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As Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney look to finalize their proposed energy “grand bargain,” a $20-billion albatross hangs around their necks.
The pair first signed their memorandum of understanding in November of last year, and promised to finalize its details by April 1. The
agreement...
April 1, 2026 - 07:00 | Jesse Snyder | National Post
Albertans can use offshore gambling services to bet on the likelihood of the province separating from Canada, and that concerns experts who feel that wagering on public policy could influence the results of the upcoming referendum and make the question vulnerable to market manipulation.
April 1, 2026 - 07:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Alberta's government is moving to regulate who can slap an official Alberta whisky stamp on whisky produced in the province. Premier Danielle Smith says defining what Alberta whisky is, and protecting it in legislation, will help distillers differentiate their products from other Canadian spirits on the market.
April 1, 2026 - 06:47 | | The Globe and Mail
Cheers turned to sadness in Toronto's Little Italy as Bosnia defeated Italy in the FIFA World Cup qualifier.
April 1, 2026 - 06:47 | | The Globe and Mail
Just over a month after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, the country has suffered severe losses. But while largely outmatched militarily, Iran has used its geography to spread the cost of war. By all but shutting down shipping across the Strait of Hormuz, it has effectively grounded global oil trade to a halt and sent markets spiralling.
Look up this trade lane—a waterway for vessels moving through the Gulf, transporting more than 20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas—and you’ll find it described as a “choke point.” It’s a term that Edward Fishman, an energy...
April 1, 2026 - 06:30 | Vikram Nijhawan | Walrus
Traditionally, stories about the Cree trickster Wîsahkêcâhk are only told when there is snow on the ground, which means, as the planet rapidly warms, there are fewer and fewer opportunities to tell them. Vancouver, where I live, didn’t see a single snowflake until February. So instead of the legend of the creation of the moon, I’ll tell you her name: tipiskâwi-pîsim, night sun. In Anishinaabemowin, she is Nookomis Dibik-Giizis, the revered Grandmother Moon. Though almost every acre on land has been claimed by one nation or another, the moon has been a shared locus of imagination and...
April 1, 2026 - 06:29 | Michelle Cyca | Walrus
