FIRST READING: And now Saskatchewan has a secession movement

According to the federal Clarity Act, a province can only leave confederation if a “clear majority” of its voters endorse a ...

Alberta legislature sitting raises questions on rule of law and political authority, political watcher says

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government has wrapped up a fall legislature sitting featuring landmark legislation that a ...

Landmark Alberta legislature sitting raises questions on politicians and rule of law

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government has wrapped up a fall legislature sitting featuring landmark legislation that ...

Alberta MLA opens up about sister’s domestic violence murder and what needs to change

MLA Demetrios Nicolaides opens up about the domestic murder-suicide that claimed the life of his little sister Melanie, and ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith facing recall petition

Elections Alberta approved a petition from a Brooks-Medicine Hat resident who says the Premier is no longer fit to serve her riding ...

Alberta government amends bill after chief electoral officer warns it harms trust

EDMONTON — Alberta's government has made last-minute changes to a bill after the province's chief electoral officer warned it ...
Opinion

Colby Cosh: Alberta runs into the separation-referendum barriers that it erected

A Friday court decision said that a secession referendum would break the rules crafted by the United Conservative government On Friday, Alberta King’s Bench Justice Colin Feasby issued an irascible ...

First Nations applaud judge’s rejection of Alberta separation referendum question

Alberta First Nations are applauding a ruling by the Alberta Court of Kings Bench judge that a proposed question for a ...

John Weissenberger: How Canadian ingenuity turned Alberta's tar pits into a cash cow

John Weissenberger is a Calgary petroleum geologist and executive. He has conducted and sponsored studies on the immense ...
Jurist

Alberta judge rules proposed separation referendum would be unconstitutional

The Court of King's Bench of Alberta ruled Friday that the proposed referendum to separate the province of Alberta from Canada contravenes the Constitution Act, 1982, and citizens cannot initiate ...