Alberta

Smoking, vaping to be banned on trails, sidewalks in Banff

BANFF, AB - An Alberta mountain town has passed a bylaw banning smoking and vaping in most public places.The bylaw in Banff, which comes into effect in February, prohibits tobacco smoking and vaping i...

Dec 14, 2022

Treaty 6 chiefs meeting with premier

Chiefs from Treaty 6 territory say they are meeting for the first time today with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.The chiefs say in a statement that the meeting was scheduled before Smith became premie...

Dec 14, 2022

New gene therapy to treat eye condition, offered in Alberta

The Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton is set to be one of four sites across Canada, and the only site in Western Canada, to provide a new gene therapy for a rare eye condition.Luxturna helps to tre...

Dec 14, 2022

Province allocates $1.5 billion over five years to build rural Alberta economy

After consulting and engaging rural Albertans, businesses, and Indigenous communities over the span of a year, the province has set out the framework for a new Economic Development in Rural Alberta Pl...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 14, 2022

RCMP warn public of donating to legitimate charities over holiday season

GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB - An RCMP detachment in northern Alberta is offering some tips on what to watch for when donating to charity campaigns over the holidays.The Grande Prairie RCMP says if you chose to...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 14, 2022

Report: Twinning Highway 3 could generate $1.5B in GDP

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Highway 3 Twinning Development Association (H3TDA) has been working towards twinning the stretch of Highway 3 in Alberta that spans Medicine Hat and Southern British Columbia for ...

Dec 13, 2022

Report: Auto insurance rates in Alberta above national average

Drivers in Alberta are paying more for their vehicle insurance than in other provinces.That is according to a new report from Ernst & Young, which compared how much drivers of different categories...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 12, 2022

Lt. Governor Lakhani hosting first New Year's Levee

Officials with the Alberta government say Lieutenant Governor Salma Lakhani will host the first New Year's Day Levee of her tenure at historic Government House in Edmonton on Sunday, January 1, 2023. ...

AUPE members at AGLC vote “Yes” to new collective agreement

Officials with the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) have announced that almost eight hundred members working for Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis have voted to ratify a tentative agreem...

Dec 12, 2022

Man fined $10,000 for flying drone near forest fire in Jasper National Park

JASPER, AB - A man who flew a drone near a wildfire in Jasper National Park has received a $10,000 fine.Judge Jeffrey Champion doled out the penalty to Rajwinder Singh under the Canada National Parks ...

Dec 12, 2022