Alberta

CHARBONNEAU – One big grid would solve our future electricity needs

May 30, 2024 // 1 Comment

WE FACE TWO PROBLEMS that a Trans Canada electrical grid would solve. Renewable sources face a storage problem. When the wind blows and the sun shines, turbines and solar [Continue]

ECONOMIES – Two provinces, one leading Canada, the other lagging

March 14, 2024 // 0 Comments

By CHRIS GARDNER, President, ICBA B.C. and MIKE MARTENS, President, ICBA Alberta BRITISH COLUMBIA and Alberta have some things in common. Both are unusually dependent on [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Smith judged best on oil and gas, Notley best on health

May 18, 2023 // 0 Comments

May 18, 2023 – With advance voting beginning on May 23 and Election Day set for May 29, Albertans will soon choose their next provincial government with no shortage of [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Smith’s win will make it harder for Alberta to recruit workers

October 21, 2022 // 1 Comment

‘ALBERTA IS CALLING,’ is the province’s marketing campaign. It hypes lower taxes, housing affordability, shorter commutes and proximity to the Rocky Mountains. [Continue]

POLITICS – How Danielle Smith won in Alberta and what it means for Canada

October 10, 2022 // 1 Comment

By LISA YOUNG University of Calgary DANIELLE SMITH RODE A WAVE of Alberta populism to win the United Conservative Party leadership on the sixth ballot. When she is sworn in [Continue]

KNOX – Figuring out who’s welcome and who’s not is a pandemic pickle

August 2, 2020 // 1 Comment

IT TOOK AWHILE, but I finally found one. This was the other day, when I was up in the Interior, off-Island for the first time since the drawbridge went down. On the highway, [Continue]