Category Archives: Alberta
Debt anxiety improving in Alberta, but majority still concerned
While the majority of Albertans remain anxious about being able to pay off their debts, there have been some recent improvements.That is according to the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index.On the positive...
Apr 8, 2024
Father says 11-year-old boy felt safe with dogs before deadly attack in Edmonton home
EDMONTON - The father of an 11-year-old boy killed in a dog attack in an Edmonton home says he never saw the two animals act aggressively towards people. Wesley Grist says the large dogs belonged to h...
Apr 7, 2024
Grid alert announced Friday in Alberta
UPDATE (11:30 am Friday): The AESO has ended the grid alert. They are thanking Albertans for doing their part to reduce their energy consumption.Original StoryAlbertans are asked to do what they can t...
Apr 5, 2024
Premier Smith making school funding announcement in Brooks today
Premier Danielle Smith will reveal funding on Friday for the Brooks Junior High School replacement project..The Alberta budget tabled earli this year promised $2.1 billion in capital funding over thre...
Apr 5, 2024
Alberta's Smith calls for Trudeau to meet with premiers over federal carbon tax
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Thursday requested Prime Minister Justin Trudeau call a meeting of the premiers for an urgent discussion about the federal government's carbon tax program and the pos...
Apr 4, 2024
Alberta teams up with Saskatchewan, Ontario to build recovery care systems
The governments of Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan are establishing a partnership to help strengthen recovery care.On April 3 and 4, 2024, the eighth annual Recovery Capital Conference of Canada in ...
Apr 4, 2024
Wait times for most surgery types still over benchmarks in Alberta
Despite some positive momentum over the last year, Albertans are still having to wait longer than the clinically-recommended benchmark times for some surgeries.The Canadian Institute for Health Inform...
Apr 4, 2024
Eight-inch SMIRD allocation just enough for southern irrigators, official says
St. Mary's River Irrigation District on Wednesday revealed eight inches of water per acre as its allocation for the 2024 season, a number high enough to get crucial southern Alberta irrigators through...
Apr 3, 2024
New med school programs being created in Lethbridge & Grande Prairie
A pair of new educational programs aim to certify more than 100 new doctors every year in Alberta.The Government of Alberta has announced $224.8 million to create Rural Medical Education Program Train...
Apr 3, 2024
CBSA workers to vote on potential strike
Officials with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will soon decide whether they could hit the picket lines.Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the Customs and Immigration...
Apr 3, 2024