Carrie Tait

StaffReporterCalgary, Alberta

Area of Expertise

Alberta, the Prairies, politics, rural issues and culture, COVID, breaking news

Carrie Tait is a reporter in The Globe and Mail’s Calgary Bureau, covering politics, rural issues and culture, and breaking news. Her coverage ranges from race relations in her home province of Saskatchewan to the lighthearted topic of skiing cats in Alberta. Carrie has reported on the wildfires and floods in Alberta and British Columbia; how Cargill’s meat-processing plant in High River became the site of Canada’s largest single outbreak of COVID-19; and naming trends among Calgary Stampede participants. Previously, she covered energy for the Globe’s Report on Business, and has also reported for the National Post. She joined the National Post’s Calgary bureau in 2008, after transferring from Toronto, where she primarily covered business.

Why did you become a journalist?

To share other people's stories

Years in Journalism

Years at The Globe and Mail

Education

Master of Arts, Journalism, Western University. 2004

Bachelor of Arts, Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan, 2002

Honours & Awards

Press Freedom Award - Certificate of Merit: Part of a team recognized for contributing to the advancement of press freedom and freedom of expression through an investigation into Alberta’s healthcare procurement controversy, 2026

National Newspaper Awards - Journalist Of The Year, 2025

National Newspaper Awards - George Brown Award for Investigations: Part of a team awarded for coverage of Alberta’s healthcare procurement controversy, 2025

National Newspaper Awards - John Wesley Dafoe Award for Politics: Awarded for a series of scoops about Alberta politics, 2025

National Newspaper Awards - Breaking News, Finalist: Part of a team nominated for a package of stories on the Jasper wildfire in Alberta, 2024

Digital Publishing Awards - Best Lifestyle Storytelling, Gold: Part of a team that produced a package of stories designed to inspire trips to Canada's hidden gems, 2023

SABEW Canada - Breaking News Coverage, Honourable Mention: Part of a team nominated for a package of stories about Alberta’s moratorium on renewable energy projects, 2023

Online Journalism Awards - Breaking News, Finalist, Large newsroom: Part of a team nominated for a package of stories about the wildfire that destroyed Lytton, B.C., 2022

National Newspaper Awards - Breaking News, Finalist: Part of a team nominated for a package of stories on the deadly heat wave in British Columbia and the role that climate change played in it, 2021

National Newspaper Awards - Business, Finalist: Part of a team nominated for exposing how the health and safety of some vulnerable workers in Canada’s food-supply chain were compromised during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020

SABEW Canada - Investigative, Gold: Part of a team awarded gold for category for stories on Canada's vulnerable food sector workers, 2020

SABEW Canada - Breaking News, Honourable Mention: Part of a team recognized for a package of stories on Encana moving its headquarters to the United States, 2019

Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, Media Fellow, 2010/2011

Terry Fox Humanitarian Award, 1997-2000