Alberta Already Gave Up the Concession Ottawa Is Selling
A 50% American tariff lands August 19 on about US$20 billion of Canadian goods, and Alberta dropped its liquor boycott fourteen months before Ottawa moved.
Surface Rights Complaints Hit a Record in Alberta
Alberta's Land and Property Rights Tribunal took 9,000 surface rights applications in 2025-26, with compensation above $44 million against $29.8 million.
The False Front on Main Street Was a Bet
Boomtown fronts went up across Alberta in the 1880s railway rush, squaring off a one storey gabled shed so it read as a serious two storey business.
Alberta Added 91,000 Jobs While Other Provinces Stalled
Statistics Canada's labour force release shows Alberta with the largest proportional employment gain of any province, 91,000 jobs over twelve months.
Alberta Main Streets Still Park the Way Wagons Did
Angle parking on Barrhead's main street survives from the days teams and wagons were tied to the curb, a habit cities dropped as traffic volumes rose.
Ottawa Waited Nine Years to Reorder Calgary Water Bombers
Bombardier closed the Canadair water bomber line in 2015 and De Havilland Canada restarted production in Calgary in 2024 with the new Canadair 515 aircraft.
Palliser Expedition and the Alberta Land Called a Desert
A British scientific expedition told the imperial government in 1863 that most of southern Alberta would never be farmland. Irrigation proved otherwise.
Edmonton Lawyer Doug Stollery Joins Alberta Order of Excellence
Douglas Stollery was born in Edmonton on August 1, 1953, studied at the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales and built a construction law career.
Avi Amir Built a Homebuilding Legacy From the Ground Up
Avi Amir founded Homes by Avi in Calgary in 1978 and grew it across Western Canada, earning a place in the Southern Alberta Business Hall of Fame for 2026.
Rossdale Power Plant Still Carries Its Building Dates In White Bands
White cornice bands on the Rossdale Power Plant carry its build dates. Sources disagree on when it stopped generating, and the repair estimate is $87.3 million.
