Calgary & Alberta Economy

[DougB]

Predicting what Trump supports or doesn't support from day to day is fool's errand. We might not even get the same answer if you ask him today or two weeks from now.

Yeah, a lobbyist from Chevron could bring him some McDonald's

 

[Chowda7]

Good sign seeing CPP start to be involved

TransAlta signs data centre deal with CPP Investments and Brookfield

CALGARY — TransAlta Corp. has signed a deal with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Brookfield to be the exclusive site and power provider for a data centre in Alberta.

ca.finance.yahoo.com

 

[Chowda7]

Sounds like could be some big deals coming soon

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/india-carney-energy-oil-9.7106572

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Good sign seeing CPP start to be involved

TransAlta signs data centre deal with CPP Investments and Brookfield

CALGARY — TransAlta Corp. has signed a deal with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Brookfield to be the exclusive site and power provider for a data centre in Alberta.

ca.finance.yahoo.com

The picture shows a wind farm, but Keephills is not that, it is gas. As stated, nice to see CPP investing in a Calgary company, see if it comes to be.

 

[Chowda7]

Foreign investment surges to Canada’s strongest level since 2007 - CMT News

Foreign direct investment into Canada jumped in the fourth quarter, pushing yearly inflows to the highest level in 18 years.

www.canadianmortgagetrends.com

 

[DougB]

This should help the Bridger pipeline approval:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/climate/greenpeace-energy-transfer-verdict-dakota-access.html