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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
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 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 with 1.4 gigawatts of natural gas-fired power generation is shown on Thursday, June 4, 2026. Homes line a stretch of Highway 2A across from the site. THE CANADIAN…...
Calgary police and Alberta Sheriffs clear 91 warrants in two day long downtown sweep
3+ week, 3+ day ago (141+ words) The Spec Calgary police and Alberta Sheriffs arrested 18 people and cleared 91 outstanding warrants during a two-day operation in downtown Calgary earlier this month. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. More from The Spec & partners To join…...
'Most incredible experience': Athletes compete at Special Olympics in Alberta
4+ week, 17+ hour ago (924+ words) The logo of Special Olympics Canada is shown in this handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Special Olympics Canada (Mandatory credit) MEDICINE HAT - Tanner Svenson says winning gold in bocce at this year’s Special Olympics Canada Summer Games has capped…...
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....
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…...
Trump boasts Keystone XL as trade talk win. It’s not clear it was ever off the table.
3+ week, 3+ day ago (838+ words) Pipes intended for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline are shown in Gascoyne, N.D. on Wednesday April 22, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Panetta Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline demonstrate on the Dodge Street pedestrian bridge during rush hour in Omaha, Neb.,…...
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 private Indigenous-owned company wants funding from Quebec for a data centre in Cree community
3+ day, 17+ 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…...
Iqaluit man behind armed standoff with air rifle sentenced to four more months in jail
1+ week, 5+ day ago (335+ words) Jayko Kownirk wielded an Osman phantom air rifle during a 16-hour standoff with police on Sept. 25, 2025, and was sentenced to one year, eight months, and six days in jail by the Nunavut Court of Justice on Aug. 20. In the 328 days…...