Category Archives: Alberta
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
Siksika Nation to take over policing from RCMP
The Siksika Nation has reached a deal with the provincial and federal governments to take over policing responsibilities on the First Nation from the RCMP.In July, the Siksika Nation and the Alberta g...
Sep 23, 2022
Province, Blackfoot Confederacy renew relationship agreement
The provincial government and the Blackfoot Confederacy have renewed a relationship agreement to work together to address areas of mutual concern and to continue a positive relationship.The agreement ...
Sep 23, 2022
'Kind of like carnies': International balloon festival returns to High River, Alta.
HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA - The windswept prairie east of the Rocky Mountains seems an unlikely spot for a hot-air balloon festival, but the town of High River, Alta., is celebrating the event's 10th year. ...
Sep 23, 2022