Nobody Voted On The Horse And Buggy Disappearing Either
Alberta roads went from horses to engines in about two decades with no vote taken, and the artificial intelligence debate is running into the same structural reality.
The Alberta Towns Where Cottage Owners Can Legally Vote Twice
Alberta created summer villages in 1913 and stopped making new ones in 1995, leaving 51, including Rochon Sands and its 97 residents on shrinking Buffalo Lake.
A Heart Attack And A Fishing Trip Built Calgary’s Heart Institute
Alvin Libin survived a heart attack in the early 1980s, spent twenty years talking it over with his cardiologist, then paid to build Calgary a cardiovascular institute.
If Pride’s corporate sponsors are walking away, why is the bill landing on taxpayers?
Ottawa has put $6.3 million into Pride security since 2023 and Pride Toronto still projects a $700,000 deficit after a full year of cuts and new sponsors.
The Farm Kid Whose Name Is On A Calgary Library
Clay Riddell went from a farm near Treherne to a $10 million faculty endowment, a Mount Royal University library and a $15 million children pain centre named for his wife…
Alberta Farms Earned $591 Million More And Collected Far Less
Statistics Canada shows Alberta farm cash receipts up $591.2 million in the first half of 2026 while direct government payments fell 35.5% nationally.
The Gulf Coast Refiners Alberta Sells To Just Got Options
A US joint venture over 17 Venezuelan oil fields puts a second heavy sour supplier in front of the Gulf Coast refineries Alberta depends on for its barrels.
Trans Mountain Ran At 94% And Ottawa Collected $450 Million
Trans Mountain moved 840,000 barrels a day in the second quarter at 94% utilization, paid Ottawa $450 million, and has two expansions mapped through 2028.
What The Five Layers Of Alberta’s Flag Actually Mean
The Alberta flag was adopted 1 June 1968 around a shield granted by royal warrant in 1907, and its five layers read as a cross section of the province.
The 1884 Survey That Found Coal And A Dinosaur Skull
Joseph Burr Tyrrell mapped Red Deer River coal seams in August 1884 and carried out the skull later named Albertosaurus sarcophagus, seeding Drumheller twice over.
