Category Archives: Alberta
Annual inflation falls to 1.6% in September, smallest yearly increase since 2021
Statistics Canada says the annual inflation rate continued to slow in September as drivers paid lower prices for gasoline than they did last year.The agency said Tuesday its consumer price index for S...
Oct 15, 2024
Health Sciences Association of Alberta says AHS' monetary proposal is "insulting"
The Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) claims collective bargaining with Alberta Health Services (AHS) has broken down over the employer's refusal to negotiate wages.In a statement Friday, ...
Oct 11, 2024
Alberta opposing national pharmacare rollout
The Government of Alberta says there are better ways that drug coverage can be supported and expanded upon than what the federal government is offering.Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says she is wil...
Oct 11, 2024
Strong possibility of Northern Lights returning to Alberta Friday
People in many parts of Canada got to experience a powerful Aurora Borealis display on Thursday, October 10, and they might get another chance on Friday.The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin...
Oct 11, 2024
Alberta nurses to hold ratification vote on mediator-recommended agreement
Nurses in Alberta are set to vote later this month on a mediator's recommended settlement with their employers.The United Nurses of Alberta says an online ratification vote will take place on Oct. 30....
Oct 11, 2024
Economy adds 47,000 jobs in September, unemployment rate falls to 6.5 per cent
The economy added 47,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate declined for the first time since January to 6.5 per cent.Statistics Canada says youth and women aged 25 to 54 drove employment ...
Oct 11, 2024
Alberta will approve doctor pay deal after wrapping up other negotiations, premier says
Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday her government will sign off on a new funding structure for family doctors after it concludes several outstanding union negotiations, marking another delay for a p...
Oct 10, 2024
Federal government forgoing $15 million in rental fees for Jasper businesses, town
The government of Canada will forgo up to $15.2 million in rental fees charged to the municipality of Jasper, Alta., as well as its residents and business owners over the next few years.A devastating ...
Oct 10, 2024
Ride your way to fundraise for Type 1 diabetes research
October is the month to "Ride Your Way" and fundraise for Type 1 diabetes research through the annual Ride to Defeat Diabetes for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). Throughout the month...
Oct 10, 2024
Old Red Deer parking meters find new life with AMA
Remember those old parking meters the City of Red Deer sold off last October?--READ MOREHundreds of Red Deerians flock to Sorensen Station for sale of city's downtown parking meters--It turns out they...
Oct 10, 2024