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A short history of welcome mats: how Alberta courted two types of newcomers on the grounds of demand and economic impact
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (1434+ words) Meta goes meta and takes a cartoonish look at itself in this AI image of a data centre on the prairie, generated by The Macleod Gazette in 2025 after the release of Alberta’s Data Centre Strategy: Powering the future of artificial…...
Alberta business leaders’ group urges voters to choose Canada in Oct. 19 referendum
6+ day, 19+ min ago (484+ words) An advance polling station sign reflects the Calgary Tower in Calgary, Alta., Friday, April 12, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh EDMONTON - A group of Alberta business leaders is urging voters to choose Canada in next month’s secession referendum but admits it’s…...
UCP, NDP at odds over Alberta’s AI aspirations
2+ week, 3+ day ago (343+ words) Alberta NDP leader and Premier Danielle Smith have conflicting views on Alberta’s AI future. David Boles/Great West Media Alberta’s premier has dropped a nine-minute video on the province’s AI data centre approach that isn’t convincing the province’s Official Opposition....
We Need to Start Drumming Our Drum: The growing role of Alberta’s Friendship Centre Movement
2+ week, 3+ day ago (955+ words) (ANNews) – For more than 70 years, Friendship Centres have been a vital part of Indigenous community life across Canada. What began as a grassroots response to the challenges Indigenous people faced while moving into urban communities has grown into a network…...
Trump and referendum talk to mark a tough-to-predict Quebec election, analysts say
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (942+ words) MONTRÉAL - Four years ago, François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec party was so far in the lead at the start of the provincial election campaign that the only debate was who would finish second. The outcome is far less certain this…...
Albertans Flying Blind On Immigration Ahead Of Oct.19 Referendum
3+ week, 4+ day ago (736+ words) Screenshot of the Government of Alberta’s official referendum website, promoting a video on immigration policy ahead of the province’s Oct. 19, 2026 referendum vote. In a written response to a New Canadian Media inquiry, Elections Alberta said the questions in the referendum…...