The Globe and Mail | In Alberta, Oil, Cowboys … and Liberalism? New York Times Despite having the highest wages in Canada, Alberta also has the lowest rate of participation in postsecondary education. Why bother with a degree when you could drive up to the center of the oil industry, Fort McMurray (or as some call it, Fort ... Albertans want expansion of oil industry, poll shows NDP treads cautiously with Alberta oil patch: Steward |