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As Rachel Notley faces tough questions from Alberta progressives about her new royalty review, the premier says there might have been a different outcome if oil prices were higher and the province faced fewer market-access issues. “If we were still...

The next installment in our special series of commentaries celebrating the 50th anniversary of Mel Watkins’ classic article on staple theory, focuses our attention on the latest staple boom to remake Canada’s economy: the bitumen sands of...

Alberta Premier Alison Redford was in China recently promoting the Alberta economy to investors. Photo: Facebook. …and in Redford’s Alberta, why are so many hungry? By Trevor Harrison Alberta is arguably the wealthiest jurisdiction...

With both France and the UK now “at war” with ISIS in Syria and joining the U.S.-led bombing mission, it’s not likely that there are many voices at the COP21 climate change negotiations in Paris who would dare to discuss what a few critics have called...

A recent poll reports that 43 per cent of Albertans disapprove of the NDP government’s budget announcing a $6.1 billion deficit for 2015-16. At the same time, 55 per cent do not want cuts to capital spending and 49 per cent approve of the government...