The Victoria Settlement and How One Spot on the North Saskatchewan Held Four Cultures at Once
Most Alberta heritage sites tell one story. Victoria District tells four at once. Methodist missionary George McDougall established the Victoria Methodist Mission on the north bank of the North Saskatchewan…
Roughing It? Give Me a Break.
Let’s call a spade a spade: reading about retirees “struggling” to decide between five weeks in Tuscany or three weeks in a five-star villa is a bit like watching a…
The Waterton Hotel The Wind Pushed Off Its Foundation Twice
The Prince of Wales Hotel stands alone on a bare knoll above Upper Waterton Lake, in the path of some of the strongest sustained winds in all of Canada.
Lou MacEachern Turns Calgary Cleaning Trucks Into Lasting Legacy
Louis MacEachern founded Servpro in Calgary in 1964 and built it into a city fixture, entering the Southern Alberta Business Hall of Fame back in 2023.
Alberta’s Bill 29 Promises Faster Care. Now Prove It.
Bill 29 opens self-referred preventive testing at private clinics and lets prescribers hold opioid agonist medications, with the regulations still to come.
Alberta’s Care-First Insurance Promises Savings. Drivers Want Proof.
An Oliver Wyman report commissioned by Alberta projects average savings of $366 per vehicle a year on basic coverage when Care-First starts January 2027.
Edmonton Police Are Testing Facial Recognition. The Rules Are Not Ready.
Up to 50 Edmonton officers began wearing Axon cameras with Corsight AI facial recognition in December 2025, matched against a watchlist of about 7,000.
Alberta Data Belongs in Alberta, and Here Is Why It Matters
Alberta businesses process sensitive operational records through AI tools on foreign infrastructure, usually because nobody read the data residency terms.
Alberta’s Oil Patch Deploys AI Faster Than Most Tech Companies
Imperial Oil says its Boston Dynamics Spot robots handle close to 70% of routine inspections, and Suncor runs autonomous trucks across its oil sands sites.
James Carter Helped Build Alberta’s Oil Sands and Fort McMurray
Jim Carter was 29 at Syncrude when his team pioneered hydro-transport, cutting energy per barrel by 40%, and joined the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2023.
