Category Archives: Alberta
Trudeau chides Smith for pension exit debate, promises to defend stability of CPP
EDMONTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Liberal government would fight any actions that threaten the stability of the Canada Pension Plan. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservativ...
Oct 18, 2023
Criminal trial of convoy organizers moves from resident to police testimony
OTTAWA - A police liaison officer who communicated directly with "Freedom Convoy" protesters during the winter 2022 demonstrations is expected to testify today in the criminal trial of two of its orga...
Oct 18, 2023
Canada Pension Plan board says Alberta pension exit consults are biased, manipulative
EDMONTON - The board of the Canada Pension Plan says Alberta's consultation with its citizens on quitting the CPP is not a straightforward fact-finding exercise but rather a biased manipulation of pub...
Oct 17, 2023
Alberta says Quebec pension model back on table in Canada Pension Plan exit debate
EDMONTON - A spokesperson for Alberta's finance minister says the proposal to have a future provincial pension plan mirror the Quebec investment model remains up for consideration.The statement from S...
Oct 17, 2023
Supreme Court opinion doesn't change plans to regulate oil, gas emissions: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says regulations to cap emissions from oil and gas production will be published later this fall despite a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision affect...
Oct 17, 2023
Piikani RCMP charge guard with sexual assault
Piikani Nation, AB-A guard employed by the RCMP is accused of sexually assaulting a woman who was lodged in cells overnight.Piikani RCMP says the victim told then she had been assaulted during the ear...
Oct 17, 2023
Canada's annual inflation falls to 3.8% in September, grocery prices rise more slowly
OTTAWA, ON - Canada's annual inflation rate slowed to 3.8 per cent in September as prices for a range of goods and services rise more slowly, including durable goods and grocery prices.Statistics Cana...
Oct 17, 2023
Albertans demand details, risk assessment in telephone town hall on quitting CPP
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial panel gathering feedback on whether Alberta should quit the Canada Pension Plan heard arguments for and against the idea in a telephone town hall Monday, but the overridi...
Oct 17, 2023
'Freedom Convoy' organizers' trial to hear testimony from final Ottawa resident
OTTAWA - The trial for two "Freedom Convoy" organizers is set to wrap up hearing testimony from downtown Ottawa residents today. Paul Jorgenson began his evidence Monday in the criminal trial of Tamar...
Oct 17, 2023
Alberta Health Services launches immunization program
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's immunization program began on October 16, 2023. The program is offering influenza and COVID-19 vaccines free of charge to all Albertan six months of age and older. Alberta Hea...
Oct 16, 2023