Alberta budget comes with spending hikes, $9.4B deficit
- Posted on February 26, 2026
- By The Toronto Star
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Alberta budget comes with spending hikes, $9.4B deficit

EDMONTON - Alberta’s new budget will carry an eye-popping $9.4-billion deficit as the province, after decades of trying to get off a roller-coaster of oil revenues, seeks to manage the