Superman’s Smallville Was Filmed On The Alberta Prairies
In August 1977 Glenn Ford played Jonathan Kent on real southern Alberta prairie, and the Kent farm was built near three towns for the first Superman film.
The AI Slop Problem Was Never About AI
The pressure to post constantly, not the tools, produces AI slop. Using AI to think rather than to write is a different practice with different work.
Alberta Just Had Its First Fire-Free August In 40 Years
Alberta Wildfire confirmed no active wildfires burned in the province's Forest Protection Area through August, a first in four decades of record keeping.
Rural Alberta Wants Real Answers Before Meta’s Data Centre
Meta's $13 billion data centre near Edmonton will need close to a gigawatt of power, and Sturgeon County residents are pressing for answers before it opens.
Remembering The Alberta Premier Everyone Called King Ralph
Ralph Klein was Calgary's mayor from 1980 to 1989, became Alberta premier in December 1992, and was named to the Alberta Order of Excellence back in 2010.
A 1,494 Megawatt Question Sits Just Outside Indus
Beacon AI Centers wants a 1,494 megawatt gas plant two kilometres from Indus, Alberta, with filings showing up to 1.5 million litres of water use a day.
Tourmaline’s Malachite Project Turns Alberta Gas Into AI Power
Emerald Energy Technologies filed Malachite One near Edson, using up to 150 million cubic feet of Alberta gas a day for close to a gigawatt of power.
Alberta’s Energy Industry Is Already Running On AI
Suncor runs Canada's largest autonomous haul truck fleet with AI mine dispatch, so the Alberta AI shift is already in production across the oil sands.
Alberta Keeps Making Its Case To People Who Agree
Alberta has a strong economic case on energy, investment and taxes, but repeating it inside Alberta produces confirmation rather than federal persuasion.
Five Million Albertans Still Share Six Senate Seats
Statistics Canada put Alberta at 5.05 million people in April 2026. Alberta holds six Senate seats while Nova Scotia, at 1.09 million, holds ten of them.
