Category Archives: Alberta
Prairie premiers, governors urge Canada, U.S. to keep border crossings open longer
WASHINGTON - Canada's Prairie premiers and two U.S. governors want their respective countries to restore pre-pandemic operating hours at entry points along their shared land border. The group of provi...
Oct 3, 2022
Government announces the renaming of Alberta’s provincial court
Effective April 1, 2023, Alberta's provincial court will be called the Alberta Court of Justice.The government says it will begin the process of changing the court's name to the Alberta Court of Justi...
Oct 3, 2022
Five years later: Waterton Lakes National Park plan considers fire recovery
Like the land itself, a new management plan for Waterton Lakes National Park is marked by a powerful wildfire that tore through the southern Alberta park five years ago.The 2022 plan, tabled in Parlia...
Oct 3, 2022
Province investing over $20 million to combat human trafficking
The Government of Alberta is investing $20.8 million in new funds over the next four years to fight human trafficking.The province said Sunday, October 2, 2022, that it is implementing the Alberta Hum...
Oct 3, 2022
The gig is up: Alberta Premier Jason Kenney set to step down from top job
EDMONTON, AB - Don't cry for me, Alberta, I was leaving anyway.It's Premier Jason Kenney's swan song message as he prepares to depart the province's top job, forced out by the very United Conservative...
Oct 3, 2022
Province announces new plan to address homelessness
The Government of Alberta has announced details on its plan to curb homelessness.The Homelessness Action Plan will see $63 million invested in various initiatives over the next two years.Premier Jason...
Oct 3, 2022
Heat records set in 31 Alberta communities Sept. 28
It may be fall now, but Alberta is still periodically experiencing summer weather.Environment Canada says new heat records were set in 31 communities across the province on Wednesday, September 28, 20...
Sep 29, 2022
Albertans to have improved access to X-rays and ultrasounds
The provincial government is making changes that will give Albertans greater access to diagnostic imaging like X-rays, ultrasounds, and fluroscopies.Chiropractors, physiotherapists, and audiologists w...
Sep 29, 2022
$1.12B energy partnership announced with 23 Indigenous communities
The Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (AIOC), a provincial government body, announced Wednesday it is supporting 23 Indigenous communities to buy into seven Enbridge-owned pipelines.The ene...
Sep 28, 2022
$55 million worth of drugs confiscated in connection to Alberta operation
The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) has laid charges against 15 people and one company in connection to a massive drug trafficking network. ALERT, along with RCMP Federal Serious and Org...
Sep 28, 2022