Why W. Brett Wilson Still Calls Himself a Prairie Kid
W. Brett Wilson was born in North Battleford in 1957 and trained as a civil engineer before Calgary energy dealmaking, television and philanthropy followed.
How W. Brett Wilson Turned Business Success Into Philanthropy
W. Brett Wilson trained as a civil engineer, spent three years at Imperial Oil, took a University of Calgary MBA in 1985 and went on to build FirstEnergy.
Alberta Owns the Barrels and Ottawa Negotiates What They Cost
The Canada British Columbia Cooperative Prosperity Agreement of August 18 commits Ottawa to a binding framework by December 1 with a pipeline payment to BC.
Ask Which Part of the Good Ol Days You Actually Want Back
Albertans who say they want the good ol' days back rarely mean the same decade. One income carried a mortgage, and main streets still carried businesses.
Alberta Regulator Rejects the Gas Plant Meant to Power Olds Data Centre
The Alberta Utilities Commission denied 1,400 MW of gas generation and 1,800 MW of backup diesel near Olds on August 17, siding with nearby residents.
Calgary Builders Wait Six Months for a Yes on Housing
Calgary publishes its own development permit approval targets, and the gap between those targets and real timelines is now measured in months, not weeks.
Alberta Watched Ontario Confirm Councils Still Decide Road Policy
A unanimous Ontario appellate panel threw out a Superior Court ruling that had stopped the province removing bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge and University.
A One Year Old Grizzly Outclimbed a Fence Built to Stop Him
Fitz, a yearling grizzly at the Calgary Zoo, climbed a two metre mesh wall with a metre of angled overhang before opening on the morning of August 16.
Eleven One Lane Bridges Lead to a Town of 28 People
The road from Rosedale to Wayne, Alberta crosses the Rosebud River eleven times in six kilometres, built for a coal town the Rose Deer Mine left behind.
Blairmore Courthouse Put The Cells And The Courtroom Under One Roof
A mission-style Crowsnest Pass courthouse hid police barracks and cells. The Alberta Provincial Police disbanded nine years after it opened.
