Alberta

Premier, opposition leader speak at AB Munis conference in Red Deer

Premier Danielle Smith and NDP leader Naheed Nenshi each addressed delegates and media at the 2024 AB Munis convention in Red Deer on Thursday, and it was a tale of two starkly different perspectives....

Josh Hall Sep 26, 2024 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Alberta testing take-home kits to screen for cervical cancer

Officials look to make it easier for Albertans to detect the early signs of cervical cancer.The Government of Alberta, Alberta Health Services (AHS) and Alberta Precision Labs have launched a pilot pr...

Sep 26, 2024

Alberta tourism bounced back in a big way in 2023, gov't reveals

The Government of Alberta says the numbers are in, and 2023 was a bounceback, record-breaking year for tourism.In 2023, according to Statistics Canada, visitors spent $12.7 billion in Alberta, surpass...

Sep 25, 2024

Alberta bringing mobile lung screening to rural communities

Alberta's government and the Alberta Cancer Foundation are partnering with the non-profit 19 to Zero to support mobile lung health units that will bring screening services to underserved communities a...

Sep 25, 2024

Alberta launches second round of funding to Indigenous and small communities

Alberta's government is providing a $3 million to Indigenous and small communities in rural Alberta in an effort to support local economic development.This is the second round of grants to be distribu...

Sep 25, 2024

Paleontologists unearth giant skull of Pachyrhinosaurus in northern Alberta

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A giant skull from a rare dinosaur that's about the size of a baby elephant is being excavated in northern Alberta. Emily Bamforth, the paleontologist leading the excavation, s...

Sheldon Spackman Sep 25, 2024

LaGrange says more work to do on doctor pay deal

Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says there's more work to be done before a new compensation contract for Alberta's doctors is finalized. LaGrange says she has to make sure the new deal, which was agr...

Sheldon Spackman Sep 25, 2024 (Government of Alberta)

More Indigenous participation in labour market would boost Alberta economy; Report

A new report says increasing Indigenous participation in Alberta's labour market could boost the province's GDP by between two and three percentage points, the equivalent of $8 billion to $11 billion ...

Sep 25, 2024

Alberta was Canada's fastest-growing province in Q2

A new report shows that Alberta's population is growing quickly with no signs of slowing down.Statistics Canada has released its population estimates for the second quarter of 2024, spanning April 1-J...

Sep 25, 2024

Nearly half of new nurses in Alberta planning to quit, says report

A new report does not bode well for the future of healthcare.The Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) states that, for every 100 Canadian nurses who started working in the field in 2022, 40 nurses below ...

Sep 25, 2024