Category Archives: Alberta
'General acceptance': A year of banning cellphones in Canadian classrooms
EDMONTON - Sixteen-year-old Roha Akram was skeptical when teachers in Calgary announced a cellphone ban during the first assembly of the school year. "I was like, 'No one's going to follow this,'" the...
Jun 9, 2025
Update 2: Alberta wildfire update
Progress is being made on wildfires thanks to Alberta teams and crews from Canada and the U.S.; however, several out-of-control wildfires continue to burn. While some communities are allowing resident...
Jun 6, 2025
Alberta teachers taking strike vote June 5-8
Alberta teachers are currently taking a strike vote.The vote, which runs June 5-8, followed up the strike authorization vote which took place at the end of May, and saw 99 per cent vote in favour.Near...
Jun 6, 2025
Minister Schulz says Competition Bureau guidelines on environment claims send the wrong signal at the wrong time
Alberta's environment minister is speaking out against the federal anti-greenwashing guidelines that were released on Thursday.The Competition Bureau considered more than 400 responses to the greenwas...
Jun 6, 2025
MLA Glenn van Dijken heading to Iowa to strengthen Canada-U.S. economic ties
Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock MLA Glenn van Dijken is travelling to the U.S. today to attend the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Spring Agriculture Task Force meeting.The move is an eff...
Jun 5, 2025
Efficiency at top of mind in new provincial MoA that cuts red tape for oil rig operators
The Government of Alberta and the Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to allow oil rig operators to spend more time working in the field and ...
Jun 5, 2025
Province investing $6 million in grants for community-based supports and services
Alberta's government says it is taking action against family violence by investing $6 million in grants for community-based supports and services.Until June 24, through the Taking Action on Family Vio...
Jun 5, 2025
Kananaskis golf course getting ready for G7, possible Trump visit
KANANASKIS - Darren Robinson had some very important news to tell U.S. president George Bush and Jos Mara Aznar, the prime minister of Spain. The pro shop was open. Aznar had told Robinson, general ma...
Jun 5, 2025
Alberta Premier Smith says she's invited Prime Minister Carney to Oilers game
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has invited Prime Minister Mark Carney to watch an Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup Final game. Smith says she's waiting to see if Carney will join her fo...
Jun 4, 2025
Smith says she sees a 'breakthrough' in talks with Americans on energy
WASHINGTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says there's been a "breakthrough" in conversations with American lawmakers and Trump's administration on Canada's role in the United States' quest for ener...
Jun 4, 2025