Government’s tight grasp on Alberta oil: A short(ish) history
Rachel Notley’s production caps raise a question: Was there ever a ’free market’ for Canadian oil?
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Jason Markusoff
Jason Markusoff writes about Alberta, from the stubbornly flat parts to the magnificently bumpy bits. He has lived in Edmonton and (currently) Calgary, and spent 12 years reporting for the cities’ largest newspapers.
Rachel Notley and the upside down world of Alberta politics
The NDP Premier plans to buy trains to ship oil. Her conservative rival wants mandated cuts to oil production. It’s an unnerving time to be Albertan.
How Calgary outgrew the Olympic dream
Jason Markusoff: The 2026 Winter Games were seen as a quick fix for Calgary’s economic challenges. With a clear ’no’ vote, residents showed they have more lasting solutions in mind
U.S. voters have put Donald Trump on a political leash. Better late than never.
Analysis: A Democrat-controlled House is the rebuke the president richly deserved. Now, about those tax returns ...
Pierre Poilievre: From smart aleck to smart fellow
Poilievre’s 14 years in the House of Commons have trained him to hammer away on a particular point—but always in simple terms
Gérard Deltell: An orator who needs no script
Once the House’s Rising Star, the animated Deltell is the first-ever Francophone named Best Orator
Calgary’s make-it-up-as-they-go-along Olympic bid lives on
Jason Markusoff: Arithmetic triple lutzes have kept the 2026 bid alive and a reluctant city now waits until the Nov. 13 plebiscite day to have its say
Greyhound says goodbye to western Canada
End of an era: Passengers say goodbye to friends and family as they board a westbound Greyhound in Kenora, Ont.
Putting Calgary’s Olympic bid out of its misery
As the project dies—or limps along—what are Calgary’s boosters left with? Some hard questions about how to best lift their city from the doldrums.
In Calgary’s flood zone, most residents hang on—and hope the water never rises again
Two-thirds of homeowners in harm’s way turned down a provincial buyout, but some are surrounded by the gap-tooth aftermath of torn-down write-offs. Now what?