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A private Indigenous-owned company wants funding from Quebec for a data centre in Cree community
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (249+ words) Robert Milot (centre), a former Quebec mayor, is representing the company behind a data centre slated to be built in a Quebec Cree community. An ex-mayor in Quebec who was convicted of fraudulent electoral maneuvers is now lobbying the provincial…...
Alberta Day draws a crowd
1+ week, 2+ day ago (274+ words) Parking spaces were hard to find last week at the Drayton Valley Museum’s Alberta Days celebration. Across the province, communities gathered between August 28 and September 1 to celebrate Alberta and its history. In Drayton Valley, the museum has been either hosting…...
Gentler tone takes over at virtual data centre town hall involving Alberta premier
2+ week, 1+ day ago (448+ words) Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks about a referendum question she’s tabled regarding Alberta’s place in Canada on May 21, 2026. Government of Alberta/Youtube A much gentler, inquisitive tone informed a town hall on Thursday night on AI data centres in Alberta....
UCP, NDP at odds over Alberta’s AI aspirations
2+ week, 1+ 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, 1+ 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…...
Quebec premier to meet lieutenant-governor Thursday, launching election campaign
2+ week, 3+ day ago (305+ words) Quebec Premier Christine Frechette speaks during a news conference in Montreal, on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes The Canadian Press QUÉBEC - Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette will meet with the province’s lieutenant-governor on Thursday, paving the way for the…...
Trump and referendum talk to mark a tough-to-predict Quebec election, analysts say
2+ week, 6+ day 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…...
Northern patients call for overhaul of Ontario travel grant
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1329+ words) The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, where many patients from Kenora are required to travel to — usually entailing thousands of kilometres — for certain medical care and procedures. For many people in northwestern Ontario, seeing a specialist begins with a…...
Alberta political science professor among many ‘trying to figure out’ what October referendum ballot looks like
4+ week, 1+ day ago (364+ words) A Calgary-based political science professor says many people in this province are confused by the voting process for the upcoming referendum questions on Oct. 19. “All of the folks that I’m speaking to are still trying to figure out what the…...