Bryan Labby

A year after their plane touches down in Canada, refugees are required to start paying back their travel loans. But it can be a challenge for larger families who are struggling to find meaningful work, cover rising costs and learn a new language.

An Alberta man was working from home when Canada Post came to his door. But his security camera shows they never rang the door bell and left only a package slip, not his package.

Drake Landing, once the leading solar heating community of its kind in North America, may have to revert to fossil fuels as the aging system is breaking down and may be too expensive or impossible to fix.

Think of it as a sanctuary for leafy vegetables. At least that’s how GoodLeaf’s Barry Murchie describes the company’s 100,000-square-foot vertical farm operation that will soon be producing 900,000 kilograms of veggies a year.

Alberta's electricity market can be a complicated subject — what consumers generally understand this year is that prices for electricity have soared and one of the main reasons is something called 'economic withholding.'

The Bolduc family has been farming and ranching near Stavely, Alta., for generations and this year will be remembered for its record-breaking heat, lack of rain, parched fields, reduced yields and water restrictions.

Rachel Herbert and her husband Tyler are getting used to seeing the parched countryside near Nanton, Alta., an hour south of Calgary, where the family raises grass-fed cattle from start to finish. A familiar but unwelcome predicament.

The company behind a $70-million project says it will reduce feedlot odours, but a residents’ group opposing the plan worries it will make the smell worse.

The population boom in Alberta has depressed wages and means the impact of inflation is being felt more acutely here than anywhere else in Canada, says a local economist. Charles St-Arnaud, chief economist with Alberta Central, said people in Alberta are paying the same increased prices for things like groceries, gas and household goods.

For builders, developers and Calgarians looking for more affordable places to live, Jan. 17 could possibly be remembered as a milestone in the way the city plans and manages new growth in older neighbourhoods.