Alberta budget comes amid questions over resource development

Released only four months after UCP's first budget, Budget 2020 comes amid heightened turmoil due to job losses, union unrest and growing uncertainty around the province's energy industry. 

Video game publisher Electronic Arts is shutting down the popular Edmonton-based game development studio BioWare, known for the games Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age, after more than three decades.

Toronto Raptors fans tell The National how excited they are to officially welcome Kawhi Leonard back to the 6ix, seven years after he helped lead the team to its first NBA championship.

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) said in a Wednesday advisory that anyone who had contact with a "sick or abnormally behaving" skunk between Sept. 22 and Oct. 17 should seek treatment.

Noisy, unruly and crowded is how a triage nurse described conditions in an Edmonton emergency room the day a man died after waiting about eight hours to be seen by a doctor.

Premier Danielle Smith says United Conservative Party policy is settled after three-quarters of Albertans voted against pursuing a binding referendum on separation, according to preliminary results. Leaders in her home riding are backing her calls for pro-independence voices to be muted within the party as a provincial election approaches in 2027.

Gleeks, ready your slushies — the wacky, irreverent musical dramedy that broke barriers and launched careers in the 2010s is officially getting a reboot, and several original cast members have indicated they’re coming back for the ride.

Five companies within Terry Hui's real estate development group are targeted in the audit by the CRA, including Adex Securities, One West Holdings, a B.C. numbered company and two Luxembourg-based shell companies.

An acupuncturist in Dawson Creek, B.C., has been suspended for two months after a regulatory college found she prescribed ivermectin to her patients without having the authority to do so.

The referendum results are not quite final, but it’s clear rural Albertans in the province’s north more strongly support separation than those in the big cities. Central Peace-Notley riding saw the highest support for Option 2 — to hold a second, binding referendum on separation — at 50.7 per cent with three polls remaining.

The Black Class Action Secretariat is calling for an investigation into how the Ontario Provincial Police hires new officers, in light of three Black OPP recruits across separate regions echoing similar patterns of alleged racial discrimination.

Canadian actor Carrie-Anne Moss reflects on her path from Vancouver to The Matrix, and the experiences that shaped her acting career. She also discusses returning to British Columbia for Yaga, motherhood and her concerns about AI's impact on storytelling.

Guests staying in an Airbnb will soon have fewer chores to do before they check out after their stay. The short-term rental company has updated its policies to restrict how much cleaning hosts can ask guests to undertake before they leave.

Nine months after leaving politics, Chrystia Freeland has penned a new roadmap on how to deal with chaotic superpowers. Speaking with The Sunday Magazine host Piya Chattopadhyay, the former deputy prime minister breaks down some of the big ideas from her new book, Unreliable Boyfriend.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed Jeremy Hansen as a special adviser on space — just as the United States takes note of Canada's efforts to shift its space partnerships toward Europe.

Ontario will send 28 health-care professionals to Alberta to help take care of soldiers severely injured after a deadly weekend fire at a military base in the Prairie province, Premier Doug Ford says.

Ontario will send 28 health care professionals to Alberta to help take care of soldiers severely injured after a deadly weekend fire at a military base in the Prairie province, Premier Doug Ford says.

Ukrainian forces say they completed the world’s first front-line aerial drone evacuation of an injured soldier. Andrew Chang explains how, breaking down engineering challenges and physical risks behind the operation.Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images

CBC Sports' daily newsletter previews the Grand Prix of Figure Skating season, which finds Canada in the early stages of a rebuild aimed at the 2030 Olympics.

As our days shorten and temperatures drop, chlorophyll in leaves breaks down, revealing the autumnal tones of yellow and orange, while some leaves develop brilliant reds. Check out the fall splendour in Canada.

The El Niño weather pattern could cause a record rise in ocean temperatures in the Pacific as it barrels ‌around the globe like a "wrecking ball" causing floods and droughts, UN officials said on Wednesday.

A new analysis shows some progress in Prime Minister Mark Carney's use of French in public addresses.

A Mississauga man serving a 40-year sentence for terror-related charges in the U.S. was sentenced to an additional 50 years in federal prison in relation to an assault against two corrections officers, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Monday.

Pope Leo will not ‌need any further therapy after undergoing ​lung cancer surgery ​last week, his doctors said in ​a statement released by ‌the Vatican on Wednesday.

Developers behind the PHP programming language released a fix on Wednesday after a security vulnerability was brought to light. The PHP developers urged people to implement the fix as quickly as possible, and some governments took sites offline as a precautionary measure.

After requesting a trade earlier this year, former Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk has returned to the nation’s capital in the navy and red colours of a Sens division rival.

Facebook parent company Meta has been ordered to pay $25 billion US after a jury found it misled consumers about data privacy.

As Nigeria reports its first case of Ebola, fears are growing that the epidemic that started in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May could be on the verge of becoming a bigger regional crisis.

Canada's outgoing ambassador to Russia has returned with advice for crafting a response to Moscow's "cognitive warfare" campaign against the NATO alliance and why keeping sanctions on oil and gas can frustrate Vladimir Putin's struggle to finance his war machine.

Air Canada customers who book their flights by phone are now paying $30 per passenger for the privilege.