Category Archives: Alberta
Government funding to help VR aviation training technology take off
The Government of Alberta is awarding $900,000 to Elevate Aviation to benefit aviation training across Alberta in an effort to address predicted gaps in the aviation labour market in coming years.The ...
Sep 19, 2024
Alberta calls lights, camera, action on local productions
The Government of Alberta is committing $90,000 over two years to the Calgary Internation Film Festival (CIFF) for 2024 and 2025.Provincial officials say CIFF is the largest film festival in Alberta a...
Sep 19, 2024
Alberta's Danielle Smith tied for second-most popular premier
A new survey reveals Alberta's Premier is one of the most popular provincial leaders in Canada.The Angus Reid Institue has released its latest Premier Approval survey for September 2024.It shows that ...
Sep 19, 2024
Surveys show more than half of Canadians feel little sense of community
A survey done on Canadians has revealed that 60 per cent feel a sense of social isolation and that they don't belong to their community. The survey was launched alongside the YMCA's first nationwide b...
Sep 19, 2024
Alberta seeing record setting housing starts for 2024
Data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) shows that this has been a record setting year for home construction in Alberta, with 29,902 new projects under construction from January t...
Sep 19, 2024
Camp Kindle getting upgrades after Alberta investment
The Government of Alberta is granting $500,000 to the Kids Cancer Foundation of Alberta so it can expand capacity and improve accessibility at its Camp Kindle. Officials say Camp Kindle is the only ca...
Sep 19, 2024
Alberta providing up to $149 million for Jasper recovery efforts
The Government of Alberta has announced support as the Jasper townsite rebuilds from a major wildfire.The province is committing up to $149 million through the Disaster Recovery Program, which provide...
Sep 19, 2024
Alberta Premier Smith aims to help fund private school construction
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government's $8.6-billion plan to fast-track building new schools will include a pilot project to incentivize private ones.Smith said the ultimate goal is to cr...
Sep 19, 2024
Alberta representatives travelling to U.S. to encourage data centre investment
Alberta's Minister of Technology and Innovation Nate Glubish is travelling to San Francisco in an effort to promote the province's potential as a data centre investment destination. Joined by Rob Davi...
Sep 18, 2024
New federal legislation aims to transfer development and planning authority to Jasper
OTTAWA - New federal legislation introduced Wednesday aims to give the fire-ravaged Rocky Mountain town of Jasper, Alta., full authority over local land planning and development rather than Parks Cana...
Sep 18, 2024