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Stephen Buffalo, CEO of the Indian Resource Council (left), Michael Binnion, founder of Questerre Energy Corporation, and Steve Majors, litigation partner at Bennett Jones at the National Coalition of Chiefs Clean Energy Summit in Calgary on April 21.

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Prominent Alberta businessman backs more provincial autonomy over 'hard separation'

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University of Lethbridge bans Frances Widdowson from campus

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Stephen Buffalo (left), CEO of the Indian Resource Council and Michael Binnion, founder of Questerre Energy Corporation at the National Coalition of Chiefs Energy Summit in Calgary on April 21, 2026.

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Energy leaders say Manitoba premier's project push signals possible shift in Canada's energy policy

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Alberta

Nenshi says Albertans will vote to stay in Canada

Will Vasseur

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Alberta

'DELAY, DELAY, DELAY:' UCP members refuse to set an expedited Forever Canadian petition review deadline

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Israeli soldier jailed for smashing Jesus statue in Lebanon

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Saskatchewan

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese cook in Regina faces fines for frying fish provided by inspection officer

Lee Harding

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Yuri Fulmer–OneBC pact raises questions about BC Conservative party rules

Alex Zoltan

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Canada's LNG projects need immediate action to capture Asian demand

David Wiechnik

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Opinion

MUELLER: Western alienation reaches its boiling point as Carney solidifies his majority

Matthew Mueller

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Opinion

QUESNEL: Two tiers, one country — Canada’s ‘two-tier media system’ is undermining trust in journalism

Joseph Quesnel

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Opinion

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Opinion

WHISSELL: Mark Carney — the YouTube influencer

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Opinion

BARBER: Canada's European Union flirtation is a betrayal of Alberta — and a blueprint for economic decline

Dr. A.W. Barber

20 Apr 2026

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Alberta Indigenous Relations Minister Rick Wilson joined leaders from Montana First Nation to announce Budget 2024 funding for the Aboriginal Business Investment Fund.

Opinion

QUESNEL: Indigenous determination will confront Alberta’s impending independence crisis

Joseph Quesnel

20 Apr 2026

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Opinion

MACLEOD: The Liberal majority — an Albertan’s perspective

Colin MacLeod

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WATCH: Female combatant in fight knocked unconscious after Edmonton cop slams her head into concrete

Dave Naylor

17 hours ago

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A former BC indigenous chief has said that she "wishes" Dr. Frances Widdowson would be beaten and raped so she would understand “what our people went through” with regards to the legacy of indigenous residential schools.

WATCH: Independent MLA questions NDP over ex-chief’s violent comments toward residential school critic

Alex Zoltan

17 Apr 2026

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Hannaford

HANNAFORD: Putting the oil storage squeeze on Iran's revolutionary guard

Nigel Hannaford

17 Apr 2026

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WATCH LIVE: Liberal majority and a stay on Alberta independence?

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16 Apr 2026

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Alberta

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WATCH: Female combatant in fight knocked unconscious after Edmonton cop slams her head into concrete

Prominent Alberta businessman backs more provincial autonomy over 'hard separation'

Canada's LNG projects need immediate action to capture Asian demand

University of Lethbridge bans Frances Widdowson from campus

MUELLER: Western alienation reaches its boiling point as Carney solidifies his majority

'How about the fifth time?' Visually mapping Eby’s chaotic DRIPA retreat

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Prominent Alberta businessman backs more provincial autonomy over 'hard separation'

Liberals announce Canada to pursue sovereign space launch capabilities

University of Lethbridge bans Frances Widdowson from campus

'How about the fifth time?' Visually mapping Eby’s chaotic DRIPA retreat

Energy leaders say Manitoba premier's project push signals possible shift in Canada's energy policy

Nenshi says Albertans will vote to stay in Canada

'DELAY, DELAY, DELAY:' UCP members refuse to set an expedited Forever Canadian petition review deadline

Israeli soldier jailed for smashing Jesus statue in Lebanon

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese cook in Regina faces fines for frying fish provided by inspection officer

Yuri Fulmer–OneBC pact raises questions about BC Conservative party rules

Canada's LNG projects need immediate action to capture Asian demand

Opinion

MUELLER: Western alienation reaches its boiling point as Carney solidifies his majority

QUESNEL: Two tiers, one country — Canada’s ‘two-tier media system’ is undermining trust in journalism

SHAW: The quiet takeover — how centralization is erasing rural identity

GWYN MORGAN: Net zero is collapsing — why is Canada still clinging to it?

WHISSELL: Mark Carney — the YouTube influencer

BARBER: Canada's European Union flirtation is a betrayal of Alberta — and a blueprint for economic decline

QUESNEL: Indigenous determination will confront Alberta’s impending independence crisis

MACLEOD: The Liberal majority — an Albertan’s perspective

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WATCH: Female combatant in fight knocked unconscious after Edmonton cop slams her head into concrete

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