Category Archives: Alberta
Bank of Canada raises interest rate to one per cent
The Bank of Canada has boosted its key interest rate by half a percentage point to one per cent.It's the first half-point hike in more than 20 years and the central bank is warning that rates will nee...
Apr 13, 2022
PM critical of Alberta's approach to drug overdose crisis
EDMONTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized the Alberta government's response to the worsening drug overdose crisis while visiting Edmonton to promote the federal budget.Trudeau knocked the pr...
Apr 12, 2022
Province outlines strategy to help tech and innovation sector grow
CALGARY, AB - The provincial government has released its strategy to boost the technology and innovation sector, create jobs and diversify the economy.The Alberta Technology and Innovation Strategy is...
Apr 12, 2022
Kenney boasts perfect election record in speech to UCP membership
RED DEER, AB - Premier Jason Kenney, in a speech to party members this past weekend, told them he is an unblemished election winner who saved Alberta from servitude in a dystopian socialist hellscape....
Apr 11, 2022
AB Government terminating relationships with three Russian regions
The provincial government is taking action against a trio of Russian regions.Premier Jason Kenney has written letters to the governors of the regions, announcing that the Alberta Government is termina...
Apr 11, 2022
Kenney boasts perfect election record in speech to UCP membership
RED DEER -- Premier Jason Kenney, in a speech to party members deciding his fate, told them he is an unblemished election winner who saved Alberta from servitude in a dystopian socialist hellscape."I'...
Apr 09, 2022
Province names 20 recipients of women's economic security grant
Twenty non-profits across Alberta are receiving grant money for work the province believes will advance economic security.The Women's Economic Recovery Challenge Grant aims to enhance economic opportu...
Apr 09, 2022
UCP leadership review of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney officially begins
EDMONTON - The controversial party vote to determine the future of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney begins today. Kenney is set to speak virtually to United Conservative Party members in the morning and m...
Apr 09, 2022
Jean satisfied UCP leadership vote registrations are legitimate
EDMONTON - A high-profile critic of the United Conservative Party review of Premier Jason Kenney says he's now satisfied most of those who registered to cast ballots are in some form legitimate.New UC...
Apr 08, 2022
Province removes clean-shaven requirement for correctional peace officers
Alberta is ditching its requirement that people applying to become correctional peace officers be clean-shaven.The province says in a news release that applicants were required not to have facial hair...
Apr 08, 2022