Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta RCMP offers crime prevention tips to avoid getting “Grinched” this holiday season
As mail delivery ramps up for the holiday season, Alberta RCMP want you to ensure it's a December to remember for all the right reasons. Mounties say mail theft is often a crime of opportunity and hap...
Dec 6, 2023
Province helping Albertans recover from June flooding
Officials with the Alberta government say up to $68 million is available in disaster recovery funding to help Edson, Whitecourt, Yellowhead County and Woodlands County recover from June flooding.From ...
Dec 6, 2023
Environmentalists pin satirical Fossil of the Day award on Alberta at climate meeting
A global network of environmental groups is giving its satirical Fossil of the Day award to Alberta. The Climate Action Network, which includes 2,000 organizations from around the world, bestowed the ...
Dec 6, 2023
Strathcona County named host of 2026 Alberta Summer Games
STRATHCONA COUNTY, AB - The host of the 2026 Alberta Summer Games has been named.The 25th iteration of the Games will take place in Strathcona County. The provincial government said on Wednesday, Dece...
Dec 6, 2023
UNA says AHS threat to reduce nursing positions won’t help retain and recruit nurses in Alberta
A nurses' union says the Alberta government is making a bad situation worse in health care by threatening to cut and contract-out jobs.David Harrigan, with the United Nurses of Alberta, says he doubts...
Dec 5, 2023
Province announces Land Titles backlog eliminated
Alberta's government says it has eliminated the backlog in the Land Titles office, and for the first time in more than two years, processing times are back to normal.Between April 2021 and December 20...
Dec 5, 2023
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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2023