The Freshest Price Numbers in Canada Describe a Month Already Gone
StatCan June 2026 producer prices fell 1.4% and raw materials 6.9%, yet inputs sit 20.7% above last year. Alberta firms face tariffs the data cannot see.
Fifty Years of Cattle Records Never Peaked in July Before
Alberta fed cattle are trading in the mid to upper $350s per hundredweight, and a 550 pound steer calf averaged just over $721, up 33% from a year earlier.
Read the Official Reasons Your Honey Now Costs 50% More
Honey tariffs of 50% land August 19 on a sector already down 18.3% in output, and Alberta keeps 315,000 colonies, more than Manitoba and Ontario combined.
Twenty Seven Days of Runway and One Number That Counts
First ministers meet in Charlottetown with 27 days before 50% US tariffs hit August 19. The White House exempted energy, and Alberta has most to protect.
Medicine Hat Educator Nichole Neubauer Enters Alberta Order of Excellence
Nichole Neubauer was born in Medicine Hat on June 1, 1973, grew up on her parents' farm and built one of southern Alberta's agricultural education programs.
Red Deer Prices Climbed 11% While Calgary And Edmonton Stalled
Red Deer's average home price rose 11% to $694,597 in Q2 2026, per BILD Alberta, while Calgary gained 2.0% and Edmonton 2.5% in the same quarter.
Alberta Loses 16% Of Its Homebuilding Workforce By 2035
Alberta construction workforce data shows residential jobs down 16% by 2035 while non-residential rises 15%, per BuildForce Canada. Shortfall hits 5,300.
Canada Shops Abroad for Fighters While Alberta Builds an Aircraft Plant
Alberta major projects data puts De Havilland Field at 3,000 jobs and a first building in spring 2028. The DHC-515 order book, 29 planes, sets the pace.
Ottawa Joins the 2035 Fighter Club While Reviewing Its Last Order
Canada joined GCAP as its first observer on July 21, 2026 while still reviewing 72 of its 88 F-35s. Cold Lake, Alberta keeps flying CF-18s from the 1980s.
They Tariffed the Honey and Tiptoed Around the Barrel
Washington's August 19 tariff lists cover machinery, vehicles, steel goods and honey at 50%, and crude is not on them because refineries are tuned for it.
