Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta pitches new rules for auto insurance, including rate hikes, no-fault claims
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is making major changes to auto insurance, including allowing rate hikes and switching to a predominantly no-fault claims model.Under the new system,...
Nov 22, 2024
Decision expected today in trial for Convoy protester Pat King
OTTAWA - A judge is expected to issue a decision this morning in the criminal case against one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 "Freedom Convoy" in Ottawa. Pat King pleaded not guilty to misc...
Nov 22, 2024
Prairie crop hail claim payouts reach $230 million
Member companies of the Canadian Crop Hail Insurance Association (CCHA) paid out $230 million to Western Canadian grain farmers.With coverage in place, damaging storms resulted in nearly 11,000 claims...
Nov 22, 2024
Woman accused in drowning of girl at Alberta lake had been under house arrest
STONY PLAIN, Alta. - A bail hearing has heard that a woman accused in the drowning death of a five-year-old girl in an Alberta lake didn't know the child and was supposed to be under house arrest. Mar...
Nov 22, 2024
Alberta forecasts $4.6B surplus, warns of budget pressures
Although the Government of Alberta is reporting a growing budget surplus, it says it needs to continue being careful going forward.The province says its projected surplus will be $4.6 billion at the e...
Nov 21, 2024
New Alberta program grants nurse practitioners autonomy, advocate says
Alberta's new program aimed at increasing rural access to nurse practitioners removes previously restrictive boundaries once enforced by employers - a change that grants more autonomy, a key advocate ...
Nov 20, 2024
Alberta MLA heading to D.C. for energy education program and to promote provincial industry
The MLA for Vermillion-Lloydminster-Wainwright, Garth Rowswell, is travelling to Washington, D.C. today to promote Alberta's ability to meet U.S. energy demands at the Legislative Energy Horizon Insti...
Nov 20, 2024
'Great news for rural Alberta': Nurse practitioners new program proving successful
The Alberta government says the number of nurse practitioners have seen an increase in rural Alberta since the province launched its new primary care program. ""I am thrilled about the interest in thi...
Nov 20, 2024
Stephen Harper to chair Alberta Investment Management Corporation
A former Canadian Prime Minister will take the lead on the Government of Alberta's investment agency. Stephen Harper has been appointed the Chair of the Board of the Alberta Investment Management Corp...
Nov 20, 2024
Transgender community to gather in remembrance, opposition to Alberta legislation
EDMONTON - Adebayo Chris Katiiti, jailed for being a transgender man in Uganda, was brutally beaten as a child for wearing his brothers' clothes. He says moving to Alberta in 2016 saved his life. "I f...
Nov 20, 2024