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UPDATED: Alberta suspends 13-cent fuel tax through end of 2026

Belleville synagogue shooter dies in hospital

Canada's finance minister defends Trans Mountain equity offer to First Nations

Grandmother, 83, given MAiD against her will despite failing cognitive assessment

Eby drops the writ

'ARJUN WAS HERE:' Hikers discover graffiti scrawled across rocks near Devil’s Thumb in Banff National Park

News

Calgary city council approves ground level Green Line

Eby drops the writ

ASIRT investigates RCMP officer accused of excessive force at Whitehorse shelter

'ARJUN WAS HERE:' Hikers discover graffiti scrawled across rocks near Devil’s Thumb in Banff National Park

Alberta preparing new royalty framework to spur oil production

Alberta adds financial literacy and career planning to new school curriculum

UPDATED: Alberta suspends 13-cent fuel tax through end of 2026

Belleville synagogue shooter dies in hospital

Eby heads to Government House with a snap election expected

'ACCOUNTABILITY:' UCP Highwood Constituency Association board member explains her vote for Smith leadership review

Moe criticises US plan to buy 'blood potash' from Russian-aligned Belarus

Opinion

LETTERS: Convenient amnesia — BC NDP's broken promise on fixed elections

PINDER: Thank you, Preston Manning — the Laurentian Elites do hold all the cards

OSMOND-JONES: Anatomy of a meltdown inside the BC Conservatives

KAPLAN: Anticipating the Alberta Transition Council budget and fiscal plan

MORGAN: The University of Calgary’s assessment of Alberta’s independence costs is the least flawed to date

HEINRICHS: Cinderella or Frankenstein — what will the Carney transformation look like?

WS VIEWS: BC Conservatives must reunite after Findlay’s resignation

HANNAFORD: Mark Carney’s European obsession is a dangerous fantasy

Watch

WATCH: Would you spend $2,500 to fight a $75 ticket?

WATCH: Baby bear ‘Boo Boo’ rescued from Okanagan Lake now being sought by wildlife rescuers

WATCH: Edmonton McDonald’s customer launches into profanity-laced tirade after $100 bill rejected

WATCH: Bishnoi gang leader arrested as handgun video tied to B.C. shooting emerges

Business

Alberta preparing new royalty framework to spur oil production

Canada's finance minister defends Trans Mountain equity offer to First Nations

Smith says Alberta is looking to Saudi Aramco’s AI technology to improve pipeline safety

Ottawa approves FortisBC Tilbury LNG expansion in British Columbia

Capital Power CEO says Alberta’s AI strategy is drawing interest from global investors

Features

IN-DEPTH: Is Alberta's permanent daylight time a mistake in the making?

THE DAY THE SKY FELL: Remembering 9/11, 25 years later