Jason Markusoff

Amid all the ups and downs in Alberta’s annual budgets, here’s one thing that has remained constant over the decades. Whether the province is awash in surpluses or drowning in red ink, there’s always a chart found toward the back of the provincial fiscal ... See more

Inflation fears and rising gas prices may be the most widely felt impacts of the oil price shock that the Iran conflict has triggered. But for the Alberta government, there could be a significant financial upside to this sudden global supply crunch. The p... See more

Premier Danielle Smith wielded a striking figure earlier this month to make her case for giving her province more say in how the federal government picks upper court judges for Alberta. “Especially since 80 per cent of the judges or so have been demonstra... See more

Alberta is two and a half years removed from hearing Premier Danielle Smith declare her government looked forward optimistically to doubling the province’s population to 10 million people by 2050. She also spent part of 2024 repeatedly musing that Red Dee... See more

The Conservative Party convention boasts roughly 2,650 delegates, which doesn’t make this the largest right-leaning political gathering this week in Calgary — or even the biggest on the Calgary Stampede park grounds. That title would belong to Stay Free A... See more