Category Archives: Alberta
Province launches new online portal to help reduce delays in house construction
The Government of Alberta is making moves to help reduce delays in housing construction in the province.On Wednesday they announced they're working to streamline processes by launching a new online po...
Nov 14, 2024
Alberta launches Advanced Materials Challenge to further advanced material innovation
The Government of Alberta is investing $40 million from the industry-funded Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) program into an Advanced Materials Challenge in an effort to advance te...
Nov 14, 2024
Alberta couple makes major donation to the Nature Conservancy of Canada near Thorsby
A Leduc County couple, George and Joni Greenhough, have donated a significant amount of land to the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), in honour of George's late father WJ (Bill) Greenhough who himse...
Nov 14, 2024
Investigation underway after Alberta Crown corporation hit by cyberattack
An Alberta Crown corporation says it recently experienced "network issues" after it was the target of a cyberattack. Dwayne Brunner, a spokesman for Alberta Innovates, wouldn't confirm when the issues...
Nov 13, 2024
'No yellow brick road': Atwood weighs in on U.S. election at Calgary forum
CALGARY - Margaret Atwood has been called prescient - particularly when it comes to her famous 1985 dystopia "The Handmaid's Tale" and the recent rollback of reproductive rights in the United States -...
Nov 13, 2024
Alberta, Canada governments funding 4-H program expansions
The Alberta and Canadian Government is providing funding to expand 4-H programs across the province.Through Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) funding, the governments of ...
Nov 12, 2024
Alberta lead Canada in employment growth in October
The biggest increase in jobs this past month in Canada happened in Alberta.That is according to Statistics Canada, which says Alberta experienced a growth in employment of 13,200 in October.Approximat...
Nov 12, 2024
'It is urgent': Alberta military reservists eager to join Canadian Forces in Latvia
SUFFIELD, Alta. - A pair of 105-mm howitzers bark constantly as they turn plywood tank targets into kindling kilometres away on the windswept landscape of one of Canada's largest military bases. It's ...
Nov 10, 2024
AIMCo gets new CEO day after board firings
The Alberta government has announced a new CEO for AIMCo, a day after it sacked the body's entire board.AIMCo is the body that manages more than $160 billion in pension, endowment and government funds...
Nov 08, 2024
Alberta fires AIMCo board and CEO, NDP responds
Alberta's finance minister, Nate Horner, has sacked the board of directors of AIMCo, the body that manages more than $160 billion in pension, endowment and government funds for the province.Horner, in...
Nov 07, 2024