Alberta Insider: Finding ways to co-operate in the West

News Snapshot:

Good morning. Economic trade was the name of the game as the premiers of Canada’s Western provinces and three northern territories met in Yellowknife this week. And while the burgeoning separation movement in Alberta and Saskatchewan simmered in the background, it was not the focus. Instead the leaders agreed to push for a trade corridor that would connect the North to British Columbia’s port of Prince Rupert, further opening Asian markets to Canadian goods. The premiers want Ottawa to support the development of an economic corridor between the Prince Rupert port and Hudson’s Bay, in Churchill, Man. That route could...