Robson Fletcher

Everyone makes mistakes, even expert economists analyzing a high-profile public policy that may be the primary issue in the next federal election.

For the first time in years of polling on the same question, a majority of Albertans now say it’s “somewhat” or “very difficult” to meet their monthly expenses.

Calgary’s metro-area population grew by nearly 96,000 people last year — a staggering six per cent increase in the span of just 12 months — according to new estimates released Wednesday by Statistics Canada.

If there was any doubt remaining that Alberta’s nearly seven-month moratorium on renewable-energy projects was a political decision — made in the halls of power rather than in the offices of expertise — it was erased by internal documents released to the public last week.

Alberta smashed population-growth records in the past year, mainly due to people moving to the province from across Canada and around the world.

House flipping in Calgary’s red-hot real estate market has surged to the highest level of any major metropolitan area in the country, according to new data from the Bank of Canada.

The four people pictured here represent a typical day’s death toll from opioid poisonings in Alberta last year, the deadliest on record for the province.

There's a tectonic shift underway in how we care for and educate the youngest among us, and the consequences are enormous, not just for the children and their parents, but society at large.

Another 10 Albertans have died from COVID, according to the latest weekly data released by the provincial government, three of whom were children. These mark the first pediatric deaths due to COVID reported in the current respiratory virus season.

Another 17 Albertans have died from COVID, according to the latest weekly data released by the province. That brings the death toll for the current season to 420.