Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta to create help line and increase supports for Ukrainian refugees
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta said it will do more to assist refugees who are coming into the province from Ukraine.Premier Danielle Smith said the 2023 provincial budget would provide ad...
Mar 21, 2023
Travel Alberta invests $6M over three years to support Indigenous tourism
Indigenous tourism in Alberta is getting a financial boost.Travel Alberta and Indigenous Tourism Alberta (ITA) have announced the largest provincial contribution towards the development and promotion ...
Mar 21, 2023
Regimental funeral for Constable Travis Jordan and Constable Brett Ryan
The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) says it will honour the service and sacrifice of Constable Travis Jordan and Constable Brett Ryan, who were recently killed in the line of duty, with a regimental fun...
Mar 20, 2023
Province to provide funding for educational assistants, other school support staff
Alberta's government is providing more than $125 million in new funding aimed at addressing increasing complexities in the classroom and learning disruptions that are persisting from the pandemic.Educ...
Mar 20, 2023
Alberta program trains rural health-care workers in supporting sex assault victims
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta says $1 million in funding is to be used to train rural health-care providers to better support victims of sexual assault.The money, announced in October 2022,...
Mar 20, 2023
Guilbeault wants stronger links with Alberta on issues of oilsands tailings ponds
OTTAWA - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is emphasizing his call for stronger links between Ottawa and Alberta when it comes to environmental protection in the oilsands. Guilbeault repe...
Mar 20, 2023
Alberta moves to force oilpatch to pay owed taxes above 'threshold' amount
The Alberta government says it's moving to force oilpatch companies to make good on their unpaid municipal taxes. Energy Minister Peter Guthrie says he's issued an order that blocks companies from acq...
Mar 20, 2023
Autopsies completed in deaths of two EPS officers
Police in Edmonton have released autopsy results after the deaths of constables Brett Ryan and Travis Jordan last week while they were responding to a non-violent domestic dispute at an apartment buil...
Mar 20, 2023
Slain officers' families will get $100,000 from Heroes' Fund, Alberta premier says
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the families of two Edmonton police officers who were fatally shot this week are each to receive $100,000 from the province's Heroes' Fund. Smith made th...
Mar 18, 2023
Government indicates no plans to change minimum wage in Alberta
EDMONTON, AB - Despite some negative findings in a government-commissioned report, the province said it has no plans to change the current minimum wage structure in Alberta.The Minimum Wage Expert Pan...
Mar 18, 2023