Category Archives: Alberta
RCMP announce winning names for 2022 Name the Puppy contest
The RCMP have announced the winning names of this year's Name the Puppy contest.Winning names will be given to the first 13 puppies born at the Police Dog Services Training Centre in 2022. The centre ...
Apr 14, 2022
Alberta Legislature seeking anthem singers
The Alberta Legislature is seeking singers to perform O' Canada for the Legislative Assembly throughout the year."The Legislature is the people's house; we want to give Albertans an opportunity to sha...
Apr 14, 2022
NDP and ATA not impressed with Alberta's new K-6 curriculum
Alberta's NDP says it promises Albertans that if elected to form the next government, the UCP's K-6 curriculum will be scrapped. "Adriana LaGrange claimed she listened to Albertans feedback on this cu...
Apr 13, 2022
AB Government accepts recommendations on firearms regulations
The province is going ahead with recommendations that it says will further protect the rights of law-abiding firearms owners.The Alberta Firearms Advisory Committee submitted its report to the Governm...
Apr 13, 2022
Province announces financial fuel for Alberta municipal transit systems
Officials with Alberta's government say they are stepping up to provide much-needed financial support to cash-strapped municipal transit systems hit hard during the pandemic.Alberta is committing $79....
Apr 13, 2022
Former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis found in contempt of court
EDMONTON - A former Alberta justice minister has been found in contempt of court for threatening to sue a plaintiff in the middle of her testimony in a civil trial.Justice Doreen Sulyma says a letter ...
Apr 13, 2022
Education minister reinforces need for new teaching profession discipline process
Alberta's Minister of Education is reinforcing her government's intentions to reform discipline processes for the province's teaching profession.Adriana LaGrange says Bill 15, the Education (Reforming...
Apr 13, 2022
Three subjects in Alberta's new curriculum ready for September
Three parts of the Kindergarten to Grade 6 curriculum will be ready for Alberta classrooms this September.As announced in March, students in kindergarten to Grade 3 will be taught new Mathematics and ...
Apr 13, 2022
Going once, going twice: Calgary Stampede canvas auction returns after pandemic delay
CALGARY - The return of the Calgary Stampede's canvas auction Tuesday night mirrored much of the economic uncertainty coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.The event is typically considered a bellwether...
Apr 13, 2022
U.S. senator backs Alberta premier in energy security partnership
CALGARY, AB - A high-profile United States senator is backing Alberta Premier Jason Kenney in pushing for more North American oil to supplant Russian supplies during the invasion of Ukraine.West Virgi...
Apr 13, 2022