All ears on Calgary’s National Music Centre
Calgary readies to open a long-sought headquarters for both music lovers and makers
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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.
The Alberta NDP vs. budget reality
What happens when the NDP’s plans to transform Alberta run up against ugly budget realities?
How Donald Trump became America’s hate-monger
Donald Trump has brought xenophobia into the mainstream in the United States. Getting rid of it may not be easy.
The decline of the Alberta dream, in one chart
You have to go back nearly 30 years to find a time when the unemployment rate in Alberta was this close to the Canadian average
Shell Canada’s president on Alberta’s historic climate plan
Shell Canada’s Lorraine Mitchelmore on how Big Oil and green groups found themselves on the same Alberta stage with Rachel Notley
An Alberta MLA on battling gender identity
’Member Cortes-Vargas’ spoke in the legislature about not being defined by words like ’masculinity’ and ’femininity’
Ka-boom or Ka-bust? Reaction to Alberta’s climate change plan
A sampling of the reaction to Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s newly unveiled climate policy
Alberta pitches a big-bang climate plan
With carbon taxes and phase-outs, the game in Alberta has totally changed. What will it mean for Albertans?
Why Alberta’s Wildrose Party wasn’t being lazy in opposing morning sittings
The Wildrose Party’s opposition to earlier sessions of the Alberta legislature was a PR disaster, but also entirely valid
An Alberta MLA’s harrowing story of domestic assault
Maria Fitzpatrick, a first-term NDP MLA, spoke for an anti-domestic-violence bill with her own story of abuse and survival that left MLAs in tears