Get a rough idea of how much Alberta’s teaching staff has grown compared to how much student enrolment has grown since the funding formula for school boards was changed.

A task force created by the UCP government to review the province’s pandemic response has issued its final report and, while it is currently being reviewed by the province, Alberta doctors are pushing...

Political and business leaders are expressing caution about Canada’s potential use of retaliatory tariffs in response to Donald Trump’s renewed trade threats. Critics warn that Canada’s economic lever...

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Danielle Smith charts her own path through choppy waters. Ahead of the first ministers' meeting in Ottawa, the Alberta premier heads to Mar-a-Lago to meet Donald Trump, then refuses to back a united C...

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says while she doesn't want to assume anything after her meeting with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence over the weekend, Canada needs "to be...

Canada’s top security officials are ramping up planning in Kananaskis, just west of Calgary, for the 51st G7 leaders' summit in five months, more than two decades after the region last held the high-p...

Whoever emerges from the upcoming Liberal leadership race will face a formidable Conservative challenger with a populist message and deep connections to Alberta. And this battle for the nation’s top p...

The Liberal Party of Canada is under immense pressure to select a new leader in record time — two months. Parliament is prorogued while Trump’s threats over tariffs and Canadian sovereignty ramp up. W...

After announcing his departure, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to reach an agreement with opposition leaders so that his government would survive a few more weeks in Parliament, Radio-Canada has ...

With a federal election on the horizon, Alberta and Saskatchewan’s premiers are again making noise about the country’s contentious equalization program. While the Liberal government has locked in the ...

In 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received a standing ovation from a crowd of energy executives. Today, the oilpatch is applauding his political demise. What happened?

The premier makes no apologies for an ambitious reform agenda. But the more a government dismantles and rebuilds, the more risk there is for road bumps, growing pains and outright mistakes.

The Alberta government has kept some survey results secret following requests from Postmedia while ignoring the results of other public engagements.

Nearly 40 years ago, Calgary’s Big M Drug Mart challenged the Lord’s Day Act, sparking a Supreme Court case that redefined religious freedom and paved the way for Sunday shopping in Canada.

Tucked away in a picturesque river valley at the foot of the Rocky Mountains is the town of Cochrane, Alta. A short drive from Banff National Park to the west and City of Calgary to the east, it has b...

A UCP leadership review. A shifting conversation on the border, brought on by Donald Trump’s tariff threats. Naheed Nenshi taking the reins of the NDP, and the new fight ticket heading into the next p...

Alberta Children's Hospital has added extra beds amid a surge of children sick with respiratory viruses, which doctors say has once again pushed the Calgary hospital over capacity.

Housing Minister Sean Fraser will announce on Monday that he will not seek re-election in his Nova Scotia riding and will leave the federal cabinet during the next shuffle, CBC News has learned.

The 2022 Freedom Convoy, led by Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, left a permanent mark on Ottawa. But their long-tow through the courts is far from over.

The Alberta government has decided to cancel a foreign worker recruiting trip to the United Arab Emirates, according to a statement from the Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism Muhammad Yaseen.

Calgary's unemployment rate is trending higher than the national average — but it's not about layoffs.

Alberta appears finished with “cash cow” photo radar. The province announced a big cut in “fishing holes”. And the UCP government was fishing for support for a Sovereignty Act motion against the federal emissions cap. The NDP did not bite. West of Centre guests this week are Carrie Tait, Rick Bell and Lori Williams.

There's talk in Washington that president-elect Donald Trump plans to revive the Keystone XL pipeline project that would transport oil from northern Alberta to the U.S. midwest. Even setting aside Trump's proposed 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods, experts warn the plan would face significant hurdles.

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As the province and Ottawa take part in yet another constitutional squabble over jurisdiction, some oil and gas sector watchers are worried about the effect on the industry caught in the middle.

A battle over jurisdictional authority continued to heat up Wednesday, as federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault insisted an element of Alberta's pushback to Ottawa's oil and gas cap could land companies in hot water.

The Calgary airport received 17.8 cm of snow on Saturday, beating the previous mark of 13.2 cm set in 2018.

Cuts to staff, classes, programs and student services: Canada's post-secondary system is moving into a stormy period, as colleges and universities grapple with budget shortfalls exacerbated by restrictions on international students, domestic tuition caps or freezes, and stagnant provincial funding.

Last week brought tax cuts, cash handouts, and yet more poor polling numbers for the Liberals.

There hasn't been a Trump bump for the prime minister but the Conservative leader hasn't said how he would deal with the U.S. leader.

Gen. Jennie Carignan, the first woman to command Canada's military, called out a Republican U.S. senator on Saturday for questioning the role of women in combat.

A car insurance overhaul, a fiscal update, and the appointment of a new chair at AIMCo. Finance Minister Nate Horner is behind all of it. And he faced some tough questions about a big jump in insurance rates and a possible budget deficit next year. West of Centre host Kathleen Petty is joined by Emma Graney, Zain Velji and Evan Menzies.

The same report that persuaded the UCP that no-fault insurance would save consumers money said a public system would save more.

Polling woes for the Liberals continue, plus we look at the election in Nova Scotia.

A car insurance overhaul, a fiscal update, and the appointment of a new chair at AIMCo. Finance Minister Nate Horner is behind all of it. And he faced some tough questions about a big jump in insurance rates and a possible budget deficit next year. West of Centre host Kathleen Petty is joined by Emma Graney, Zain Velji and Evan Menzies.