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Alberta government to hold first AI data centre town hall in central town of Lacombe
3+ week, 4+ day ago (487+ words) The area of Olds, Alta., where Synapse Real Estate Corp. is planning a data centre complex...
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…...
A short history of welcome mats: how Alberta courted two types of newcomers on the grounds of demand and economic impact
4+ day, 8+ 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’s Smith says Crown corporation for natural gas unlikely after report leaked
16+ hour, 17+ 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…...
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…...
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....
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…...
Alberta minister faces more fury at second town hall on AI data centres
3+ week, 2+ day ago (615+ words) REDWATER - Alberta’s technology minister faced yet another firing line of fury at the government’s second town hall hearing from residents over its plan for artificial intelligence data centres. Nate Glubish was peppered with profanity from audience members at the Thursday…...
Ontario breaks ground on longest stretch of proposed Ring of Fire road network
1+ week, 5+ day ago (223+ words) Ontario Premier Doug Ford looks over at Marten Falls First Nation Chief Bruce Achneepineskum during an announcement about the Ring of Fire at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto on Monday March 2, 2026.THE CANADIAN PRESS…...
New report says Alberta’s proposed West Coast oil pipeline may not pay its way
1+ week, 4+ day ago (469+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announce a proposed pipeline from Alberta to the BC coast in Calgary on July 02, 2026. “If there’s a deficit, then we could say there’s a need for a pipeline to move these…...