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Alberta announces $8.6B plan to build new schools amid surging population growth

Premier Danielle Smith has launched an ambitious school construction plan to help relieve pressure created by a population boom by…

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Politics

‘A lost opportunity’: Alberta gives back $137M to Ottawa in unspent funds to clean up inactive wells

The Alberta government has officially handed back more than $137 million to the federal government after running out of time…

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Will B.C.’s massive new Site C dam on the Peace River have downstream impacts on Alberta?

At a construction cost of $16 billion, the Site C hydroelectric dam and reservoir on the Peace River in northeastern…

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Business

Uncertainty rattles global crude prices, puts spotlight on Alberta oil revenues

The volatility of international oil markets hit home again earlier this week, as crude prices tumbled to their lowest levels…

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Business

Canada’s cattle herd is the smallest in decades. Here’s what that means for Alberta ranchers

It’s been a rough stretch for many Canadian ranchers, with drought, pandemic-rattled supply chains and soaring feed and fuel prices taking a toll on…

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Canada

Alberta wagers allowing more online gambling operators will capture illicit market

Alberta will soon expand its online gambling landscape to allow multiple players to operate legally, moving closer to a model…

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Many Alberta farmers found relief after staring down drought. But the story doesn’t end there

In April at North Paddock Farms, located south of Taber, Alta., Alison Davie and husband Michael were concerned about the…

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Pilot dead, thousands without power after northwestern Alberta plane crash

Federal officials are en route to northwestern Alberta to investigate a plane crash that killed a pilot and took out power…

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Canada

Prime minister announces two Senate appointments for Alberta

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced two Senate appointments for Alberta. In a press release Saturday, the Prime Minister’s Office…

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Health

Privatization concerns sparked by potential new Alberta health-care ‘prototype’

Alberta Health is currently exploring a proposed “campus” in the city of Airdrie that would see a “one-stop shop” built…

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