Category Archives: Alberta
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
Alberta government proposes larger fines for selling uninspected meat
Through the Meat Inspection Amendment Act, the Government of Alberta is proposing increased fines for selling uninspected meat in response to increasing counts of the offence in the province. Selling ...
Oct 30, 2024
B.C. judge halts the medically assisted death of Alberta woman
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia judge has granted an injunction stopping a woman's medically assisted death, the day before it was scheduled to take place in Vancouver. The injunction granted on Saturd...
Oct 30, 2024
Committee recommends Gordon McClure as Alberta’s next Chief Electoral Officer
Gordon McClure has been awarded the recommendation to serve as Alberta's eighth Chief Electoral Officer. The recommendation comes from the Select Special Ethics Commissioner and Chief Electoral Office...
Oct 30, 2024
Ottawa fires back at Alberta's application for judicial review of carbon price
The federal government says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's application for a judicial review of Ottawa's carbon levy is nothing more than political posturing.Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault a...
Oct 30, 2024
Alberta invests in dual credit programming
In an effort to help Alberta's youth get a head start on the future, the Government of Alberta is investing almost $4.9 million into dual credit grants to support 55 new and enhance 22 existing progra...
Oct 29, 2024
Business booming in Alberta, province says
The Government of Alberta says the province is attracting more and more new business, with an average of 1,945 more active business from January-July when compared to the same period last year. This m...
Oct 29, 2024
2024 wildfire season recap
As October comes to an end, so does the wildfire season in Alberta.Alberta Wildfire says 2024 was busier than the average season, but not as severe as the record-breaking season in 2023. 1,217 wildfir...
Oct 29, 2024
Alberta Premier Smith says lower-than-forecast oil prices could mean budget deficit
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says a potential budget deficit next year is not off the table.Her government's 2024 budget initially projected a surplus of $367 million when it was tabled in February....
Oct 29, 2024
Alberta applying for a judicial review of federal carbon price, calling it unfair
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta has applied for a judicial review of Ottawa's exemption of the carbon levy on home heating oil. She says it's "blatantly" unfair to Albertans who rely on...
Oct 29, 2024