Rural Alberta Internet Speeds Meet A Target Built For Downloads
Rural Alberta internet speeds clear the CRTC 50/10 target, yet rural median upload sat at 32.1 Mbps in 2024 against 51.5 Mbps nationally, per CRTC data.
The Film Industry Did Not Bring Its Horses to Alberta
Alberta film industry: the John Scott Ranch near Longview has hosted over 150 productions, per the Government of Alberta Order of Excellence citation.
Alberta Came First in Reading and Science and Nobody Noticed
Alberta PISA 2025 results rank Alberta first in Canada in reading and science, at 520 in science against the OECD average of 482, per the province.
Calgary’s Startup Numbers Are Real And Mostly In American Dollars
Calgary sits in the 41 to 50 band of emerging startup ecosystems with US$3.4 billion raised since 2021. Three of the figures in circulation do not mean what they are…
The Power Bill Argument Turns On Two Different Line Items
Alberta says a household transmission charge falls up to 6%. The Pembina Institute says the total bill rises $267 to $462 a year. Both can be true because they measure…
Alberta Funds Tourism Ahead Of British Columbia And Ontario
Travel Alberta is funded ahead of Destination BC and Destination Ontario. The tourism levy goes to 6% on 1 April 2026 and is projected to collect more than the ministry…
The Alberta Awards Show That Skipped Exactly One Year
The Rosie Awards began in 1974 and 2026 is the 52nd edition, not the 53rd, because no ceremony was held in 1981. The claim to be oldest in Canada does…
Only Half Of Big Firms Train Their Own Executives
Statistics Canada puts executive AI training at 51.7% of large AI-using firms and 15.6% of the smallest. The Bank of Canada finds 70% of leaders use AI personally and 8%…
Calgary’s Black Squirrels Have A Story And No Paperwork
The lion cub trade that supposedly gave Calgary its black squirrels names a zoo that did not exist until 1974. The peer-reviewed explanation is better than the legend.
A Strathmore Basement Held Six Decades Of Green Tractors
Dan Specht gave John Deere 61 years from 1953. He and Donna sent more than 500 collectibles to a Strathmore auction in late September 2023 rather than leave them in…
