Rural Alberta’s School Bus Rides Keep Getting Longer
Rural Alberta school consolidation has pushed some bus rides past an hour each way, a decades-old population shift rather than a recent policy decision.
Satellite Internet Fixed Rural Alberta Until the Weather Turned
Low-earth-orbit satellite service brought real broadband to Alberta farmyards fibre would never reach, and it still drops the moment a storm rolls through.
Small Alberta Towns Keep Losing Their Main Street Businesses
Online shopping, big box retail, rising commercial rents and delivery habits have emptied main streets built for foot traffic in small Alberta towns.
Small Alberta Towns Are Fighting Over Where Their Kids Will Live
A townhome proposal on the edge of a small Alberta town splits a council chamber between residents defending a street and parents asking where kids go.
Senator Lougheed Residence and the Calgary Sandstone Mansion That Raised a Political Dynasty
Sir James Alexander Lougheed built Beaulieu at 707 13 Avenue SW in 1891, and the Calgary sandstone house became the base of three political generations.
Heartland Hits Twenty Seasons and Still Shoots in High River
Heartland season 20 films in High River and Millarville, marking 20 years as Canada's longest running one hour scripted drama, airing in over 120 countries.
The Wagon Route That Fed Calgary Before the Railway Came
From about 1870 to 1885, bull trains of 130 oxen and 30 wagons hauled freight along the Old Macleod Trail between Fort Macleod and a young Calgary.
Calgary’s Film Festival Opens on a Movie Shot in Alberta
Calgary International Film Festival opens on A Long Winter, an Andrew Haigh drama shot largely in Alberta. The festival runs September 24 to October 4.
Section 338 Tariffs Revive a Law Ottawa Forgot Existed
Washington invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 on July 20, a provision unused for roughly 96 years, with Canada as the first test case for it.
Ottawa Builds a Lab and Calls It Defence Spending
Ottawa handed PCL Construction a $768.6 million contract for a six building Ottawa science campus, with the current phase running close to $1.05 billion.
