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Alberta business council urges voters to choose Canada in Oct. 19 secession referendum
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (278+ words) Counter-protestors walk through a crowd of Alberta separatists during an Alberta Prosperity Project rally. Amanda Erickson/The Canadian Press. The council’s members lead investment firms, retailers, construction companies and other businesses. Its initiative, launched roughly six weeks before the vote,…...
Alberta’s $33-a-barrel windfall proves the province’s budget is still an oil bet
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (132+ words) The Alberta Legislature, in Edmonton, Alta., August 18, 2026. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press. Hub editorials speak for economic competition and free markets, free speech, and national dynamism grounded in the people of Canada and their resilience. Fundamentally, The Hub cares about…...
Carney government is betting pipeline revenue on a carbon capture project whose price keeps climbing and carries environmental risks - The Hub
1+ week, 4+ day ago (335+ words) Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson in Cochrane, Alta. Lauren Krugel/The Canadian Press. A new study urges caution on the carbon capture network that Ottawa and Alberta have made as part of the price of admission for a…...
Mail-in ballots go out for Alberta’s Oct. 19 referendum as immigration questions far outpoll separation
1+ week, 4+ day ago (198+ words) Alberta separatists gather at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton. Amanda Erickson/The Canadian Press. Special mail-in ballots began going out Sept. 1 to voters who requested them, with Elections Alberta reporting roughly 225,000 applications as of Aug. 31. The ballot asks whether Alberta…...
Smith rules out oil export tax as Ottawa unveils $28 billion in counter-tariffs
2+ week, 3+ day ago (235+ words) Alberta premier Danielle Smith speaks at the Global Energy Show in Calgary. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press. Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi argued the province is undermining its own position by narrowing Canada’s options at the outset, even while acknowledging…...
Alberta technology minister heckled at second town hall on AI data centres as Meta project stokes distrust
3+ week, 1+ day ago (220+ words) Albertans protest a proposed Meta artificial intelligence data centre in Morinville Alta. Amanda Erickson/The Canadian Press. The dispute over who gains and who pays reflects a larger policy question about artificial intelligence, Taylor Jackson, writing in The Hub, argued....
Alberta Utilities Commission rejects gas plant for Olds data centre complex
3+ week, 3+ day ago (121+ words) The city of Edmonton skyline. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press. “The project is too close to the surrounding community, and Synapse failed to demonstrate any compelling justification for selecting that location,” the commission said. “The site is simply not suitable…...
Canada helped build modern AI. Data centres could power its next advantage
4+ week, 1+ day ago (587+ words) Canada followed this scientific leadership with an early institutional bet. In 2017, it launched what the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) describes as the world’s first national AI strategy, supporting research institutes in Toronto, Montreal, and Edmonton and strengthening Canada’s…...
Ontario unveils data-centre playbook with higher power rates and no cash incentives
4+ week, 1+ day ago (221+ words) Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Mark Carney tour a construction site in Toronto. Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press. “Any data centre investment will need to invest significantly in local communities and pay more for electricity so no energy…...