Mike Blanchard

Provincial funding for Calgary’s low-income transit pass will continue, the Ministry of Community and Social Services has confirmed. The UCP government will table its first budget in the legislature on Thursday following April’s provincial election. While details have yet to be announced, a spokesperson for Minister Rajan Sawhney confirmed that funding for l […]

For the curious at heart, Telus Spark is opening an exhibit Friday that offers an inside look at the skeletons, muscles and circulatory systems that make animals tick. When Dr. Angelina Whalley began working with the inventor of plastination, Dr. Gunther von Hagens — now Whalley’s husband — the technology wasn’t refined enough to plastinate […]

The developer behind the New Horizon Mall north of Calgary said Wednesday that the massive shopping centre is "going in the right direction," in spite of the fact the space is still mostly empty.

On the heels of damning investigations revealing ethical lapses within it, the Alberta Energy Regulator announced Wednesday three senior executives have left. The AER said executive vice presidents Stacey Schorr, Mark Taylor and Carol Crowfoot have exited the agency, which oversees the development of the province’s energy industry. On Wednesday, the AER didn […]

Council’s transportation committee voted Wednesday to direct administration to engage with citizens and business stakeholders on options to reduce or maintain speed limits on all but Calgary’s busiest roads. Three options are on the table, including an overall reduction to 30 km/h on both residential and collector roads (roads that move traffic from local st […]

Assuming a turnout of around 60 per cent, this Liberal government was re-elected with the support of only one in five Canadians eligible to vote

Richard Warnica: It’s not just that no one seemed capable of winning. It’s that they all looked at times like they were actively trying to lose

It marks only the second time in Canada’s history that a governing party will take power with such a low share of the vote

He may wield influence over the Liberals, but a glance at the history books should convince Singh to tread lightly when it comes to dealing with the Grits

The Liberals are set to form a minority government after four years with a sometimes tumultuous majority, raising the prospect of days or more of jockeying among the parties