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Leong: Despite Calgary Transit budget boost, long way to go for better bus service

Recent budget talks at Calgary city hall included discussion about more financial support for public transit. Although the previous city council...

yesterday 6

Ricky Leong

Your letters: Negative effects of density are still to come

During a 2022 review of the off-site levy bylaw, city water resources reported that “The local water network is designed to support land use at the...

yesterday 4

Calgary Herald

Varcoe: Three month job-creation spree drives significant plunge in Alberta unemployment rate

More than 28,000 new jobs were created in Alberta last month, making up more than half of the increased employment in the country — despite weak...

saturday 10

Chris Varcoe

Opinion: The Carney-Smith deal is a grand concession, not a grand bargain

In response to the stunning memorandum of understanding between Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney, some have suggested there...

saturday 2

Amy Janzwood

Opinion: Why a top five research university matters to you

This week, Calgary earned a distinction that should make every citizen proud — the University of Calgary ranked among the top five research...

saturday 3

Ed Mccauley

Op-ed: Beyond pipelines, Alberta is ready to help make Canada a superpower

The recent memorandum of understanding between Alberta and Ottawa has been framed largely as a pipeline deal. Listen closely to the language from...

saturday 9

Alison Cretney

Bell: Bike lane crackdown looms, Smith's UCP demands Calgary numbers

Premier Danielle Smith’s government wants Calgary city hall’s bike lane numbers — now. Not next year. Not next month. Now. They’ve been...

05.12.2025 3

Rick Bell

On the Road: Strange whitetails

Maybe it was all the fresh snow that was making the whitetails less skittish. Usually when I come across whitetail deer they look up, their ears...

05.12.2025 40

Mike Drew For Postmedia

Opinion: Alberta's next billion-dollar engine isn't oil — it's culture

Alberta’s most valuable resource is no longer buried underground; it’s waiting to be built in the minds and memories of its visitors. An oil and...

05.12.2025 20

Osama Elemary

Opinion: Family violence crisis demands action now

Calgarians take pride in our community spirit, our ability to tackle big challenges and in looking after our neighbours. Yet, right now, thousands...

05.12.2025 10

Talia Bell

Braid: With monster fine and ban on words, UCP locks down political landscape

Oops, sorry. I unwittingly prompted the UCP to raise a fine from $10,000 to $1 million. Bill 14, introduced Thursday, reacted fiercely to any hint...

05.12.2025 10

Don Braid

Bell: Danielle Smith gives Alberta separatists a break — we'll see what they do with it

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith brings down the hammer. The separatists want Alberta out of Canada. They say they are prepared to gather the 177,000...

04.12.2025 6

Rick Bell

Braid: Giant UCP bill enables separatist vote but allows recall to rage on

The omnibus bill the UCP introduced Thursday is a genuine gasper, with heavy effect on Alberta’s political landscape. Three quick conclusions: 1....

04.12.2025 4

Don Braid

Nelson: Danielle Smith cements her place in Alberta political history

Premier Danielle Smith did it. She managed to get the feds off our front porch. In a remarkable display of patience, the Alberta premier replicated...

04.12.2025 6

Chris Nelson

Martin: Judge makes logical ruling in sparing convicted killer prison term in Banff assault

On its face, and perhaps to the casual observer, the non-custodial sentence handed convicted killer John Sproule on Wednesday looks like a slap on...

04.12.2025 10

Kevin Martin

Opinion: RCMP release of body camera footage sets dangerous precedent

The first authorized body-worn camera footage to be officially shared in Canada was made public by Manitoba Mounties at the end of November. The...

04.12.2025 5

Christopher J. Schneider And Stacey Hannem

Opinion: UCP AGM exposed a party moving away from most Albertans

What should have been a celebratory moment for Premier Danielle Smith at her party’s annual general meeting last weekend became something far more...

03.12.2025 3

Anne Murphy

Bell: Danielle Smith's justice boss lays down the law to Alberta government lawyers

Mickey Amery steps up to the plate. He can’t afford to swing and miss. This thing has got to get straightened out. On the weekend, Premier Danielle...

03.12.2025 2

Rick Bell

Bell: Is Smith opening the door to those pushing an Alberta independence vote?

This all began late Wednesday afternoon when I double-checked the official record of some jousting in the Alberta legislature between Premier...

03.12.2025 2

Rick Bell

Braid: Sovereignty on the hoof: Smith strikes deal with feds, then pushes them out the door

Confused yet, Canada? Don’t blame you at all. Measuring the gap between Alberta separatism and sovereignty is a puzzler, even for Alberta lifers....

02.12.2025 10

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Leong: Despite Calgary Transit budget boost, long way to go for better bus service

Ricky Leong

Your letters: Negative effects of density are still to come

Calgary Herald

Varcoe: Three month job-creation spree drives significant plunge in Alberta unemployment rate

Chris Varcoe

Opinion: The Carney-Smith deal is a grand concession, not a grand bargain

Amy Janzwood

Opinion: Why a top five research university matters to you

Ed Mccauley

Op-ed: Beyond pipelines, Alberta is ready to help make Canada a superpower

Alison Cretney

Bell: Bike lane crackdown looms, Smith's UCP demands Calgary numbers

Rick Bell

On the Road: Strange whitetails

Mike Drew For Postmedia

Opinion: Alberta's next billion-dollar engine isn't oil — it's culture

Osama Elemary

Opinion: Family violence crisis demands action now

Talia Bell

Braid: With monster fine and ban on words, UCP locks down political landscape

Don Braid

Bell: Danielle Smith gives Alberta separatists a break — we'll see what they do with it

Rick Bell

Braid: Giant UCP bill enables separatist vote but allows recall to rage on

Don Braid

Nelson: Danielle Smith cements her place in Alberta political history

Chris Nelson

Martin: Judge makes logical ruling in sparing convicted killer prison term in Banff assault

Kevin Martin

Opinion: RCMP release of body camera footage sets dangerous precedent

Christopher J. Schneider And Stacey Hannem

Opinion: UCP AGM exposed a party moving away from most Albertans

Anne Murphy

Bell: Danielle Smith's justice boss lays down the law to Alberta government lawyers

Rick Bell

Bell: Is Smith opening the door to those pushing an Alberta independence vote?

Rick Bell

Braid: Sovereignty on the hoof: Smith strikes deal with feds, then pushes them out the door

Don Braid