According to the Fraser Institute, Alberta has very high levels of economic freedom and rates Alberta as the most free economy in Canada, and second most free economy amongst U. S. states and Canadian provinces.

Partly for this reason, Alberta has never developed a large presence in the industries that have traditionally started industrialization in other places ( notably the original Industrial Revolution in Great Britain ) but which require large labour forces, and large internal markets or easy transportation to export markets, namely textiles, metallurgy, or transportation-related manufacturing ( automotives, ships, or train cars ).

Alberta has always been an export-oriented economy.

The development of transportation in Alberta has been crucial to its historical economic development.

Badlands near Drumheller, Alberta, where erosion has exposed the K – T boundary

Heinz Canada's head office is in North York, Ontario and it also has operations in St. Marys, Ontario ; Calgary, Alberta ; and Montreal, Quebec.

This region has several clusters of national parks including Mount Revelstoke National Park, Glacier National Park ( Canada ), Yoho National Park, and Kootenay National Park on the British Columbia side, and Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, and Glacier National Park ( U. S .) on the Alberta and Montana sides.

All provinces currently abide by the Canada Health Act in order to receive this funding ; however the Alberta legislature has considered proposals to ignore the Act to allow them to implement reforms not allowed under the Act.

" She has taught at the University of British Columbia ( 1965 ), Sir George Williams University in Montreal ( 1967 – 68 ), the University of Alberta ( 1969 – 70 ), York University in Toronto ( 1971 – 72 ), the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa ( 1985 ), where she was visiting M. F. A.

A particularly unusual use of the term is in the province of Alberta, Canada, which has multi-lane freeways called " trails ".

A particularly unusual use of the term is in the province of Alberta, Canada, which has multi-lane freeways called " trails ".

Owing to its geographical isolation and effective quarantine enforcement, Australia has so far remained unaffected by Dutch Elm Disease, as have the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia in western Canada.

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta has considered making rodeo the official sport of that province ; however, enabling legislation has yet to be passed.

Fuelled by Alberta ’ s nation-leading economic growth, the university has embarked upon a plan to add capacity for more students and a host of new teaching and research activities.

With the economic boom in Alberta, the government has promised $ 4. 5 billion to post-secondary institutions in the province.

She has received many honorary Degrees, including Doctor of Civil Laws from the University of Western Ontario in June 2000, Doctor of Humane Letters from Mount Saint Vincent University in May 2001, and Doctor of Laws degrees from the University of British Columbia in November 2001, the University of Waterloo in October 2006, in June 2009 from the University of Alberta and University of Guelph, and from Simon Fraser University in October 2009.

Edmonton also has a large army reserve element from 41 Canadian Brigade Group ( 41 CBG ), including The Loyal Edmonton Regiment ( 4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ); 41 Combat Engineer Regiment ; HQ Battery, 20th Field Artillery Regiment ; and B Squadron of The South Alberta Light Horse, one of Alberta's oldest army reserve units.

Written by the German author Alberta Rommel, it has been described as a " romantic historical novel ".

He has also been a John V. Clyne fellow at the University of British Columbia, a distinguished visitor at the University of Alberta and a member of the Georgetown University Leadership Seminar.

Simpson has been a member of the board of trustees at Queen's University ; the board of overseers at Green College, University of British Columbia ; the advisory board of the Review of Constitutional Studies at the University of Alberta ; the editorial board of The Queen's Quarterly, and the Canadian Consortium for Asia-Pacific Security at York University and the University of Toronto.

The province of Alberta has deregulated their electricity provision.

The Stampede works with Alberta 4-H clubs to encourage youth participation in agricultural pursuits, and has a partnership with Olds College that includes the operation of a satellite campus at Stampede Park.

* Frank, Alberta, small community in the Crowsnest Pass at the southern end of the Canadian Rockies

A small park near Lee's Creek on Main Street in Cardston, Alberta, her birthplace, was named " Fay Wray Park " in her honor.

The land purchased contained all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska ; parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River ; most of North Dakota ; most of South Dakota ; northeastern New Mexico ; northern Texas ; the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide ; Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans ; and small portions of land that would eventually become part of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

* Alberta Alliance Party, a small right-wing political party in Alberta, Canada that existed from 2002 until merging to form the Wildrose Alliance Party in 2008 ( see below )

* Wildrose Alliance Party, a small right-wing political party in Alberta, Canada

On April 2, 1885, near Frog Lake, Saskatchewan ( now in Alberta ) a Cree raiding party led by Wandering Spirit attacked a small town.

* Bald Dwarf-A small man who attended the University of Alberta, Bald Dwarf often organizes equal rights parades for various socioeconomic groups.

The small area drained by the Milk River in southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan is one of two areas in Canada that drain into the Gulf of Mexico ( The others are the Big Muddy Creek and Poplar River watersheds which extend into Canada in Saskatchewan.

Other occasional secessionist movements have included anti-Confederation movements in 19th century Atlantic Canada ( see Anti-Confederation Party ), the North-West Rebellion of 1885, and various small separatism movements in Alberta particularly ( see Alberta separatism ) and Western Canada generally ( see, for example, Western Canada Concept ).

Areas once belonging to Rupert's Land include all of Manitoba, most of Saskatchewan, southern Alberta, southern Nunavut, northern parts of Ontario and Quebec, as well as parts of Minnesota and North Dakota and very small parts of Montana and South Dakota.

** The American Mediterranean Sea ( the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico ) basin includes most of the U. S. interior between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains, a small part of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, eastern Central America, the islands of the Caribbean and the Gulf, and a small part of northern South America.

Brownlee tried to reach accommodations with the UGG's competitors to divide among them centres too small to support more than one elevator, and achieved some success, especially with the Alberta Wheat Pool.

They lived on the west coast of British Columbia for eight years before moving to Nanton, Alberta, a small town in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

He was born on 24 November, 1926 in the small town of Warner, Alberta.

The operations from the early 1950s were small bush-type runs based in Edmonton, Alberta.

In January 2007, Hempleman-Adams broke the quarter-century old world small sized hot air balloon altitude record, by ascending to 9, 906 meters over Alberta, Canada ; beating the previous record of 9, 537 metres set by Carol Davis in New Mexico.

Although Alberta lacks a preponderance of notable large art galleries, many small galleries which focus on local artists and artisans exist in the major centres.

Contrary to other jurisdictions such as Alberta, Ontario does not provide flexibility for small condo corporations to conduct their own reserve fund study, or to update it less frequently than required for large corporations.

At a young age, Souray moved with his family from Fishing Lake Métis Settlement to a small community in Alberta in order for his sister to attend school.

At Lake Louise, Alberta, large ice blocks were constructed, and a small prototype was constructed at Patricia Lake, Alberta, measuring only 60 by 30 feet ( 18 by 9 m ), weighing in at 1, 000 tons and kept frozen by a one-horsepower motor.