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  • What could Alberta do with its budget surplus?
  • Alberta predicting 2026 budget surplus thanks to oil prices, Middle East war
  • 20.2% property tax increase required if Calgary funds all 2027 budget requests

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globalnews.ca /1 week ago

What could Alberta do with its budget surplus?

Alberta is now forecasting a $2 billion surplus this fiscal year. That's an $11.4 billion swing, after initially projecting a deficit.

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globalnews.ca /1 week ago

Alberta predicting 2026 budget surplus thanks to oil prices, Middle East war

The province’s latest fiscal update predicts a $2-billion surplus — a huge turnaround from the $9.4-billion deficit originally expected for the 2026 fiscal year.

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globalnews.ca /6 days ago

20.2% property tax increase required if Calgary funds all 2027 budget requests

The figures were included in a number of confidential, preliminary budget documents obtained by Global News after being presented to Calgary city council earlier this summer.

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financialpost.com /1 week ago

AIMCo assets top $200 billion as public equities drive gains

Healthy equity market offset private equity woes to help Alberta fund weather first half of year marked by trade uncertainty and conflict

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globalnews.ca /1 month ago

Administration recommends Calgary double contribution to Werklund Centre modernization

The expanded scope of the project and a more refined design has the Werklund Centre's modernization cost estimated at $345 million, up $75 million from previous estimates.  

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globalnews.ca /5 days ago

Special city council meeting called over leak of confidential Calgary budget docs

Preliminary budget documents obtained by Global News show a large property tax increase would be required to pay for the funding requests in front of Calgary city council.

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globalnews.ca /5 days ago

Calgary mayor claims confidential budget docs show ‘wishlist’ as whistleblower revealed

'This is a wishlist. Everybody comes out of the woodwork around budget time and asks for all of the stuff,' Mayor Jeromy Farkas told reporters Thursday.

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moneysense.ca /3 weeks ago

Bigger Alberta Child and Family Benefit payments going out soon

The third Alberta Child and Family Benefit payment of 2026 will be bigger than the last, with July ringing in the new benefit year. The post Bigger Alberta Child and Family Benefit...

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globalnews.ca /3 weeks ago

Alberta mayors welcome more money for local housing infrastructure

A new bilateral program to accelerate homebuilding was announced in July with the funding set aside being used to set up water and wastewater infrastructure for homes.

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globalnews.ca /1 week ago

Saskatchewan’s provincial deficit persists despite higher oil revenue

The provincial government released its first quarter financial update with a deficit at $825 million, slightly worse than the $819 million projected when the budget was released.

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globalnews.ca /1 month ago

Close to 800,000 have applied for $100 rebate, payments coming: Alberta’s Smith

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says those people who applied for her government's $100 energy rebate should start receiving payments within the next few days.

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globalnews.ca /6 hours ago

Ottawa, Alberta pledge to build 1,460 affordable houses

Ottawa will provide up to $220 million through Build Canada Homes, a federal agency formed to speed up the delivery of the housing, while Alberta will pay up to $165 million.

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vancouversun.com /4 weeks ago

New St. Paul's Hospital, Surrey rapid transit and Highway 1 expansion among $4 billion in capital budget not spent by pr...

The province says many projects have been delayed, leading to money allocated for capital projects but not spent last year

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globalnews.ca /4 days ago

Alberta introduces $14 solar panel recycling fee, landfill ban

Solar industry associations and advocates have said the Alberta government's $14 price tag is far too steep, punitive and being imposed without clear accounting to back it up.

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news.ontario.ca /3 weeks ago

Ontario Releases 2026–27 First Quarter Finances

Government remains focused on building a more competitive and resilient economy in the face of global economic uncertainty

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globalnews.ca /1 week ago

Alberta’s Smith takes questions at less rowdy AI town hall, NDP calls for freeze

Smith's government has been trying to position Alberta as an ideal destination for data centres, saying they could generate new jobs and billions in royalties and taxes.

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globalnews.ca /1 week ago

B.C. government confirms gas revenue forecast errors worth $1.46B

Energy Minister Adrian Dix said the most significant error, a 44-cent overstatement in the forecasted per-gigajoule price of natural gas this fiscal year, was a "serious mistake."

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globalnews.ca /1 month ago

Feds should increase federal health funding, but with strings attached: Friends of Medicare

Friends of Medicare is urging the federal government to increase health care funding and impose more conditions on what the provinces can do with that money.

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globalnews.ca /1 week ago

Federal government commits $29M to north Calgary water main project

The North Calgary Water Servicing project will deliver 100 million litres of drinking water to northside communities when it's complete in 2029, city officials said Tuesday.

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rappler.com /4 weeks ago

Marcos gov’t seeks P112 billion in unprogrammed funds for 2027

The UA allocation for 2027 is 'the lowest amount nominally of the UAs since 2019 and only accounts for 1.5% of the total expenditure program — the lowest ratio since 1991,' says DB...

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wealthprofessional.ca /1 week ago

Alberta and Ontario pension funds post strong mid-year gains

AIMCo reports a 7.2% mid-year return while Ontario's median solvency ratio climbs to a record 127%

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globalnews.ca /1 month ago

Deal to fund water, wastewater infrastructure for housing signed by Alberta and Ottawa

The agreement, announced by the prime minister and premier in Red Deer, allows Alberta municipalities to access more than $510 million in federal funding over eight years.

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realclearpolitics.com /1 month ago

Vote on Leaving Canada Is a Gamble for Alberta's Leader

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has paved the way for an Oct. 19 referendum on whether the province should stay in Canada or have a second, binding referendum on independence.

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globalnews.ca /20 hours ago

Choose Canada, businesses urge Albertans ahead of ‘risky gamble’ referendum

The Business Council of Alberta is joining the chorus of other groups who warn a vote to quit Canada will create massive uncertainty, putting jobs and the economy at risk.

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