Alberta

Alberta government to detail plan to fight federal gun buyback program

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says more details are expected today on her government's proposed plan to fight Ottawa's gun buyback program.Over the weekend, Smith told the United Conservative Party's...

Dec 02, 2025

Alberta's Smith says her United Conservative Party is not a separatist party

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party isn't a separatist party.Last week's historic energy deal between Alberta and Ottawa was met with skepticism, and at multiple points b...

Dec 02, 2025

Forever Canada petition opposing Alberta separation has signature goal verified

A citizen-led petition affirming Alberta should remain part of Canada has been verified by elections officials and is now on its way to the legislature.In a statement, Elections Alberta says it accept...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 01, 2025

Recall petition for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said to be in the works

A Medicine Hat bakery posted to social media on Sunday, Nov. 30, that a recall petition for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is in the works.The McBride's Bakery post stated that Elections Alberta recei...

Dec 01, 2025

Alberta's revamped police watchdog organization begins operation

Alberta's Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis says a new streamlined commission will give citizens a fair and transparent process for complaints about police. Ellis says the Police Review Commission is ...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 01, 2025 Mike Ellis, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services. (Government of Alberta YouTube)

Alberta's Smith only has herself to blame for recall petitions; Labour leader

The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour says Premier Danielle Smith only has herself to blame for her United Conservative Party caucus facing more than a dozen recall petitions.While Smith h...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 01, 2025

Alberta LPNs & health care aides ratify new agreement

A strike by more than 16,000 healthcare workers in Alberta has officially been averted.The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) has announced that its Nursing Care members have ratified a four...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 01, 2025

Pipeline deal with Ottawa gets downbeat play at Alberta UCP convention

Alberta's watershed pipeline deal with Ottawa wasn't front and centre as Premier Danielle Smith spoke with United Conservative Party faithful at their annual convention.Smith took the stage for the fi...

Nov 28, 2025

Petitioner claims Alberta MLA Dale Nally broke election rules in recall dispute

The petitioner seeking to have an Alberta cabinet minister removed as a legislator says he believes the politician broke election laws by publicizing his voting record.Joshua Eberhart, in a public let...

Sheldon Spackman Nov 28, 2025

Alberta's economy remains in the red with tweaked $6.4B deficit

Falling oil prices and trade troubles continue to threaten Alberta's finances, but the province's deficit is expected to shrink only slightly.It has been pegged at $6.4 billion, down $40 million from ...

Nov 28, 2025