Category Archives: Alberta

Municipalities say Alberta oilpatch policies harming tax base, public interest
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government is trying to increase production from the province's declining conventional oil and gas fields at the expense of local tax bases, environmental over...
Aug 22, 2024

Alberta fund gets major boost to drive regional growth
Alberta's government says it is expanding the Northern and Regional Economic Development program to support a greater range of projects. Established in 2022, provincial officials say the Northern and ...
Aug 21, 2024

Jasper students to "soft start" 2024/2025 school year
Jasper Students displaced during the wildfires will have a clearer view of what education in the town will look like after this evening. (Wednesday, August 21)The Alberta Government and Grande Yellowh...
Aug 21, 2024

Crown files notice, may appeal not-guilty verdicts in Coutts murder-conspiracy case
Crown prosecutors in Alberta have given notice they plan to appeal the not-guilty verdicts given to two men arrested at the 2022 blockade at Coutts, Alta.Michelle Davio, with Alberta Justice, says a f...
Aug 21, 2024

Minister's Youth Council giving students a voice in education improvement
Beginning in October, an assortment of 40 junior and senior high school student leaders from urban and rural communities will have an opportunity to share their first-hand experiences and perspectives...
Aug 20, 2024

Alberta’s 2024 harvest season is underway
Harvest 2024 has officially begun across the province and Alberta's government wishes farmers a safe, successful and productive season. As combines start rolling across Alberta, the government notes t...
Aug 20, 2024

'Freedom Convoy' organizers were not in criminal cahoots: defence
OTTAWA - The legal team for "Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich says she wasn't part of any conspiracy to break the law when she helped organize a massive protest against pandemic restrictions in O...
Aug 20, 2024

Rail strike would affect more than 32,000 commuters in Canada's three biggest cities
More than 32,000 rail commuters across the country will have to find new routes to work if there is a work stoppage at Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. this week.Transit authorities say select commut...
Aug 20, 2024

Rollout of Alberta's school cellphone ban raising concerns among teachers
The head of the Alberta Teachers' Association says the rollout of new policies banning cellphone use in classrooms starting this fall has some teachers confused about how they'll be expected to follow...
Aug 20, 2024

B.C. police drop surnames in missing person alerts to avoid 'negative lasting impact'
SAANICH, B.C. - It could be a weekend teenage runaway. An elderly loved one, lost and disoriented. Or it could be the first indication of murder. The first call to a police department to report a miss...
Aug 20, 2024