Here’s your weekly news recap. Hope you’re having a great weekend! -Your United Conservative Team
Premier Smith and Finance Minister Jason Nixon announced that our government has posted its fifth consecutive budget surplus, coming in at $2.2 billion for 2025-26 as revenues beat the original forecast by $7.4 billion. The Heritage Savings Trust Fund has now passed $32 billion, net debt is down $747 million and debt-servicing costs are lower, keeping more money for Albertans’ priorities. Read more.
Premier Smith and Energy and Minerals Minister Brian Jean marked the groundbreaking of the Yellowhead Pipeline, a $2.9 billion project running 235 kilometres and adding more than one billion cubic feet a day of natural gas capacity. Construction will support around 2,000 jobs, and once complete the pipeline will enable about $20 billion in further Alberta investment, including the Dow Fort Saskatchewan Path2Zero project. This is another example of the new pipelines being built and the major job creating investments happening in Alberta right now. Read more.
Referendum day is Monday. Polls are open from 9am to 8pm, so make sure you get out and vote. Find your voting location here.
Technology and Innovation Minister Nate Glubish opened applications for the Alberta Satellite Rebate Program, covering up to $1,000 toward hardware and installation for the roughly 10,000 households that ground-based broadband has not reached. For these homes satellite is often the only practical way to get online, and cost should not be what stands in the way. Applications are open until March 31, 2027. Read more.
Environment and Protected Areas Minister Grant Hunter reopened the Traditional Agricultural Registration program so eligible ranchers can have long-standing water use properly recognized. When the program closed in 2001, grazing leaseholders on Crown land could not apply directly, and errors and omissions in those historic records left some water use unrecognized through no fault of the ranchers. About 6,800 registrations may be eligible for review, with applications open until the end of 2028. Read more.
Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen capped another busy season at Alberta’s 305 provincial parks, with more than 570,000 camper nights reserved by mid-September despite a rainy summer. Our government is ahead of schedule on its commitment to develop more than 900 new campsites by 2031, with 80 already under construction at parks including Pigeon Lake and Writing-on-Stone. Nearly 70 capital projects have been completed this year. Read more.
A new ATB survey shows that more than 90 per cent of energy executives expect the Pacific Link pipleline to be built, and 96 per cent of producers plan to increase production over the next 12 months. That means more investment, more production and more jobs for Albertans. We’re now well on our way to achieving Premier Smith’s goal of doubling oil production. Read more.
Energy and Minerals Minister Brian Jean highlighted new numbers showing Canada produced record amounts of crude oil in 2025 while oil and gas emissions fell. Alberta has already cut oil and gas methane emissions in half while increasing production, proving responsible development means producing more and emitting less. Read more.
Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams released a video on what our government is doing about high-density infill, after residents raised concerns about how redevelopment is changing their neighbourhoods. Watch here.
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