Category Archives: Alberta
Legal experts say Ottawa unlikely to be 'main combatant' in Alberta sovereignty fight
CALGARY - Constitutional law experts say it's unlikely Ottawa will rush to fight Alberta over a proposed sovereignty bill that would give the provincial government new powers to resist what it conside...
Nov 30, 2022
5.8 magnitude earthquake in Northern Alberta felt by hundreds
Earthquakes Canada is reporting a series of seismic activities near a community in Northern Alberta.A total of six tremors occurred near Reno between 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, and 5:46 ...
Nov 30, 2022
Alberta Sovereignty Act damaging to business: Calgary Chamber of Commerce
CALGARY, AB - The Calgary Chamber of Commerce says Alberta's proposed sovereignty act will be damaging to businesses.Chamber president and CEO Deborah Yedlin says the proposed legislation creates inve...
Nov 30, 2022
Smith’s sovereignty act a power grab: NDP deputy leader
The NDP Opposition, Indigenous leaders and a business group say they have concerns about the Smith government's proposed sovereignty act.NDP deputy leader Sarah Hoffman says the bill is a flagrant und...
Nov 30, 2022
Trudeau says nothing is off the table when it comes to Smith's new sovereignty act
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says nothing is off the table when it comes to responding to new legislation that would give Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government broad powers. Trudeau st...
Nov 30, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney resigns legislature seat
EDMONTON - Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney resigned as a member of the legislature on Tuesday, the same day his successor introduced her flagship sovereignty bill in the legislature, of which he h...
Nov 29, 2022
Province tables Sovereignty Act as fall legislature session begins
A much-talked-about piece of legislation has been tabled in Alberta.Premier Danielle Smith said in a news release, "The Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act [Sovereignty Act] will be used as...
Nov 29, 2022
Affordability, health care, standing up for Alberta key features of throne speech
The provincial government says Albertans will benefit from their planned efforts to address affordability, increase jobs, strengthen the economy, improve health care and stand up for Alberta's interes...
Nov 29, 2022
Alberta MLA Thomas Dang sentenced for hacking COVID-19 vaccine portal
EDMONTON, AB - An Alberta legislature member who admitted to hacking the province's COVID-19 vaccine records portal has been ordered to pay a $7,200 fine.Judge Michelle Doyle sentenced Thomas Dang in ...
Nov 29, 2022
Nature Conservancy of Canada encouraging help for nature conservation this 10th annual Giving Tuesday
With the UN Summit on Biodiversity (COP15) set to begin next month in Canada, a national land conservation group says we need to act with urgency to conserve nature here at home. To save some of Alber...
Nov 29, 2022