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Forget debt-slashing. The premier’s greatest achievement is a one-party state so deeply entrenched that it may never be dislodged.

Are Union Leaders up to the Job?

Liberal leader Nancy MacBeth, former candidate for the leadership of the provincial Conservatives—and Ralph Klein’s archrival—prepares for the campaign of her life.

Alberta once played a crucial role in the evolution of Canada’s labour movement. What happened?

Public apathy threatens Alberta’s rivers and those who live along them.

Something old, something new…

The Klein revolution began with high hopes and all  the subtlety of the Jerry Springer Show. Bombast and in-your-face marketing were “in,” supplied courtesy of much of North America’s fawning [...]

In the summer of 1998 Alberta is, again, a simmering cauldron of political possibilities.

Over-built, under-utilized, under constant media scrutiny, and facing an uncertain future — such is the saga of the Swan Hills Treatment Centre

After nearly three decades of resistance from the thermal coal oligopoly that supplies most of Alberta with the cheapest electricity in North America, wind power has pushed its way into the market.