Western separatism has been cooling despite Trudeau’s re-election: poll
A newly released survey suggests more Albertans looked favourably on the rest of Canada than a year earlier—and that was before COVID struck
Jason Markusoff
Jason Kenney reaches for economic heights with a race to the bottom
Alberta’s hurry-up corporate tax cut is less an investment in the future than a gift to the biggest current players, say experts
The ground is shifting beneath Alberta’s feet, and Kenney still wants to build walls
Jason Markusoff: The Fair Deal Panel’s biggest ideas seem out of step with the province’s current economic state—and the mindset of its people
With the Meng Wanzhou decision, politicized process lives only in China’s imagination
The judge ruled against the Huawei exec, but it was no slam dunk. If only Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig had access to such an impartial hearing.
The pandemic has interrupted world record attempts—and spawned new ones
Some attempts have moved indoors or into the backyard—where the risk of viral spread is reduced but achievement can still be great—while others reflect Canada’s new cooped-in reality
A river runs through it: The story of the hardiest boat in Edmonton
For 25 years, a succession of owners have propped up the 399-passenger sternwheeler that plies the North Saskatchewan River. It may never be a moneymaker, but for the current owner, keeping it afloat is victory enough
These stunning photos are an ode to ranch and rodeo life in Alberta
A new book of striking Alberta imagery showcases an already altered life, as some rodeos—including the Calgary Stampede—have been cancelled to limit the spread of COVID-19
Coronavirus won’t hit Alberta as hard as others. But its economic wallop will be brutal.
Data modelling suggests the province is comparatively well-equipped for the onslaught of COVID-19. For the aftermath, there’s no good scenario.
Inside the frantic, gruelling, all-hands-on-deck effort to bring Canadians home
An astonishing one million citizens and permanent residents returned to Canada in a single mid-March week, but legions more were desperate, homesick and stranded, as a panicked world snapped shut around them
For Canadians at a hostel in Peru, coronavirus has them trapped in their room
Ottawa is flying hundreds of Canadians home from Peru. These Torontonians fear they won’t get help, stuck inside on quarantine for at least a month, maybe longer.