Category Archives: Alberta

Federal emissions cap a "sucker-punch" to province, Alberta says
The Government of Alberta is calling a federal announcement capping oil and gas emissions one that, "will hurt Canadians."On Monday, Ottawa shared that it has drafted regulations to cap pollution, dri...
Nov 04, 2024

AHS makes final Connect Care roll out
Alberta Health Services (AHS) completed its ninth and final launch of Connect Care on Nov. 2, putting more than 11,000 additional staff and physicians at 155 AHS-partner sites and locations onto a com...
Nov 04, 2024

Albertans invited to give comments on province's Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Albertans are invited to participate in a conversation about the province's long-term savings fund, the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, by the Legislative Assembly Standing Committee on the fund ...
Nov 04, 2024

'Canada is watching': New northern Alberta police service trying to lead by example
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - On the second floor of a building where most offices are without doors, the ceilings hang low and the carpets don't match, the chief of Grande Prairie's new police force gets d...
Nov 04, 2024

Pathways seeking bids for part of its proposed carbon capture network: Imperial
The Pathways Alliance group of oilsands companies has issued a request for proposals to pipe manufacturers for the massive carbon capture and storage network it wants to build in northern Alberta.The ...
Nov 01, 2024

Alberta Appeal Court upholds sentence for Ontario trucker in Edmonton hotel killing
EDMONTON - Alberta's top court has dismissed a Crown appeal of the sentence handed to an Ontario truck driver convicted in the 2011 death of a woman found in an Edmonton hotel bathtub. Cindy Gladue, a...
Nov 01, 2024

Premier Smith faces important vote at UCP AGM in Red Deer
The United Conservative Party of Alberta will take centre stage at their Annual General Meeting in Red Deer this weekend.The convention, that begins on Friday and runs through Saturday at Westerner Pa...
Nov 01, 2024

Alberta introduces bills affecting transgender people, pronouns at school
EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a trio of bills focusing on transgender people and students using preferred pronouns. Premier Danielle Smith's government proposed Thursday one bill that would requir...
Oct 31, 2024

UFO sightings during northern lights display sparks conversation
Have you ever wondered if we're not alone in the universe and beyond? Maybe you know we're not or you're still trying to decide, but interest in alien life, at least by those in Alberta, was recently ...
Oct 30, 2024

Alberta taking steps toward better protecting children in child care
The provincial government is proposing changes to the Early Learning and Child Care Amendment Act, 2024, designed to help ensure child safety by strengthening its ability to hold non-compliant provide...
Oct 30, 2024