A rundown of the June issue of Alberta Views magazine with a look back at Alberta's Recallapalooza and Shakedown Federalism.
PALGARY ALMANAC #222

Playlist:

• Boards of Canada - Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan
• Scott Fisher - La Maldonne
• Spencer Krug - Get To Live
• Buildings and Food - 4:00 AM
• Alaska Blue - Healing
• Aldous Harding - Train On The Island
• Geordie Gordon - River House
• Jolene Marie - Lover
• Gently Tender - City Of The Beast
• Lennie Rayen - Show Me Your Feelings
• Chinese American Bear - All the People
• Pyrenees Love Triangle - Slithering Fluxus
• Hammock - Chemicals Make You Small (feat. The Flaming Lips)
• charles tilden - another way
• Bonne nuit, chérie - Les avions
• Sean Solomon - Remember
• Broken Social Scene - The Briefest Kiss
• Holy Fuck - Elevate
• New Constellations - Hot Blooded

A look at the 2026 Spring / Summer exhibitions at the Esker Foundation with Director / Curator Naomi Potter.
PALGARY ALMANAC #222

Playlist:

• Boards of Canada - Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan
• Scott Fisher - La Maldonne
• Spencer Krug - Get To Live
• Buildings and Food - 4:00 AM
• Alaska Blue - Healing
• Aldous Harding - Train On The Island
• Geordie Gordon - River House
• Jolene Marie - Lover
• Gently Tender - City Of The Beast
• Lennie Rayen - Show Me Your Feelings
• Chinese American Bear - All the People
• Pyrenees Love Triangle - Slithering Fluxus
• Hammock - Chemicals Make You Small (feat. The Flaming Lips)
• charles tilden - another way
• Bonne nuit, chérie - Les avions
• Sean Solomon - Remember
• Broken Social Scene - The Briefest Kiss
• Holy Fuck - Elevate
• New Constellations - Hot Blooded

Chair in Environment, Societies & Law at the U of C Faculty shares insights on the Carney Government's generational rollback of environmental protections in Canada or "Grey New Deal".

Federal engagement runs until June 7 here: https://www.canada.ca/en/one-canadian-economy/services/simplifying-canada-process/engagement-supporting-timely-decision-making.html

Other recent commentary:

https://theconversation.com/canadas-major-projects-should-not-come-at-the-cost-of-the-environment-284174

https://corporateknights.com/climate-crisis/carneys-grand-infrastructure-push-neglects-climate-risks-leaders-warn/

https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-major-projects-economic-zones-proposal/
PALGARY ALMANAC #222

Playlist:

• Boards of Canada - Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan
• Scott Fisher - La Maldonne
• Spencer Krug - Get To Live
• Buildings and Food - 4:00 AM
• Alaska Blue - Healing
• Aldous Harding - Train On The Island
• Geordie Gordon - River House
• Jolene Marie - Lover
• Gently Tender - City Of The Beast
• Lennie Rayen - Show Me Your Feelings
• Chinese American Bear - All the People
• Pyrenees Love Triangle - Slithering Fluxus
• Hammock - Chemicals Make You Small (feat. The Flaming Lips)
• charles tilden - another way
• Bonne nuit, chérie - Les avions
• Sean Solomon - Remember
• Broken Social Scene - The Briefest Kiss
• Holy Fuck - Elevate
• New Constellations - Hot Blooded

PALGARY ALMANAC #222

Playlist:

• Boards of Canada - Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan
• Scott Fisher - La Maldonne
• Spencer Krug - Get To Live
• Buildings and Food - 4:00 AM
• Alaska Blue - Healing
• Aldous Harding - Train On The Island
• Geordie Gordon - River House
• Jolene Marie - Lover
• Gently Tender - City Of The Beast
• Lennie Rayen - Show Me Your Feelings
• Chinese American Bear - All the People
• Pyrenees Love Triangle - Slithering Fluxus
• Hammock - Chemicals Make You Small (feat. The Flaming Lips)
• charles tilden - another way
• Bonne nuit, chérie - Les avions
• Sean Solomon - Remember
• Broken Social Scene - The Briefest Kiss
• Holy Fuck - Elevate
• New Constellations - Hot Blooded

Who pays? Ranchers in Alberta have been receiving massive amounts of public dollars for grazing cattle on public land. Prairies investigative reporter for the Narwhal Drew Anderson unpacks the story.
PALGARY ALMANAC #221

Playlist:

• Meredith Bates - Book I - 3rd Incantation (Love)
• Astral Swans - NO HOME LEFT IN THE HEART
• Phillippe B - La jeunesse est un autre pays
• Fleur de Peau - Les oiseaux
• Pastel Blank - Big Man
• Angelo De Augustine - The Cure
• Population II - Journée Gratis
• tofusmell - Dreams I've Had
• Janel Leppin - Zonk
• Intermontane Superterrane - Back in the Direction Home
• Sea Of Lettuce - Unclear
• Calvin Love - My God
• Atsuko Chiba - Retention
• Metric - Antigravity
• Helado Negro - Sender Receiver
• José González - A Perfect Storm
• Lala Lala - Scammer
• Sunglaciers - Eye to Eye

