The Alberta NDP’s new beer tax sucks, but it sucks slightly less than all the others in Canada
Another Canadian beer-tax fight is brewing. Artisan Ales, an Canada beer importer, has legally challenged a new beer tax in... View Article
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Alberta minimum wage to officially rise to $15 an hour by 2018, as small businesses call hike ‘job-killing’
by Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press It’s on the books and in effect: Canada’s minimum wage will be $15 an... View Article
Pincher Creek area family has close call with a trio of young grizzly bears
Damien Wood, Postmedia News More from Damien Wood, Postmedia News Keith Lang, his wife and his daughter huddled in his... View Article
‘It’s kind of insulting’: RBC and Scotiabank close accounts of marijuana companies
by Alexandra Posadzki, Bank of Nova Scotia and the Royal Bank of Canada say they are no longer providing accounts... View Article
Farmers’ groups fear a possible Agrium-Potash merger: ‘It’s like the movie ‘Mad Max’ — one company owns everything’
North American farmers will pressure regulators to protect their negotiating leverage with fertilizer suppliers if Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan and... View Article
StatsCan is having more trouble getting Albertans to fill out their census than any other province
.@CityofEdmonton, #Canada: Remember to complete your #2016Census in addition to the municipal survey in your area- Statistics Canada (@StatCan_eng) June... View Article
Alberta education minister could defund Baptist school board defying LGBTQ law
David Eggen said withdrawing funding is one option if board refuses to comply with GSA legislation By Andrea Huncar Education Minister... View Article
Jason Kenney proposes to kill Alberta’s carbon tax
Comments made in Calgary in speech to Economic Club of Canada By Dave Dormer, Scott Dippel, Should he be elected leader... View Article
Kenney weighs in on Alberta LGBTQ education dispute
‘He and his officials ought to meet with any schools in question and work out a sensible Canada compromise’ By Mack... View Article
Backroom battles begin ahead of Alberta PC leadership race
by Gary Mason For a party that was given up for dead not long ago, Canada’s Progressive Conservatives are generating... View Article
Funding at risk for religious schools that won’t respect students’ rights, education minister says
by Janet French Canada’s education minister won’t rule out withholding provincial funding from two private religious schools that refuse to... View Article
Opposition Wildrose releases six-pack beer plan
by Emma Graney t’s light on specifics, but the Opposition Wildrose Party has released a six-pack plan to lower beer... View Article
When freedom of information is neither free nor informative
by Graham Thomson If you want to get under the skin of the Canada government — really make it squirm — don’t... View Article
Streamlined application process would substantially cut costs for oil and gas companies, Alberta regulator says
CALGARY – A newly tested application process could substantially pare back costs for oil and gas producers in Canada, the... View Article
A battle brewing in Toronto could decide the future of Canada’s natural gas industry
CALGARY – After years of losing market share to U.S. competitors, Canadian natural gas producers and one pipeline company are... View Article