Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta farmers face growing risk of soil erosion events as drought persists
Nearly a century after the mass agricultural disaster known as the Dirty '30s, drought conditions on the Prairies are once again raising the risk that farmers' valuable topsoil will go blowing in the ...
Jan 22, 2024
No recharge: long-term Prairie drought raises concerns over groundwater levels
In the middle of an Alberta mountain playground, adjacent to a popular ski resort, there's a well sunk into the bedrock that has John Pomeroy worried. The Marmot Creek well in Kananaskis Country has b...
Jan 22, 2024 The Prairie View trail near Barrier Lake in Kananaskis Country, Alta., is shown on Sunday, Nov.2, 2008. (Photo: Canadian Press)
AHS offering free resources & classes to help with smoking cessation, stress management, and coping with change
SMOKING CESSATIONNational Non-Smoking Week is Jan. 21-27, and Alberta Health Services (AHS) has programs and services to help Albertans stop using commercial tobacco products: Talk to your healthcare ...
Jan 20, 2024
Five AJHL teams to become members of BCHL
UPDATE (see original below) - 5 p.m., Jan. 20 -- The AJHL has announced it is cancelling a batch of games involving member clubs who are reportedly leaving to join the BCHL for the 2024-2025 season.UP...
Jan 20, 2024
Extreme cold mostly over in Canada except in northern Alberta
Northern Alberta is the only part of the country still under an extreme cold warning, about a week after Western Canada was gripped by bitter cold and biting winds. Environment Canada says wind chill ...
Jan 20, 2024
Alberta Sheriffs report boosted highway safety in 2023
The Alberta Sheriffs Highway Patrol (SHP) has reported that it removed more than 1,200 impaired drivers from the roads in 2023.The SHP was granted the authority to investigate impaired drivers and oth...
Jan 19, 2024
Critics call for review of Alberta Energy Regulator over withheld liability study
EDMONTON - Critics are calling for a public inquiry into the actions of the Alberta Energy Regulator, after documents surfaced suggesting the agency downplayed the industry's environmental liabilities...
Jan 19, 2024
Internal documents suggest Alberta Energy Regulator underestimated oil well liability
EDMONTON - Internal documents from Alberta's energy regulator suggest the province's environmental liability for hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells could be nearly triple the figure the agency...
Jan 19, 2024
Government promoting innovation in Alberta
Alberta's government says it is continuing to encourage research and development in the province with the Innovation Employment Grant program. Government officials say more than $72 million in support...
Jan 18, 2024
Provincial grants aim to empower and support community diversity initiatives
Alberta's government has launched two new grant programs to support community-driven diversity, inclusivity and anti-racism initiatives. In December 2023, the government says it separated the Multicul...
Jan 18, 2024