Category Archives: Alberta
Province announces investment to build safer workplaces for youth
Alberta's government has announced it is providing $150,000 to deliver workplace safety training to high school students.The government says it is partnering with organizations like SafeGen to empower...
Feb 10, 2023
Hundreds of Canadian firefighters trained for grain entrapment rescues
MELFORT, SK - The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) said roughly 600 firefighters from 25 fire departments across Canada were trained on how to respond to grain entrapment incidents from...
Feb 10, 2023
Scotiabank adds name to chorus critical of UCP royalty credits for well cleanup
Alberta's United Conservative Party government is facing growing criticism over its plan to give oil companies a royalty credit for cleaning up their old wells. A royalty is the price Alberta charges ...
Feb 10, 2023
Alberta premier warns prime minister about Just Transition legislation
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's opening the door asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to work collaboratively with the province on energy plans and what she says is probably the most importa...
Feb 09, 2023
Independent MLA criticizes Alberta’s plan to give royalty credits for well cleanup
An Independent legislature member is criticizing a plan from the Alberta government that would give oil companies a royalty credit for cleaning up their old wells.Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes,...
Feb 09, 2023
Over one million Albertans registered for affordability payments
The Government of Alberta says it is prepared to distribute nearly $100 million per month in inflation relief.The province is providing a total of $600 over the course of six months to families with h...
Feb 09, 2023
Tax increase on alcohol to take effect April 2023
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The cost of liquor is set to rise in just a couple of months.Effective April 1, 2023, the Government of Canada will introduce a 6.3 per cent tax increase on alcohol products.Statist...
Feb 09, 2023
RCMP stop semi going 130 km/h near Whitecourt; driver blows 'caution' blood alcohol sample
RCMP say they stopped a speeding semi truck near Whitecourt on Wednesday.It was just after 4 p.m. on Feb. 8 when Whitecourt RCMP members were conducting speed enforcement on nearby Highway 43.In a rel...
Feb 09, 2023
Alberta premier to deliver update on Just Transition talks, federal health deal
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is to meet today with reporters in her province for the first time in nearly a month, with questions expected on health care, Crown prosecutors and perhaps her now-viral...
Feb 09, 2023
Agriculture minister says ‘wild investment’ could result from value-added tax credit
Alberta's agriculture and irrigation minister says an agri-processing tax credit will help attract large-scale investment, diversify the economy and create jobs, and could mean big things for southeas...
Feb 08, 2023