Category Archives: Alberta
Jasper captive caribou breeding program slowly recovers from summer wildfire
JASPER - By this time, Jasper National Park's caribou breeding centre was supposed to be nearly done, ready for pregnant cows to bed down behind its fence, safe from predators and working on replenish...
Sep 28, 2024
Fractious environment the current state of things for municipally-elected officials, says AB Munis president
The 2024 Alberta Municipalities (AB Munis) conference in Red Deer ended Friday with the organization's president saying there's a level of fractiousness, but maintaining that communities are not "at o...
Sep 27, 2024
Alberta RCMP refuting comments made by Premier Smith
Alberta RCMP have issued what they refer to as "corrections to comments made by Premier Danielle Smith" yesterday at the Alberta Municipalities Convention, held in Red Deer yesterday.According to RCMP...
Sep 27, 2024
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....
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...
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...
Sep 25, 2024 (Government of Alberta)