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Corporate Calgary ready to trade pipeline, tax protests for Stampede partying

After months of taking to the streets to demand pipeline project approvals and rallying last month to call for lower property tax increases, Calgary's business community is looking forward to heading outside for pancakes and parties as the Calgary Stampede kicks off this week.

By Dan Healing | News, Politics, Culture | June 30th 2019

Calgary and Edmonton targeted for e-scooter rental program launch in July

A company backed by Toronto Raptors founder John Bitove says it will bring e-scooter rentals to Calgary and Edmonton in early July.

Race Against Climate Change

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | June 27th 2019

Rattlesnake wrangler, Ryan Heavy Head, female rattlesnake, he captured in a coulee in Lethbridge, Alta., on Thursday, June 6, 2019.

Who you gonna call? Alberta rattlesnake wrangler keeps serpents, citizens safe

One rattlesnake got caught in freshly laid tar under someone's stairs. Others typically get twisted and trapped in garden netting. Ryan Heavy Head comes to the rescue of both the vipers and the terrified homeowners.

By Bill Graveland | News, Politics | June 24th 2019

Hundreds of people turn out for a pro-pipeline rally with a distinctively anti-Trudeau flavour in Calgary on June 11, 2019. Photo by Louie Villanueva

Anxiety in Alberta

A week before the Liberals decide the future of Trans Mountain project, protesters gathered in Calgary to shout "Build that pipe" and applaud right-wing politicians at what organizers called Canada's largest ever rally in support of the oil and gas industry.

By Matthew McClure | News, Energy, Politics | June 14th 2019

Jason Kenney meets with oil advocacy groups for advice on 'war room'

Alberta's premier says staff in the province's so-called energy "war room" will be able to quickly take on industry foes without government bureaucracy holding them back.

By Lauren Krugel | News, Politics | June 8th 2019

Passengers, push, luggage, departure terminal, Toronto Pearson Airport, Mississauga, Ont.,

Operations beginning to come back online after system-wide Air Canada outage

Air Canada says airport systems, check-in and call centres are beginning to come back online after an outage affected flights throughout the country.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | May 29th 2019

Win a house: Alberta homeowners trying to sell properties with essay contest

Albertans struggling to enter the real-estate market have at least two chances to win a home this year.

By Daniela Germano | News, Politics | May 13th 2019

Vancouver expected to headline long Canadian summer of high gasoline prices

Gasoline prices are expected to remain just below record highs all across Canada this summer except in Vancouver — where a perfect storm of factors will likely ensure motorists continue to set new all-time records at the pumps.

By Dan Healing | News, Politics | May 13th 2019

NEB, National Energy Board, pipeline, handout, twitter

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian pipeline regulator deleted message about security threat at Calgary office

Instead of disappearing, the missing message that senior officials tried to delete mushroomed into a series of controversial stories about the regulator, along with an investigation led by the Office of the Information Commissioner, about whether the National Energy Board broke the law in an effort to hide embarrassing secrets.

Secrets of Government

By Mike De Souza | News, Energy, Politics | April 24th 2019

Alberta, UCP leader, Jason Kenney, Total Energy Services,

Humans are causing climate change, but those who disagree welcome in UCP: Kenney

The leader of Alberta's United Conservatives says he believes humans are causing climate change and action is needed to tackle it, but those who disagree still have a place in the party.

By Lauren Krugel | News, Politics | March 22nd 2019

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