Category Archives: Alberta
'Butt out': Poilievre criticizes Trudeau, feds on Alberta's planned transgender rules
MONTREAL - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, responding to Alberta's proposed rules for transgender youth, says the federal government needs to "butt out" of provincial health care and education. ...
Feb 6, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Two accused in Alberta border blockade case plead guilty
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A spokesman for Alberta Court of King's Bench says two of four men charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a blockade at the Canada-U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., in 20...
Feb 6, 2024
Tentative $9.5M settlement reached in Calgary Stampede abuse lawsuit
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampede has agreed to pay $9.5 million in damages to complainants in a class-action lawsuit that alleged the organization allowed a performance school staffer to sexually abuse ...
Feb 6, 2024
Premier Smith to promote Alberta energy in Washington
Alberta's "diverse energy resources" will be getting promoted in Washington D.C over the next couple of days, as Premier Danielle Smith takes her first trip to America's capital. Starting on Wednesday...
Feb 6, 2024
Shannon Phillips to co-chair Kathleen Ganley's NDP leadership campaign
The MLA for Lethbridge-West is not seeking to become the new leader of the Alberta NDP, but will play a role in the leadership race.The assistant for Shannon Phillips confirmed to LNN that Phillips, a...
Feb 6, 2024
'Important time for our province': Alberta's Danielle Smith kicks off Ottawa tour with new advocacy office
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith kicked off her tour of Ottawa by opening a new provincial office and accepting an invitation to appear before a federal committee to discuss her government's clean energ...
Feb 5, 2024
City of Calgary gets notice of petition to recall Mayor Jyoti Gondek
CALGARY, AB - The City of Calgary announced that it has received notice of a recall petition against Mayor Jyoti Gondek. The notice has been officially reviewed and deemed compliant with the Municipal...
Feb 5, 2024
Kathleen Ganley announces NDP leadership campaign
CALGARY, AB - Kathleen Ganley has announced she will run to become the leader of the Alberta NDP.The former Justice Minister and current Calgary-Mountain View MLA announced she will run on February 5,...
Feb 5, 2024
AMA reacts to Premier Smith's transgender youth policy
The Alberta Medical Association's section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has released a statement, following Premier Smith's new transgender youth policy.The statement is as follows: AMA Statement...
Feb 5, 2024
'Not be tolerated': Alberta files formal response to proposed oilsands emissions cap
Alberta says a federal emissions cap on greenhouse gases "will not be tolerated" as the province's environment minister meets today with her federal counterpart. Alberta's formal response to Ottawa's ...
Feb 5, 2024