The city's chief economist will amend his 2018 growth prediction for Edmonton to nearly three per cent. However, the one hiccup that could wreck that rosy forecast is the growing price gap in oil.

Alberta's provincial politicians begin their fall session this week with a reset legislative agenda and a new premier madly crunching numbers under the Damoclean sword of plunging oil prices.

Most Albertans do not believe the so-called “bitumen bubble” is the prime source of the province’s financial woes, according to a new poll.