Alberta Views editor on the May issue of the magazine, looking at post secondary education in Alberta, and more!
PALGARY ALMANAC #221

Playlist:

• Meredith Bates - Book I - 3rd Incantation (Love)
• Astral Swans - NO HOME LEFT IN THE HEART
• Phillippe B - La jeunesse est un autre pays
• Fleur de Peau - Les oiseaux
• Pastel Blank - Big Man
• Angelo De Augustine - The Cure
• Population II - Journée Gratis
• tofusmell - Dreams I've Had
• Janel Leppin - Zonk
• Intermontane Superterrane - Back in the Direction Home
• Sea Of Lettuce - Unclear
• Calvin Love - My God
• Atsuko Chiba - Retention
• Metric - Antigravity
• Helado Negro - Sender Receiver
• José González - A Perfect Storm
• Lala Lala - Scammer
• Sunglaciers - Eye to Eye

Professor and former member of the Board of Governors at Mount Royal University on how the UCP is undermining post-secondary education in Alberta.
PALGARY ALMANAC #221

Playlist:

• Meredith Bates - Book I - 3rd Incantation (Love)
• Astral Swans - NO HOME LEFT IN THE HEART
• Phillippe B - La jeunesse est un autre pays
• Fleur de Peau - Les oiseaux
• Pastel Blank - Big Man
• Angelo De Augustine - The Cure
• Population II - Journée Gratis
• tofusmell - Dreams I've Had
• Janel Leppin - Zonk
• Intermontane Superterrane - Back in the Direction Home
• Sea Of Lettuce - Unclear
• Calvin Love - My God
• Atsuko Chiba - Retention
• Metric - Antigravity
• Helado Negro - Sender Receiver
• José González - A Perfect Storm
• Lala Lala - Scammer
• Sunglaciers - Eye to Eye

PALGARY ALMANAC #221

Playlist:

• Meredith Bates - Book I - 3rd Incantation (Love)
• Astral Swans - NO HOME LEFT IN THE HEART
• Phillippe B - La jeunesse est un autre pays
• Fleur de Peau - Les oiseaux
• Pastel Blank - Big Man
• Angelo De Augustine - The Cure
• Population II - Journée Gratis
• tofusmell - Dreams I've Had
• Janel Leppin - Zonk
• Intermontane Superterrane - Back in the Direction Home
• Sea Of Lettuce - Unclear
• Calvin Love - My God
• Atsuko Chiba - Retention
• Metric - Antigravity
• Helado Negro - Sender Receiver
• José González - A Perfect Storm
• Lala Lala - Scammer
• Sunglaciers - Eye to Eye

Preview of two new exhibitions opening May 1st at The Whyte gallery in Banff: Thick As Thieves and When Our Eyes Touch.
PALGARY ALMANAC #220

Playlist:

• Janel Leppin - The Brink Is Home
• La Scie - Cache-soleil
• moonhasteeth - In Bocca Al Lupo
• Eggs on Mars - Good Morning (I Love You)
• José González - For Every Dusk
• Rae Spoon - Country Music Breaks My Heart
• Miina - Live My Life on Holiday
• Population II - Angélisme
• Pranatricks - Islands of the Sun
• feldmark - Climbing Galaxies
• Bill Callahan - Empathy
• ZIG MENTALITY - SPRING OF ENDLESS GLORY
• Buzzy Lee - Shoulder To Shoulder
• Cryptozoologists - Jumper Cables
• Aysanabee - Home (Timelines Acoustic)
• Arlo Parks - Jetta
• Status/Non-Status - Good Enough (feat. Julie Doiron)
• Avro - Insomaniac
• Kim Gordon - GIRL WITH A LOOK
• Lala Lala - Car Anymore
• Courtney Barnett - Another Beautiful Day
• Sunglaciers - Starting to Come Back
• Tommy Douglas Keenan - Wehn I Leave the Mountains
• Yael Naim - Solaire
• Mitski - Charon's Obol
• The Last Sound On Earth EP, Helado Negro - Protector

PALGARY ALMANAC #220

Playlist:

• Janel Leppin - The Brink Is Home
• La Scie - Cache-soleil
• moonhasteeth - In Bocca Al Lupo
• Eggs on Mars - Good Morning (I Love You)
• José González - For Every Dusk
• Rae Spoon - Country Music Breaks My Heart
• Miina - Live My Life on Holiday
• Population II - Angélisme
• Pranatricks - Islands of the Sun
• feldmark - Climbing Galaxies
• Bill Callahan - Empathy
• ZIG MENTALITY - SPRING OF ENDLESS GLORY
• Buzzy Lee - Shoulder To Shoulder
• Cryptozoologists - Jumper Cables
• Aysanabee - Home (Timelines Acoustic)
• Arlo Parks - Jetta
• Status/Non-Status - Good Enough (feat. Julie Doiron)
• Avro - Insomaniac
• Kim Gordon - GIRL WITH A LOOK
• Lala Lala - Car Anymore
• Courtney Barnett - Another Beautiful Day
• Sunglaciers - Starting to Come Back
• Tommy Douglas Keenan - Wehn I Leave the Mountains
• Yael Naim - Solaire
• Mitski - Charon's Obol
• The Last Sound On Earth EP, Helado Negro - Protector