Calgary is an amazing city to raise a family in, there is no question about that. If you find yourself questioning that statement then my reply would be to consider the context and perspective of alternate choices.

EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition Wildrose party is delivering a petition to the legislature urging Health Minister Fred Horne rethink his new prescript...

Lawrence Grassi was a trailblazer. An immigrant from Italy he was a respected mountaineer and guide who built and maintained many of the original trails throughout the mountains around Canmore, Alberta. Short of stature and eschewing alpine guide stereotypes for suspenders and hobnail boots Grassi was one of the key personalities in Canmore's early history. And the school that bears his name, Lawrence Grassi middle school, has blazed a trail much in its namesake's fashion. Nothing too fancy, but a lot of hard work and common sense can go a long way.

There's something haunting about Alberta. Driving down a lonely gravel road in the middle of summer, dust kicked up on either sides of the car, you fe...

Never underestimate how dangerous and strong Alberta's prairie winds can be. Dozens of fences, boathouses and sheds lining the shore at Alberta Be...

For the second time in a year, the Alberta government has promised to complete a review of the rules surrounding urban oil drilling and energy develop...

Alberta is often called "Texas of the North" for our western ways, cowboys, oil reserves and booming economy. And similar to the saying "Everything...

EDMONTON - Alberta prison guards showed no signs of flinching Saturday in the face of a labour board ruling declaring their wildcat strike illegal and...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A former Alberta finance minister says it's time to talk about a provincial sales tax.Ron Liepert says having a PST could help lev...

The questionable expenses claimed by a Alberta health executive with the province's former health region are coming under scrutiny.. again. Documen...

An image of a dead deer that went viral on the Internet last week has nothing to do with the Alberta oilsands, according to wildlife experts. WARNI...

Albertans should be on high alert to scams seeking to take advantage following the deadly Boston Marathon bombings, warns the Better Business Bureau (...

Aggie Days, an event that celebrates a sanitized and fictitious version of modern, industrialized agriculture. Animals are cute and cuddly. They have straw in their pens and room to roam. Baby chicks, cage free and with their beaks still intact, scurry around, enjoying their last bit of freedom.

The climate and energy challenge is frequently portrayed as a world of absolutes. We are either doomed, or salvation is just around the corner. We have either missed the narrow window to forestall disaster, or are told it is premature to act in the face of persistent uncertainties.

On occasion I like to believe that people can change their behaviour. I suppose I am an optimist in that regard, at least until I am proven wrong. This past week I was deeply troubled by the report about some recent statistics as they do not bode well for our ability to change our behaviour. Those statistics? The traffic infraction numbers for February to March 27 2013 on Highways 63, 881, and 69.

If it wasn't enough to be ranked the best city in a country of 34 million, Calgary has also been ranked the 5th best city to live in the entire world by the Economist Intelligence Unit's Most Livable Cities Survey for the last three consecutive years. To think that this city of roughly 1.2 million people is one of the top five cities in a world of over 7 billion people is absolutely mind blowing.

If a new Pembina Institute report released this week is any indication, we Albertans have happily, if unwittingly, kept the wool pulled down over our eyes when it comes to acknowledging the primary fuel that powers our lives. To wit, fully 64 per cent of the electricity generated in Alberta comes from burning the most inefficient and dirty of all fossil fuels: coal.

That's right, Calgary holds two pretty cool records for the worlds longest. One, is very specific to our climate and economic prowess, the other we owe to an urban shopping mecca and indoor garden oasis.

EDMONTON - Alberta's school boards say they have serious concerns about a tentative deal between the province and the teachers. The Alberta School...