Latest Alberta headlines and local reporting

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (665+ words) With Trump’s trade war raging, you can be forgiven if major developments in other areas of policy have faded from memory. But in the last 10 months or so, we’ve seen many interesting developments in the saga of Alberta’s oilsands. But…...

9+ hour, 25+ min ago   (594+ words) Margot Venton: A proposed Alberta oil pipeline, Roberts Bank marine terminal expansion and Ottawa's proposal to side step safeguards of the Species at Risk Act could reshape the future of B.C.'s coastal ecosystem It’s been a tumultuous summer in Canada....

3+ hour, 59+ min ago   (307+ words) CTV News Premier Danielle Smith will be in Toronto early next week for the Canada Investment Summit It’s a first-of-its-kind gathering in Canada bringing together global investors, Canadian CEOs, and public sector representatives in order to accelerate new investment…...

20+ hour, 18+ min ago   (663+ words) Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Saturday that it's "unlikely" her government will launch a new Crown corporation to build out natural gas pipelines in the province. Smith, speaking on her provincewide radio call-in program, said the government has heard from…...

15+ hour, 22+ min ago   (217+ words) Alberta Premier Danielle Smith provides an update on teacher bargaining in Calgary, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says it’s unlikely her government will launch a new Crown corporation to build out natural…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (820+ words) The Alberta government is planning to take over the province's natural gas pipeline system to ensure tech companies and oil majors will have enough natural gas for their operations — even if it makes gas more expensive for Albertans, a leaked…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (991+ words) TC Energy headquarters. A cabinet briefing document outlines a plan to provide natural gas producers with 'several viable alternatives' to the NGTL conduit, which the Calgary company owns and operates.Todd Korol/The Canadian Press The Alberta government is considering…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (716+ words) Posted September 11, 2026 5:09 pm. Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says it would cost at least $130 million to hold a referendum he plans to call in 2029 or 2030 if his party forms the next Quebec government on Oct. 5. The proposed budget would…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (466+ words) Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace The federal government is taking criticism for assigning environmental reviews for pipelines, in situ oil sands projects, fossil-powered power plants, transmission lines, and offshore renewable energy projects to an agency that may lack the expertise to assess…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (326+ words) The project is designed to more than double clean electricity availability along B.C.’s West Coast. What that capacity is meant to unlock, though, goes well beyond the power grid. The $3.9-billion funding commitment came through the Canada–British Columbia Cooperative…...