Category Archives: Alberta

Next steps recommended for AB pensions, police, referendums
The Alberta Next Panel has provided seven recommendations for initiatives that could have big implications for Albertans.The panel toured communities across the province in the summer and fall, includ...
Dec 19, 2025

Government of Alberta urges safe and responsible driving during the holidays
The Government of Alberta is pleading with Albertans to be responsible drivers this holiday season.Be it alcohol, cannabis or something else, they note the consequences of making the wrong decision, o...
Dec 19, 2025

Former UCP member announces new 'Progressive Tory Party of Alberta'
A former member of Premier Danielle Smith's government caucus says Elections Alberta has approved the name for a new political party, after the government banned a list of monikers it could use, inclu...
Dec 19, 2025

Alberta minister, new permanent chief health officer eye renewed collaboration
Alberta's primary care minister and the first permanent chief medical officer of health since the last one was fired in 2022 say they are looking forward to working together as the province enters a n...
Dec 19, 2025

Judge grants Alberta government appeal to lift injunction on law preventing youth from accessing gender-affirming care
A judge has granted an Alberta government appeal to lift an injunction on a law preventing youth from accessing gender-affirming care.Two advocacy groups, Egale and Skipping Stone, launched earlier th...
Dec 19, 2025

Farm plastics recycling program extended
The provincial government has agreed to renew funding and extend by two years the Alberta Ag-Plastic Recycle It! pilot program.Drop-offs that collect things like twine and grain bags are set up around...
Dec 18, 2025

Alberta government and Avalanche Canada launch daily avalanche forecasts
As the winter solstice arrives, all backcountry users in Alberta have a responsibility to understand avalanche terrain, carry proper safety equipment, and know how to perform companion rescue. That, a...
Dec 18, 2025

Hockey, table tennis to go ahead in Alberta after figure skating out over trans law
The bodies that govern hockey and table tennis in Canada say their events in Alberta are going ahead despite the province's law banning transgender athletes from female amateur sports.Hockey Canada an...
Dec 18, 2025

Lethbridge woman appointed Alberta's new chief medical officer of health
Her name should be familiar to most who have worked in healthcare in Alberta's South Zone over the last several years.Dr. Vivien Suttorp has been selected as Alberta's new, permanent Chief Medical Off...
Dec 18, 2025

Alberta increases referendum petition fees to $25,000 a 5,000 per cent hike
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is hiking the cost to apply for a citizen-initiated referendum by 5,000 per cent, saying it's about making sure applicants are serious. A cabinet order rele...
Dec 18, 2025