Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta band chief angry over silence from Imperial Oil after oilsands tailings spill
A northern Alberta band chief says he's angry over not being notified for nine months after two separate releases from an oilsands tailings pond. Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation say...
Mar 02, 2023
Alberta Emergency Alert test: Minister Ellis
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services Mike Ellis issued the following statement on the Alberta Emergency Alert test on Wednesday:"During the test in Alberta on March 1 of the new national s...
Mar 01, 2023
Alberta, Saskatchewan ban TikTok on government-issued devices
Alberta and Saskatchewan are following the federal government's lead and banning TikTok from all government devices.In Alberta, the ministry of technology and innovation says a risk assessment was don...
Mar 01, 2023
March marks Fraud Prevention Month in Alberta
This month Alberta RCMP and the Alberta Community Crime Prevention Associations (ACCPA) are putting their focus on fraud prevention.Each week the campaign will get a new 'theme' emphasizing safe onlin...
Mar 01, 2023
NDP leader says Alberta budget a sham
The Alberta government's projected $2.4-billion surplus budget is getting mixed reviews.Opposition NDP Leader Rachel Notley calls it a sham budget of false promises, cynical policy reversals and hidde...
Mar 01, 2023
Alberta to introduce bill to include federal officials in trespassing rules
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says federal officials have trespassed on private land and they are putting forward a bill to stop it. Government House Leader Joseph Schow declined to provide detail...
Mar 01, 2023
Unions and Opposition react strongly to UCP's budget
Reaction to the UCP government's first budget under new leader Danielle Smith soon followed its public release on Tuesday. The Opposition NDP says UCP Leader Danielle Smith's first budget includes fak...
Feb 28, 2023
Budget speech includes news of a surplus plus swipes at the federal Liberals and provincial NDP
Finance Minister and Grande Prairie-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews says in the Budget 2023 speech that the budget will be balanced for the second year in a row."This means debt is on the decline. In this las...
Feb 28, 2023
Big surplus, no new taxes: Highlights of the Alberta budget
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government delivered its last budget Tuesday before an election expected in May. It includes a $2.4-billion surplus and more spending in health care, education...
Feb 28, 2023
Oil well cleanup program listed as 'key objective' in Alberta's pre-election budget
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's last budget before an expected spring election gives strong support to a proposed tax break for energy companies to fulfil their legal cleanup duties but do...
Feb 28, 2023