The RCMP says the helicopter patrols are monitoring the Prairie border to search for and target all illegal activity along the 49th parallel, including illegal border crossing, smuggling and drug trafficking in and out of the country.

Any Canadian response to U.S. tariffs will be regionally fair and equitable and not single out Alberta, Canada's main oil-producing province, Canada's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said on Wednesday.

Canada's federal government has assured Alberta that it will not bear a disproportionate burden of any retaliatory tariffs imposed in response to potential US import levies.

Ottawa’s former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul says Alberta is undermining Canada’s attempts to prevent the United States from levying damaging tariffs — a measure U.S. President Donald Trump has said could drive Canada into “failed state” status.

Meanwhile, the government is promoting another opportunity for U.S. hunters to come shoot things here off-season

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will be holding off on imposing the tariffs he’s been promising, earning praise from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

The majority of Canada’s oil exports, largely produced in Alberta, go to the United States. And Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has flatly refused to entertain the option of cutting off that supply to American refineries if Trump slaps a 25-per-cent tariff on all Canadian goods, including gas and oil.

Donald Trump again said that Canada should become an American state, adding "it's sort of crazy" to suggest the U.S. needs Canadian imports.

As of September 22, 2024, the final provision of Law 25, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal

Prior to Trump's inauguration, Smith travelled to the president's Florida home to advocate for Alberta's interests in response to the tariff threats.

The company’s board of directors and chief executive officer were fired in November by Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner

Nova imports ethane from North Dakota to supplement its supply from Western Canada, while its facilities in the Sarnia, Ont., region receive ethane from the Marcellus region in the U.S. Vermani estimates 50 to 60 per cent of Nova’s production from Canada crosses the border.