Category Archives: Alberta
Albertans encouraged to help shape health care online
A new online engagement tool is enabling Albertans to share ideas on refocusing health care and how to improve and strengthen delivery of services across the province.On Jan. 16, Alberta's government ...
Jan 25, 2024
Child and Youth Advocate calls on government to improve services and supports for young people with disabilities
The Office of the Child and Youth Advocate (OCYA) has released Beyond Barriers: A Special Report on Young People with Disabilities in the Child Intervention and Youth Justice Systems. Through this rep...
Jan 25, 2024
Elections Alberta releases updated contribution and expense limits
Elections Alberta has released updated contribution and expense limits as it pertains to provincial elections.Following a Provincial General Election, officials say Elections Alberta is responsible fo...
Jan 25, 2024
Following Lethbridge success, Shoppers expanding pharmacy clinics across Alberta
Shoppers Drug Mart has announced an expansion of its pharmacy care clinics.The company, owned by Loblaws, announced $77 million to open an additional 44 locations across Alberta in 2024.They include s...
Jan 25, 2024
Study suggests oilsands pollutant release vastly higher than official estimates
Alberta's oilsands are releasing potentially hazardous compounds into the atmosphere at rates dozens of times higher than official estimates, newly published research suggests. The authors say the mas...
Jan 25, 2024
Man facing weapons charges after gun fired in Edmonton City Hall appears in court
EDMONTON - A man facing six weapons charges after a gun was fired and a Molotov cocktail was ignited in Edmonton city hall is to have a bail hearing next week. Bezhani Sarvar, 28, made his first court...
Jan 25, 2024
Edmonton fire captain charged with child sexual exploitation offences
A captain with Edmonton Fire Rescue Services has been charged with a series of child sexual exploitation offences.The charges were the result of an investigation by ALERT's internet child exploitation...
Jan 24, 2024
Bank of Canada holds key interest rate at 5 per cent, signals shift toward rate cut talks
OTTAWA, ON - The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate at five per cent Wednesday and signalled it has begun discussing when it should start cutting rates."With overall demand in the economy no lo...
Jan 24, 2024
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says a second Trump presidency would be trouble for Canada
EDMONTON - Federal New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says former U.S. president Donald Trump is completely in his own world, and if he makes it back to the White House it could spell trouble for Canad...
Jan 24, 2024
Alberta pleased with court ruling over Emergencies Act
EDMONTON, AB - Top officials within the Government of Alberta are reacting to the federal court's ruling over Ottawa's use of the Emergencies Act.On Tuesday, January 23, 2024, Justice Richard Mosley s...
Jan 23, 2024