Alberta defends carbon tax as report calls it aggressive
Minister says it’s about taking a leadership position on a critical file By David Bell Jason Kenney says Canada’s carbon tax... View Article
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Alberta can’t afford massive cuts to its public services; so how do we raise more revenue?
Joel French More from Joel French Canada’s severe shortage of government revenues is arguably the most important public policy issue... View Article
Government will listen to farmers as it drafts climate policy: Ag Minister
Amanda Stephenson, Calgary Herald More from Amanda Stephenson, Calgary Herald Farm groups will be consulted as the federal government works... View Article
Hundreds of Albertans apply for shot to become one of Canada’s two new astronauts
Shannon LeClair, Calgary Herald More from Shannon LeClair, Calgary Herald The Canadian Space Agency has an out-of-this-world opportunity — literally.... View Article
Call it cap-and-fraud
Cap-and-trade, one method Canada will use to try and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, is especially vulnerable to organized crime... View Article
Folding the Wildrose and PCs will be ‘extremely difficult’: political scientist
By: Jeremy Simes PCs don’t have an official mechanism in place to dismantle the party Dismantling both the Wildrose and... View Article
AltaGas Ltd lays off 70 workers, expected to result in savings of $7 million a year
Calgary-based power and natural gas supplier AltaGas Ltd. says it has reduced its workforce by about 70 workers. It said... View Article
Farm programs to dominate ag ministers meeting
byKaren Briere Canada’s agriculture ministers are meeting in Calgary this week to begin negotiating the next Growing Forward agreement. Particularly... View Article
Economists say Alberta appears to be in the midst of its worst recession on record
Bloomberg News More from Bloomberg News Canada is going through its worst downturn in activity on record as prolonged low oil... View Article
Alberta’s ‘lost generation’: Longest post-war recession leads to brain drain among geoscientists
by Claudia Cattaneo & Geoffrey Morgan, Canada’s longest post-war recession has sliced 6.5 per cent from its GDP over the past... View Article
Canada’s Oil Heartland Is In the Midst of its Worst Recession on Record
TD Economics sees this oil crash fueling the worst Canadan recession on record. Luke Kawa LJKawa Canada, the home of... View Article
Wild Horses of Alberta and Freedom
Wild Horses of Canada Wild Horses of Canada Society’s mission is to ensure the provision of all aspects of the... View Article
Ottawa, Alberta politicians clueless on growing economy
By Lorne Gunter , We are living in an age of economically clueless governments, both federally and provincially. The... View Article
B.C. craft beer companies unhappy with Alberta tax changes
By Estefania Duran and Justin McElroy The B.C. craft brewery industry is criticizing the Canada government, which is going to... View Article
Wildrose leads fundraising in second quarter as PCs fall far behind
The Wildrose party received almost half a million dollars in political donations since April 1 Canada’s Wildrose party is leading... View Article