Jason Markusoff

If Albertans vote yes to the five immigration questions on this fall’s referendum, many of Alberta’s 260,000 temporary workers and other non-permanent residents could lose their health and education coverage — while all the rest could have to pay access f... See more

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been thinking big — very big — as plans advance to build a new West Coast oil pipeline. To her, growing oil production in her province to fill that million-barrel pipe isn’t a sufficient ambition. She’s staked a target t... See more

What had seemed to be a muted debate since February suddenly got cranked to 11 in Calgary in recent days. A disagreement about decibels at a fabled Stampede party tent suddenly became a provincial priority that behooved a letter with veiled warnings from ... See more

Several factors have triggered concern in some corners of the country about the role the United States may play in Alberta’s upcoming referendum on separation. They range from a Trump cabinet secretary’s remarks , to administration meetings with separatis... See more

Alberta’s transportation minister declined on Friday to say whether he’d vote for or against his province remaining in Canada, becoming the first cabinet minister to publicly avoid taking what Premier Danielle Smith says is the anti-separation stance of h... See more