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Why gas goes up even when we produce the oil
CALGARY - Global oil market uncertainty, including tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, is contributing to higher gasoline prices even far from the source of potential disruptions, according to analy...
Jon Tupper Mar 31, 2026
No fools joke, alcohol tax set to rise April 1 with two per cent increase
OTTAWA - A two per cent increase in the federal excise tax on alcohol is set to take effect April 1, 2026, adding an estimated $41 million in additional revenue to federal coffers, according to the Ca...
Jon Tupper Mar 31, 2026
Fort McMurray Catholic Schools name Edwin Parr award winners
FORT MCMURRAY - Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is announcing its recipients for the 2025-26 Edwin Parr recognition and Catholic Education Award. Claudia Boucher has been named the division's Catholic ...
Jon Tupper Mar 31, 2026
Province increases arts investment with $40M funding package
EDMONTON - Alberta's government is committing a record level of funding to the arts through Budget 2026, with more than $40 million aimed at supporting artists, organizations and the province's growin...
Jon Tupper Mar 31, 2026
Jean, Harper among members of new Alberta investment council
EDMONTON - Alberta's government is creating a new Premier's Investment Council aimed at coordinating efforts across ministries and agencies to attract major projects and secure large-scale investment,...
Jon Tupper Mar 30, 2026
Alberta to impose provincewide code of conduct for municipal councils
EDMONTON - Alberta is moving to introduce a provincewide code of conduct for municipal councils, replacing a system the government scrapped less than a year ago. Municipal Affairs Minister Dan William...
Jon Tupper Mar 30, 2026
Artemis II launch set for April 1, Canadian astronaut set to make history
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - A Canadian astronaut is set to make history as NASA prepares to launch its first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years. Jeremy Hansen, a member of the Canad...
Jon Tupper Mar 30, 2026
Christina Gordon educator earns Edwin Parr Teacher Award nomination
FORT McMURRAY - A Grade 6 teacher in Fort McMurray has been nominated for a provincial award recognizing outstanding first-year educators. Amanda Hawkins, who teaches at Christina Gordon Public...
Jon Tupper Mar 30, 2026
Global energy crisis renews push for Canadian export capacity
CALGARY - Alberta is courting foreign investment for a proposed major oil pipeline to the West Coast as the province looks to expand exports and reduce its reliance on the United States. Government so...
Jon Tupper Mar 30, 2026

Snow removal continues in Fort McMurray as winter lingers
FORT McMURRAY - There are only a few weeks left in winter road maintenance season in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, but unseasonably cold weather has extended winter conditions beyond what...
Jon Tupper Mar 29, 2026







