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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. Read More

"Never in doubt", as our dearly departed colleague would have said... Read More

The Calgary Flames did exactly what they were supposed to do. Read More

The Edmonton Oilers had just two objectives when they took on the easiest mark in the NHL Thursday night — collect the free points and stay healthy. Read More

The Independent Investigations Office has cleared Agassiz RCMP of wrongdoing in a 2022 crash that left four people injured. Read More

Arrests in a suspected smash-and-grab break-in at a southeast Calgary vape store led police to charging three people with a string of other burglaries throughout the city. Read More

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is not shutting up because people who call her a traitor want her to shut up. Read More

Hannah Miller chose to reflect more on her selection to Canada's roster for the women's world hockey championship than the International Ice Hockey Federation rule that knocked her off it. Read More

Alberta, like Ontario before it, has just introduced a bill to legalize private online gambling companies. It would be a mistake for B.C. to follow suit. Read More

A new version of a government-commissioned report about Alberta's inactive oil wells and what to do about them now says the province should manage a new insurance fund, rather than backstop it with taxpayer funding. Read More

There could be another option for the next provincial election after Karin Kirkpatrick, a former B.C. United MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano, registered a new party with Elections B.C. Read More

A B.C. Conservative MLA is under fire for posting a map that referred to Western Canada, including most of B.C., as a separate state under the protection of the U.S. Read More

A Mexican with alleged cartel ties is seeking refugee status in Canada — a decade after he told an undercover B.C. police officer that "he was a hitman for hire." Read More

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she doesn't want to be "exuberant about dodging the bullet" with U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcement but that it might push a trade agreement renegotiation until after the April 28 federal election. Read More

Downtown Vancouver is growing, but fewer people are visiting. According to a new report from the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association, foot traffic dropped by 7.8 per cent in 2024, the first decline in visitors since the pandemic recovery began in 2020. Read More

A new collective bargaining agreement for Saskatchewan teachers has been signed by both the provincial government and the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, according to the two parties. Read More

Calgary police have charged a man who is suspected of fraudulently selling lots at an undeveloped RV park southeast of Sundre, allegedly costing his victims $1.5 million. Read More

VICTORIA — Premier David Eby led off debate this week on Bill 7, the controversial legislation giving the NDP cabinet extraordinary powers to fight the tariffs from the U.S. Read More

CALGARY -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she doesn't want to be "exuberant about dodging the bullet" with U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcement but that it might push a trade agreement renegotiation until after the April 28 federal election. Read More

The September backdrop was drought and the 2024 California wildfires. The location was Donald Trump’s expensive Los Angeles golf course. The words uttered by the Republican presidential candidate were that the Columbia River Basin was “essentially a very large faucet” and if all that water was diverted from the Pacific Ocean, “all of that water would come ... right into Los Angeles.” Read More