBOIS: Canada’s easing food inflation not due to government genius

When it comes to food inflation, government intervention should be focused, measured and limited

Economics

2 w. ago EISEN and HILL: Smith government risks another period of major debt accumulation if oil prices decline

When governments fail to restrain spending during periods of relatively strong resource revenues and save for a rainy-day, they can get into trouble when resources revenues decline.

Politics

2 w. ago AGAR: Judges and government going soft on criminals and safety

Canada is soft on violent crime. That is not to say that the average Canadian wrings their hands over the plight of the criminal. But the courts do. Yet again in Toronto, a violent repeat offender allegedly put a gun to the face of an innocent person, demanding the car. As Joe Warmington reported in […]

Politics

2 w. ago Bell: Smith government set to punt sexually explicit books out of school libraries

'Parents believe this kind of material is not appropriate for kids,' says Demetrios Nicolaides, the Alberta education minister who wants sexually graphic books out of school libraries

Politics

3 w. ago Polls Show Support for Japan’s Ishiba Recovering Before Election

Public support for Japan’s prime minister is holding up after the government moved to address high rice prices, according to new opinion polls, a positive sign for Shigeru Ishiba as he heads into an election and tries to reach a trade agreement with the US.

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3 w. ago Opinion: Premier, government lack credibility, accountability on health care

It’s no secret I have strong views on the health procurement scandal that has plagued Alberta’s United Conservative Party since January. It’s a political and ethical mess — oozing, unresolved and growing harder to ignore. After I posted a thread on X about the premier’s increasingly incongruent approach to governance — criticizing the so-called “conservative” government’s […]

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4 w. ago OPINION: Governments must prioritize energy infrastructure — including pipelines 

In a recent meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney, the provincial premiers discussed major infrastructure and energy projects to be fast-tracked through a new federal approval process. While the general sentiment was that the meeting was productive and collaborative, the British Columbia government seemingly shot down Alberta’s proposed pipeline to B.C.’s northern coast. This political […]

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last month Opinion: Will Alberta government heed its own findings on fish poisoned by coal mining?

Another piece of research has just revealed the contamination of trout and mountain whitefish in Crowsnest Lake with selenium, derived from the legacy Tent Mountain coal strip mine (Fish remain high in selenium long after mountaintop coal mines close, Government of Alberta, 2025). Scientists from the Government of Alberta have confirmed that “Fish in Crowsnest […]

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