Category Archives: Alberta
Smith says Alberta will withhold funding for judges without more input on selection
Premier Danielle Smith says her government will withhold funding for new judicial appointments in Alberta if the federal government doesn't give the province a say on who is picked.In a letter to Prim...
Feb 03, 2026 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Justice Mickey Amery announce proposed changes to several pieces of democratic process legislation, in Edmonton on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson)
Extra Alberta ER doctor shifts delayed amid talks between government, physicians
Alberta's recently announced effort to add physician shifts to help triage patients in crowded emergency rooms has been delayed. The program was to have started over the weekend. The head of the Alber...
Feb 03, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 45423610 © Tyler Olson | Dreamstime.com)
Former PM Harper says he did not sign Alberta separation petition
Former prime minister Stephen Harper said he has not signed a petition seeking to force a referendum on Alberta leaving Canada.Harper made the comment while speaking alongside former prime minister Je...
Feb 03, 2026 Former prime minister Stephen Harper delivers a speech on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in Ottawa. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
Alberta UCP caucus has 'no business' signing separation vote petition; former premier
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney says the governing United Conservative Party caucus has ``no business'' signing a petition to force a vote on the province quitting Canada. Kenney says the party, w...
Feb 02, 2026 Former Alberta Jason Kenney.
Alberta NDP launch petition to declare health care state of emergency
There's another petition for you to sign.This time, it's the Alberta NDP who are asking Albertans to consider signing a new legislative petition demanding a state of emergency be declared for the prov...
Feb 02, 2026
Second recall petition against an Alberta legislature member fails
A second recall petition to oust a member of Alberta's legislature has failed after falling well short of the required signatures. Derek Keenan, who has been petitioning since November for the removal...
Feb 02, 2026 A recall petition aimed at Airdrie-East MLA Angela Pitt has failed. (Image Credit: United Conservative Party)
Love a Shelter Campaign invites Albertans to thank frontline shelter workers this February
The Alberta Council of Women's Shelters (ACWS) is inviting the public to take part in a simple but meaningful act of support: writing a Valentine message for a shelter worker.The initiative gets under...
Feb 02, 2026 ACWS (Image Credit: ACWS)
Blackfoot Confederacy opposed to Alberta separation, sighting Treaty rights
Indigenous leaders in southern Alberta say they will not support the province's potential exit from Canada.The Blackfoot Confederacy, comprising the Siksika Nation, Kainai Nation, Piikani Nation, and ...
Feb 02, 2026 The Blackfoot Confederacy is expressing its opposition to Alberta separation. (Image Credit: Blackfoot Confederacy)
Thousands of Alberta government employees return to offices as hybrid work plan ends
Thousands of Alberta government workers are heading back to work in their offices full time. Sunday marked the official end of the province's hybrid-work option, which was implemented during the COVID...
Feb 02, 2026 AUPE (Image Credit: AUPE)
AUPE General Support Services and AHS reach tentative agreement
The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) has announced it has reached a tentative collective agreement with Alberta Health Services (AHS).According to a media release, AHS sent an offer to AUP...
Jan 30, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo)