Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta tourism funding showing strong early results
With September 27 being World Tourism Day, officials with Travel Alberta say the organization is investing to expand the breadth of available tourism offerings across the province-with promising resul...
Sep 27, 2022
Alberta to change licences in spring, reduce second road tests for new drivers
EDMONTON, AB - A graduated driver's licence program in Alberta that has been in effect for the past 19 years is getting an overhaul.The Graduated Driver Licensing program was introduced in Alberta in ...
Sep 27, 2022
Natural gas rebate program to start Oct. 1 in Alberta
Natural gas customers in Alberta will get some relief from their utility bills.The Alberta Government's natural gas rebate program is set to begin on Saturday, October 1, 2022, impacting more than 1.6...
Sep 26, 2022
Grade 12 diplomas to be worth 20 per cent of final grade in 2022-23
High school students set to face their Grade 12 final exams this year can rest easy.Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says diplomas exams for Grade 12 students in this academic year will only be wor...
Sep 26, 2022
Memorial wall honouring Alberta’s fallen officers unveiled at legislature
A new monument inside the provincial legislature honours Alberta's fallen police and peace officers.The memorial wall bears the names of the 101 Alberta police and peace officers who have given their ...
Sep 26, 2022
Alberta to launch legal intervention against federal firearms ban
Alberta's justice minister and solicitor general has announced plans to combat the federal government's firearms ban.Tyler Shandro says the province will enact its intervener status so it can particip...
Sep 26, 2022
Blackfoot Confederacy renews agreement with Alberta Government
STANDOFF, AB - The Alberta Government looks to continue working in partnership with First Nations in Southern Alberta.The province signed a renewed agreement with the Blackfoot Confederacy on Septembe...
Sep 24, 2022
Federal government unlikely to declare victory on COVID as travel restrictions loosen
OTTAWA, ON - The thundering sound of hoofbeats charging toward the end of the track was met with a chorus of cheers from thousands of revellers in cowboy hats and jeans, dazzled by the colourful light...
Sep 24, 2022
ASIRT investigating death of hospital patient in Sundre
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating after a patient in Sundre under the care of AHS died.RCMP say it was Sept. 23 at about 11 a.m. when Sundre officers responded to a 9...
Sep 24, 2022
Alberta government investing $15 million in apprenticeship programs
Alberta Minister for Advanced Education Demetrios Nicolaides announced $15-million dollars in funding to bolster apprenticeship programs in the province. The funding will be administered over the next...
Sep 23, 2022