Category Archives: Alberta
Critics say Alberta environment minister’s mandate letter lacks climate specifics
Critics say direction from Alberta's premier to her new environment minister lacks specifics on climate change.The letter gives Rebecca Schulz 13 priorities, from developing regulations to release oil...
Jul 12, 2023
Premiers will look to collaboration to address health staffing shortage
WINNIPEG - Canada's premiers say they're going to find ways to work together to address health-care problems felt across the country.Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson, the chair of the Council of the...
Jul 11, 2023
Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors mandate letter
Premier Danielle Smith has issued a mandate letter to Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors, Devin Dreeshen, calling on him to continue to grow the economy through world-class networks. In...
Jul 11, 2023
Alberta NDP calling on provincial government to help farmers
Alberta's Opposition N-D-P has called for the government to compensate agricultural producers struggling with the fallout from natural disasters.Heather Sweet, who is the critic for agriculture, fores...
Jul 11, 2023
Funding announced to bring high-speed internet to over 10,000 homes in Alberta
VULCAN, AB - The provincial and federal governments have collaborated to bring high-speed internet to many people across Alberta. An investment of over $96 million will help bring services to more tha...
Jul 11, 2023
AUPE supports better wages for LPNs but not reclassification
The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) said it agrees with Licenced Practical Nurses (LPN) that they deserve respect and dignity.Last month, a group called LPNs for Change started a movement...
Jul 11, 2023
Wheat streak mosaic virus seeing increased cases in Alberta
Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation's crop health team has detected increased cases of wheat streak mosaic (WSM) around Alberta. The disease most commonly affects wheat and is a viral disease that caus...
Jul 11, 2023
Ottawa could help health care with better international recruiting, Smith says
WINNIPEG - Improving health care is not just a matter of money and transfers from Ottawa to the provinces, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Tuesday She said the federal government could help by str...
Jul 11, 2023
Alberta calls on federal government to help Indigenous communities with opioid crisis
WINNIPEG - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the federal government is failing when it comes to some of the big issues in its jurisdiction, particularly Indigenous health care. At the annual premier...
Jul 11, 2023
Alberta premier didn't read 'straight pride' shirt before photo, says spokesperson
A press secretary for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the premier did not read the "straight pride" T-shirt of a person she had her photo taken with at the Calgary Stampede.Sam Blackett said in a ...
Jul 11, 2023