Well, not exactly an Albertan's - I've been living in the States for so long that when I go back, my accent, my driving style, my attitude all give me away as a "Yank". As in Yankee. But that's where my mother's from, that's where her family is (descended from Loyalists who fled Pennsylvania for Ontario during the American Revolution). I spent a few years in Alberta as a child, and go back at least once a year. I am proudly Canadian, and Albertan.
In elementary school in Alberta, Wayne Gretsky and the Edmonton Oilers were tearing their way through hockey. We did a lot of sledding and skating in winter, and then a Chinook would break through and turn the world into spring in a few hours. Sometimes emergency sirens would go off, and we knew that either there was a natural gas release, or the Americans and Russians had started a nuclear war -there wasn't much we could do about it, either way. Or it was just a test. I went to rodeos and debated whether to be a bullrider or a clown when I grew up.
Alberta was rich with oil then, and richer now - the Texas of the North. Alberta goes through ridiculous boom and bust periods, based on the price of oil. A responsible government would save during booms, and spend during busts - Alberta would put some money away, but the politicians would spend like robber barons during booms, and social services would get the hit during busts. Pretty ridiculous, although federal funding would sustain things until the next boom.