Category Archives: Alberta
Province helping Alberta agri-food businesses grow
Alberta's government says it is providing better access to space and expertise for start-ups and established food processing businesses to grow their business.Government officials say Alberta's agricu...
Dec 05, 2023
Alberta fires Chestermere councillors and managers, citing failure to fix dysfunction
CHESTERMERE, AB - The Alberta government has fired the mayor and half the councillors of a Calgary-area municipality, saying they failed to act on demands to fix their dysfunctional government.Municip...
Dec 05, 2023
Alberta RCMP remove 23 impaired drivers from roads on Dec. 2
On Dec. 2, what was the National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day, Alberta RCMP removed 23 impaired drivers from the roads.Of those, 17 received immediate roadside sanctions (IRS) fails, and four rece...
Dec 05, 2023
'That mountain is shaking': First-of-its-kind assessment considers Indigenous stories
BANFF, Alta. - An Indigenous elder sits at a table telling a Blackfoot story about the Frank Slide in southern Alberta's Crowsnest Pass. "The Piikani people, they had been in that area for thousands o...
Dec 05, 2023
Federal methane emissions targets: Joint statement
Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Environment and Protected Areas Rebecca Schulz issued the following statement on the federal government's proposed methane emissions regulations: "The federal go...
Dec 04, 2023
Alberta Legislature lights up this week to celebrate the season
Speaker Nathan Cooper will host the annual Legislature Light Up ceremony on Violet King Henry Plaza on Thursday, December 7, at 5 p.m. "I invite all Albertans in the capital region to help us kick off...
Dec 04, 2023
ATA President releases Op-Ed on provincial Enrollment Growth Funding
Alberta Teacher's Association (ATA) President Jason Schilling has released an opinion-editorial, on a "looming teacher shortage" and the underlying issues contributing to it. The Op-Ed is as follows:A...
Dec 04, 2023
Twin teenagers of Alberta MLA involved in car crash
Alberta cabinet minister Jason Nixon is taking some time to focus on family after his teenage twins were involved in a car crash. The 16-year-olds were travelling in a car that rolled on a rural road ...
Dec 04, 2023
Alberta seeks to prepare for another potential drought season
Alberta's government is issuing a request for proposal (RFP) to enhance drought modelling and help the province prepare for 2024.The announcement comes after the province had more than a dozen communi...
Dec 02, 2023
After tragedy, Red Deer family turns 2023 Christmas lights on at Ronald McDonald House
The Brittain family has been through a lot in 2023, spending 108 emotionally heavy days at Ronald McDonald House (RMHC) in Red Deer and Calgary.The family of five only recently went home on Oct. 29. I...
Dec 02, 2023