Alberta just landed nearly a billion dollars for infrastructure thats the invisible first step that goes in before the homes get built. Here’s what it actually means for the province’s pipefitters, electricians, and trades, from the ground up.
You Didn’t Do Anything Wrong – Google Just Stopped Picking You
Alberta home service businesses like plumbers, electricians, and landscapers are losing customers to Google’s new Ask Maps AI without knowing it — here’s what’s happening, and how to fix it.
Meta’s Alberta Data Centre and an Undisclosed Financier
A federal Crown corporation quietly financed the gas plant behind Meta’s $13-billion Alberta data centre — and stayed silent about it for three weeks. Here’s how the story broke, and what it reveals about who’s really paying for Alberta’s AI boom.
Alberta Let AI Read Every Line of Its Code. Then It Gave the Playbook Away
Alberta used AI to scan 466 million lines of government code in 20 hours — then published its entire playbook free for other governments. The inside story.
Alberta Is Sending Oil Money Back to Albertans. Here’s How the $100 Rebate Works
Alberta’s one-time $100 Energy Rebate is open until September 30. Who qualifies, who gets paid automatically, and the household rule worth $300 to some families.
If AI Doesn’t Know Your Business Exists, Neither Do Your Customers
Home service businesses across Alberta are quietly losing jobs to AI recommendations that only pick 3-4 contractors per search. Here’s what’s driving the drop – and why your reviews and rankings won’t show you the problem.
Alberta’s Trillion-Dollar Lithium – May Be Right Under Your Feet
Alberta holds 82.5 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent — one of the largest resources on earth, worth a theoretical US$1 trillion, and sitting in the same formation that built Alberta’s oil industry in 1947.
What Looked Like Spam Was the NHL Making History in Edmonton
Three women just made NHL history at Oilers development camp — and it started with a text one of them almost mistook for spam.
What 100 Data Centers Do for Alberta Workers and Communities
Behind Alberta’s data center boom is a ground-level story most coverage is missing — the trades workers, local suppliers, and communities that will feel it long after the announcement headlines fade.
From Airbags to Aerospace: Edmonton’s Invisible Technology
Teledyne Technologies $20 million expansion just confirmed what Alberta has been quietly building toward — a high-skill manufacturing sector the rest of the world is starting to notice.