Retail sales rose 0.9 per cent to $72.7 billion in March as higher gas prices boosted overall sales for the month, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Sales at gas stations and fuel vendors rose 12.4 per cent as the attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel drove oil and...
Premier Danielle Smith announced Thursday that Albertans will be going to the polls Oct. 19 to vote on whether there should be a future binding referendum on the province quitting Canada. Here’s a timeline of pivotal moments in Alberta’s separatism debate:...
By Wolfgang Depner Former British Columbia premier John Horgan didn’t like the idea of the Site C dam when he was alive and wouldn’t like being named after it in death, but Premier David Eby says the massive hydroelectric project was emblematic of...
Keyera Corp., AltaGas Ltd. and Canadian National Railway Co. have announced a plan to go ahead with a new $240-million rail terminal project. Under the plan, Keyera will build and own the Alberta Corridor Export Rail Terminal on land it owns. The project will be...
By Wolfgang Depner Canada cannot work if “separatist premiers” get all of the attention of the federal government, B.C. Premier David said Tuesday. Eby said that is the message he’ll relay to Prime Minister Mark Carney, when they meet...
