Twice the Barrels With 28% Less Carbon in Each
Alberta oil sands emissions intensity fell 28% per barrel from 2012 to 2024 as output passed 3.3 million barrels a day, per the Government of Alberta.
$7,000 a Gun Is the Pilot Project’s Own Math
Ottawa banned about 2,500 firearm models since 2020 and capped compensation at $248.6 million, with roughly 67,000 firearms declared in two months.
The New Yorker Who Invented Calgary’s Loudest Ten Days
Guy Weadick staged the first Calgary Stampede in September 1912 with $20,000 in prizes and a $100,000 Big Four guarantee, Calgary Stampede records show.
Alberta’s Oil Story Started 33 Years Before Leduc
Dingman No. 1 came in at Turner Valley, Alberta on May 14, 1914, 33 years before Leduc No. 1. The Canadian Encyclopedia record shows what that gap teaches.
The Country Shrank Last Quarter and Alberta Kept Growing
Statistics Canada says Canada lost 55,025 people in Q1 2026 while Alberta grew 0.2% to 5,057,077, with a net gain of 3,684 people from other provinces.
Sixteen Straight Months of Groceries Outrunning Everything Else
Canadian grocery prices rose 4.3% in May 2026 against 3.2% CPI, StatCan says, a 16th straight month ahead. What the streak means for Alberta families.
The Voice That Started Every Race for 45 Years
Joe Carbury called the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby for 45 years, per the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame, after starting in Medicine Hat radio in 1948.
The Man Who Walked 100 Miles to Build an Empire
Patrick Burns was born in Ontario in 1856, came west in 1878 with almost nothing and walked more than 100 miles to claim a homestead he could not ride to.
Seventy Six Years of Keeping the Rats Out of Alberta
Alberta rat control has held a 600 km border zone since 1950. Government of Alberta records show 573 infestations in 1955 and 1 to 5 a year since 1959.
The Alberta City That Left Its Gas Streetlights Burning All Day
Medicine Hat gas streetlights burned day and night because gas cost less than labour. Government of Alberta records show 20 wells fed 30 industries by 1913.
