Category Archives: Alberta

Province says funding boost cuts industrial emissions
Provincial government officials say the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund is helping Alberta's industrial sector reduce emissions and stay competitive.Alberta's TIER system is ...
Nov 14, 2022

Alberta government commits $12 million to support Ukrainian students
The Government of Alberta has announced funding aimed at supporting Ukrainian students who are adjusting to their new lives in the province.Premier Danielle Smith says $12.3 million will be spent on l...
Nov 14, 2022

Four found dead after house fire in Fox Lake, Alta.
R-C-M-P say the bodies of four people were found in a burned home in northern Alberta over the weekend.Mounties says officers responded to the fire in Fox Lake and say a five-year-old girl and an 11-y...
Nov 14, 2022

Alert Ready to conduct emergency notice test on Wednesday
Albertans will receive an emergency notice this week. However, it is just a test.On Wednesday, November 16, 2022, most provinces and territories will hold a test of Alert Ready, Canada's national publ...
Nov 14, 2022

Alberta Lung launches Christmas decals campaign
Alberta Lung is launching a Christmas decals campaign in a bid to raise $500,000.Nearly 900,000 Albertans live, or sadly die, with lung and respiratory diseases each year, the organization says.The de...
Nov 12, 2022

NDP leader Rachel Notley promises largest healthcare recruitment in Alberta's history
NDP Leader Rachel Notley said she promises to restore stability to health care by undertaking the largest recruitment effort in the province's history if elected Premier next year.Notley made the rema...
Nov 10, 2022

Premier Smith issues mandate letters to ministers
Premier Danielle Smith has issued mandate letters to multiple government ministers to take actions on what the government says will stand up for Albertans and get a better deal for Alberta within Cana...
Nov 10, 2022

Premier’s task force to support Ukrainian newcomers
Provincial government officials say a new task force will identify ways to support Ukrainian evacuees coming to Alberta with their financial, physical and spiritual needs. Since the spring, government...
Nov 10, 2022

Alberta school bus driver shortage at crises level, says ASBCA
Officials with the Alberta School Bus Contractors' Association (ASBCA) are warning of a school bus driver shortage across the province.The organization says every day there are 146,000 Alberta school ...
Nov 10, 2022

Alberta endorses national plan to end gender-based violence
Alberta has joined the federal government and other provinces and territories in officially endorsing the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence.The national action plan is described as a 1...
Nov 10, 2022