The Smith government has failed to rein in spending and Albertans will pay the price. Last month, the government tabled its budget, which includes a projected $9.4-billion deficit this fiscal year and ...

Senator Patrick Brazeau’s personal crusade against alcohol ran into a wall last month when the health ministry refused to back his bill that would have put cancer warning labels on alcohol bottles.

Albertans cannot afford to spend an extra $2 billion to meet the teachers’ union’s demands during this strike.

Doctors want the federal government to stop Alberta from trying to make our health-care system function better. A cursory Google search shows Canada’s system is consistently in bottom third among G20 ...

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The government flipped from an $8.3-billion budget surplus in 2024-25 to a $4.1-billion budget deficit in 2025-26. This swing in fiscal fortunes corresponded with a drop in oil prices — it’s estimated ...

No one can dispute the desirability of boosting Canada’s economic connections with non-U.S. jurisdictions. The problem is that trade diversification takes time. Even after a full year of Donald ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s team is spending way too much money and they aren’t trying to find savings. We know they aren’t trying because they’re boosting funding for ‘art’ that’s literally made ...

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Once again the provincial government is tying the budget and deficit to the price of oil. How many previous governments have promised and failed to diversify our economy? All of them.

SUNshine Girl Honey is a brown-eyed Capricorn who loves music, travel, and soccer. She says her dream car is a Hummer, although that might get expensive with the price of gas these days! Honey ...