Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Friday he will be in Alberta just days before the province’s referendum to deliver a speech on Canadian unity. The House of Commons will be on a brea…

With voting day inching closer, CBC Radio's Calgary Eyeopener put questions from the public to Elections Alberta representative Maia Hanrahan.

Politics professor Lori Williams and her colleagues are among the in-demand speakers as community-based organizations across Alberta plan, host and get creative to help residents understand the refere...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s office is distancing itself from one of her party presidents who met in Calgary with U.S. Republican strategists looking to assist the province’s separation m…

Premier Danielle Smith's efforts to satisfy the party faithful with an independence referendum may have unintentionally breathed life into the opposition NDP.

Florida voters are weighing whether to scrap residential property taxes and the state's governor has a solution to that potentially huge revenue loss: tax Canadians more.

By speaking up and setting a norm as Canadians, we have the power to be persuasive.

Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province

Internal federal documents offer insights into how Ottawa is assessing the economic fallout from the possibility of Alberta separating from Canada and becoming an independent state.

Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper cautioned against the prospect of Alberta separation in a column Friday, writing that even voting just to "send a message" would represent a fraught a...

A pipeline to haul Alberta oil to tankers on the B.C. coast took a big step forward Thursday. Prime Minister Mark Carney, with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at his side, announced the line—to be k…

U.S. President Donald Trump's war of words with Canada continued Wednesday as he veered off a prepared script at an event marking Hispanic Heritage Month in the States to chastise Canadian leaders for...

Pro-separation organizers argue referendum vote is just about 'leverage' with Ottawa. Are voters convinced by that pitch?

Canada is making strides in the fight against criminal efforts to disguise illicit cash but can do more to investigate and prosecute complex money laundering cases, says a new international watchdo…

Defeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the right, says the political scientist Cas Mudde

Kainai Nation artist Faye HeavyShield was announced as one of eight 2026 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts winners in September, making her the only Albertan recognized through this y...

Experts warn Meta's Sturgeon County data centre could put pressure on Alberta energy prices, despite assurances from Meta and the provincial government that Albertans won't see higher bills.

Janet Brown Opinion Research found in poll commissioned by CBC News that many Albertans are wary of data centres. One political expert says the province welcoming a data-centre goldrush risks alienati...

The Janet Brown Opinion Research Poll for CBC News suggests 41 per cent of respondents would vote for the UCP if an election were held today, while 41 per cent would vote for the NDP.

With a little more than three weeks to go until the Oct. 19 referendum, a new poll done for CBC News suggests support for separation has softened since spring.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he studied the possibility of U.S.-led military action in Canada. In a lengthy New York Times interview, he declined to discuss in detail what that examination involved...

Calgary police say a woman who was struck by a school bus in the southwest community of Somerset on Thursday has died from her injuries.

After city councillors were divided about whether it was the city's place to wade into a debate on Alberta separation, a motion from the mayor affirming Calgary's place as a vital part of the province...

Just two years after the B.C. Conservatives nearly formed government, the party is in disarray, prompting speculation of a snap election in order to capitalize on the turmoil. If you haven't been foll...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is adamant she is promoting that the province stay in Canada, rejecting her own party president’s claim that the government’s advertising is “neutral” on the question.

With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances.

The five major TV networks are joining forces after Trump’s press ban.

“La Bola Negra,” an epic film about the interconnected lives of three gay men in Spain, took home the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday.&n…

Here's some of what to expect when you're extracting the province from Canada.

To force a party vote on the premier's leadership, 22 riding associations would need to make same request.

Over the last year, a steady drumbeat of polling has found again and again that most Albertans oppose separation — but based on fundraising and online chatter, you might not know that.

A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia's cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new living cat species has been formally named and described in...

As work is underway to redraw Alberta's electoral map, Calgary-Shaw provides an up-to-date case study illustrating how proposed changes to provincial ridings could affect election results.

The City of Medicine Hat says it still has no new location for an emergency shelter as winter approaches. The current Mustard Seed shelter has also returned to 30 beds after temporary funding for 2…

After ticking up earlier this week, gas prices dropped by about eight cents overnight, and could fall by a few more by the weekend according to one expert. But diesel is soaring, which could be bad ne...

A number of Conservative MPs have soured on Pierre Poilievre as leader, but despite this growing angst, his position is relatively secure because there is no strong appetite to oust him and choose som...

Conservative elder statesman Preston Manning says he's baffled that some view Alberta Premier Danielle Smith as anti-Canada given her vocal support of Confederation.

Premier Danielle Smith and her government expect next month’s separation referendum to be the last word on the subject – but those fighting for an independent Alberta say no matter the outcome, the…

More than half a million Albertans have requested to vote by mail in the upcoming referendum, according to Elections Alberta.

There is no certainty that the idea will ever get off the ground, let alone become a blueprint for other countries, writes Katya Adler.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says a "deeper partnership" between Canada and Europe is necessary to hedge against great powers encroaching on the sovereignty of smaller nations.

The PM says Canada having closer EU links would also make it a more “effective partner” of the US, adding no-one will tell his country who it can strike agreements with.

A report released Wednesday by the Alberta government says if the province wants to separate from Canada, it would need to shell out up to $170 billion and hire at least 70,000 civil serv…

The Federal Reserve said it cut rates to help bring inflation back to the central bank's two per cent target. It's the first policy shift under the new Fed chief, who took office in late May after bei...

The cost of establishing a new country could range between $50 billion and $170 billion over a five-year period, a government-commissioned report released Wednesday says.

It's hard to find meaning in one byelection for a general election 12 months away. But the big referendum is only five weeks from now.

Former prime minister Stephen Harper, in his closing remarks at the Canada Investment Summit, backed the federal government's decision to walk away from trade talks with the United States.

Alberta's first of five immigration-related questions in the Oct. 19 referendum pitches more provincial control over immigration.