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Opponents are spreading fear over AI, but rejecting data centres would cost Alberta billions in investment, jobs and a chance to lead the next technological revolution.

Top Stories

HANNAFORD: Time for Canadian Trump critics to face the China election interference facts

MUNRO: The great Saskatchewan exodus — why Canadians keep leaving for other provinces

MISSING BOY: Calgary police ask public to help find missing 11-year-old Parker

Canada housing starts expected to fall again as affordability targets slip further out of reach

MORGAN: Alberta must embrace AI data centres or be left behind

LYTLE: Every argument against Alberta independence has an answer

News

Federal Court upholds CRA policy on unenacted capital gains tax changes

Alberta, Quebec sign AI partnership to modernize government services

Ottawa offers airlines below-market fuel loans as industry faces higher costs

Immigration museum projects years of deficits as public attitudes shift

Canada housing starts expected to fall again as affordability targets slip further out of reach

Top 20% of income earners in Canada pay almost two-thirds of income tax

Canada Post spent $194 million on climate initiatives as losses topped $6 billion

Two families sue North Dakota hospital after DNA test reveals baby switch 36 years later

Alberta independence advocates holding telethon for referendum advertisers

Declassified files reveal RCMP surveillance of anti-apartheid activists on Canadian campuses

Global Affairs fired 25 employees as misconduct complaints climbed

Opinion

WAGNER: Should Christians be political? The case against staying silent

MUNRO: The great Saskatchewan exodus — why Canadians keep leaving for other provinces

HANNAFORD: Time for Canadian Trump critics to face the China election interference facts

LYTLE: Every argument against Alberta independence has an answer

MORGAN: Alberta must embrace AI data centres or be left behind

WHISSELL: Mark Carney’s Achilles heel is independent media

AUBUT: Reflections on times past

PINDER: The Canadian affliction of socialism

Watch

WATCH: Canadians must keep the right to use cash

WATCH: Regina city councillors, Muslim community split over mosque call to prayer permit

WATCH: Felony suspect dives into Pacific Ocean to escape LAPD

WATCH: Jimothy the disabled Seattle racoon is going viral

Business

Alberta producers target overlooked shale gas play for oil growth

Alberta AI boom continues as Tourmaline proposes massive data centre near Edson

Oil and gas investment lifts economy as Bank of Canada holds rate at 2.25%

Conservative MP warns Liberal government is asleep at the wheel on US trade negotiations

Banks must advertise deposit insurance under new federal rules

Features

IN-DEPTH: Alberta's pathway to third-party iGaming

IN-DEPTH: Could Calgary have avoided the Stampede noise dispute?