Category Archives: Alberta
Future consultations on Alberta leaving CPP on hold
EDMONTON - An Alberta government panel gathering feedback on whether the province should quit the Canada Pension Plan is putting future public consultations on hold. Engagement panel chair Jim Dinning...
Dec 08, 2023
Discharge request for Matthew de Grood denied
EDMONTON - An Alberta mental health review board has rejected a discharge request from a man who killed five people at a Calgary house party almost a decade ago. Matthew de Grood was found not crimina...
Dec 08, 2023
New recommendations for prescribed fires after review of blaze near Banff
BANFF, Alta. - An independent review into a prescribed fire that led to evacuations in a popular tourist town in Banff National Park has made a series of recommendations to try to prevent it from happ...
Dec 08, 2023
FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup takes over Commonwealth
Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton is playing host to the FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup on Friday, December 8, and Saturday, December 9.Snowboarders from around the world, have come to compete and rid...
Dec 08, 2023
Alberta finance minister says he has not 'flip-flopped' on proposed pension change
EDMONTON - Finance Minister Nate Horner - after promising any stand-alone Alberta pension plan would not follow the contentious Quebec model, then saying it might, then saying it won't - told reporter...
Dec 08, 2023
Fossil from Alberta badlands finds prey inside the stomach of young tyrannosaur
CALGARY - A dinosaur fossil found in the Alberta badlands has revealed new details about the diet of young meat-eating tyrannosaurs. The research, published Friday in the journal Science Advances, is ...
Dec 08, 2023
'Many Albertans' oppose leaving federal pension program while others need more information, officials say
EDMONTON, AB - Many Albertans were against leaving the federal pension program while others were in favour of a proposed Alberta Pension Plan during the province's first round of public engagement, of...
Dec 08, 2023
Trial of 'Freedom Convoy' organizers Tamara Lich, Chris Barber adjourned until 2024
OTTAWA - The criminal trial of "Freedom Convoy" leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber has adjourned after more than 30 days of evidence and arguments, and is expected to resume in January. The trial be...
Dec 08, 2023
That’s a wrap, fall session of Alberta legislature adjourns
The fall sitting of the Alberta legislature is in the books. Politicians wrapped up the sitting this week, passing nine bills, including a bill mandating a referendum be held before the province proce...
Dec 07, 2023
Canadian privacy regulators launch principles for responsible development and use of generative AI
Federal, provincial, and territorial privacy authorities have launched a set of principles to advance the responsible, trustworthy, and privacy-protective development and use of generative artificial ...
Dec 07, 2023