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Environment / May 2021

Ask an Expert: What’s the Future of Oil in Canada?

April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 - by Imre Szeman

The Keystone XL pipeline has been cancelled. What happens next?

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First Person / September/October 2020

My Other Mother

August 20, 2020August 26, 2020 - by William Pang

My nanny helped raise me. Now it’s time for me to get to know her children

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April 2020 / Politics

The New Separatists

March 31, 2020April 2, 2020 - by Max Fawcett

The roots of western alienation date back generations. Here’s why the latest secession movement looks different

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April 2020 / Photography

Meet the Albertans Who Want to Start Their Own Country

March 25, 2020March 26, 2020 - by Brett Gundlock

A photo essay from the front lines of the Wexit movement

Jason Kenney speaks at a conference in November 2019.

Politics

What Jason Kenney’s War Room Is Costing Alberta

January 14, 2020March 6, 2020 - by Max Fawcett

The province’s failure to consider climate risk may lose it billions in global investment

Politics

The Decade in Politics

December 15, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From predicting civil war in the US to evaluating the health of our own democracy, these are the politics conversations that helped define Canada

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Business

Give Alberta Oil Back to the People

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 - by Linda McQuaig

Norway has banked more than $1 trillion—all thanks to its state-owned oil company. Should Alberta follow its model?

Current Affairs / Society

How an Alberta Environmentalist Became Public Enemy Number One

June 5, 2019January 2, 2020 - by Sharon J. Riley

Ed Whittingham wanted sustainable fossil-fuel production. The United Conservative Party wanted him fired

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Politics

Rachel Notley’s Support for Pipelines Could Cost the NDP the Election

April 12, 2019March 29, 2021 - by Chris Scott

Notley may have led the most progressive government in Alberta’s history, but her focus on the oil industry may lead to her downfall

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Politics

The Great Myth of Alberta Conservatism

February 4, 2019June 2, 2020 - by Jen Gerson

With an election approaching in spring 2019, it’s worth asking if we’re all wrong about the province