Medicine Hat’s Reusable Weather Drone Has To Beat A Disposable Sensor
Reusable weather drone maker Landing Zones Canada of Medicine Hat got a $1,161,500 PrairiesCan loan. The case rests on beating single-use radiosondes.
Washington Wrote Down That Alberta Put the Bourbon Back
US ban on Alberta spirits starts Sept. 29 under Proclamation 11061, though Washington's July order records Alberta lifting its US liquor ban in 2025.
Calgary Is Now Finishing More Homes Than It Starts
Calgary started 61 homes per 10,000 residents in the first half of 2026 and completed 68. The gap it closed in 2026 was financed back in 2023.
The Grain Elevator Alberta Saved Because It Photographed Well
Alberta had 1,781 wooden grain elevators in 1934 and 110 by 2017. Dorothy got a new roof in 2025 because it photographs well. The rest had no camera.
Etzikom Keeps The Machines That Made Dry Land Settlement Possible
A four-acre field south of Medicine Hat holds the pumps that decided whether a homestead survived. The gate closes in September and almost nobody stops.
Ottawa’s Write Off Reaches The Wellhead And Stops At The Gas Main
Productivity Mega Deduction: Finance Canada's draft lets Alberta producers expense well costs in full, while class 51 gas distribution pipe stays excluded.
Only 14% Of Alberta Farms Wrote Down Who Gets The Table
Alberta farm succession plans: only 14.0% of Alberta's 41,505 farms had a written plan in 2021, per StatCan. An old fable says who takes the rest.
Alberta Partnerships Sink the Way the Vasa Did, From the Inside
Alberta business partnerships rarely fall to rivals. The Vasa sank in 1628 through her own gunports, and a National Bank survey shows a succession wave.
Calgary’s Sandstone Era Began With a Fire and Ended in 1915
Calgary sandstone grew from the 1886 fire, a $103,200 loss. City of Calgary records show quarries closed in 1915 and City Hall's rehab used outside stone.
Alberta Crops Going To Grazing Need A Published Acre Count
Alberta harvest hit 18% by Sept 8 against a 40% average. AFSC logs every acre sent to grazing or bales, yet the crop report publishes no count.
