Category Archives: Alberta
$446K donated to Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A nearly half-million-dollar donation to the Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta will support youth education and recreational needs to a nearby village.The $446,000 donati...
Nov 5, 2023
RCMP find human remains inside vehicle at Widowmaker trailhead, west of Cochrane
RCMP are seeking public assistance after human remains were discovered inside a vehicle in Bow Valley Provincial Park.Cochrane RCMP said it was about 10:25 a.m. on Nov. 3, 2023 when members responded ...
Nov 4, 2023
Clocks set to 'fall back' Sunday as daylight time ends for most Canadians
TORONTO - Most Canadians will be turning their clocks back by an hour early Sunday morning.Daylight time, which allows people to enjoy an extra hour of daylight at the end of the day, ends tomorrow mo...
Nov 4, 2023
Vast digital trove of recordings by Canadian literature greats nears completion
EDMONTON - Jason Camlot was chatting with his new boss in the English department of what was then Montreal's Sir George Williams University in 1999, when he spotted a dusty cardboard box of 80 reel-to...
Nov 4, 2023
Alberta exiting CPP requires 'complex and multi-year process,' says Freeland after meeting ministers
lbertOTTAWA, ON - Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday if Alberta were to quit the Canada Pension Plan, it would need to launch a "complex and multi-year process'' of negotiating int...
Nov 3, 2023
Alberta government responds to federal electricity regulations
Alberta's government says it has submitted a detailed analysis showing why proposed federal regulations will threaten the province's electricity grid.Provincial officials say Alberta is rapidly reduci...
Nov 3, 2023
Live: Freeland speaks after Alberta CPP exit meeting
OTTAWA, ON - Federal finance minister Chrystia Freeland met with her provincial counterparts Friday to discuss Alberta's proposal to leave the national pension program.Watch Live:
Nov 3, 2023
Canada’s jobless rate rises to 5.7%, fuelling bets Bank of Canada rate hikes are done
OTTAWA, ON - Canada's unemployment rate rose to 5.7 per cent last month as job opportunities became less plentiful in an economy weighed down by high interest rates.Statistics Canada released its Octo...
Nov 3, 2023
Record year for nurse registration in Alberta says regulator
The College of Registered Nurses of Alberta says registrations for the 2023-24 practice year have hit record levels. The organization says in a news release that total registration reached 40,249, an ...
Nov 3, 2023
NDP says it has received "thousands of letters" opposing coal exploration
Alberta's Opposition NDP says it has received thousands of letters from Albertans who oppose a plan to explore coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. The party held a meeting last n...
Nov 3, 2023