Category Archives: Alberta
Update: RCMP confirm missing couple found safe
Update:Wetaskiwin RCMP is advising that Tracy Norris and Leon Potts were located safe. Original story:Wetaskiwin RCMP is seeking the public assistance in locating two missing people believed to be tra...
Jun 06, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 31375600 © George Kroll | Dreamstime.com)
Alberta, B.C. Mounties are using AI to write reports
Mounties are testing a program that could eventually see criminal defendants battle a new opponent in court - artificial intelligence.RCMP say AI is being used to write police reports on everything fr...
Jun 06, 2026 (Image Credit: Ethan Cairns | The Canadian Press)
May labour force survey numbers unveiled by Alberta government
Alberta labour figures for the month of May have been released. According to the Province, there were 2,670,500 people employed Alberta-wide last month, up almost 14,000 from April, and an increase of...
Jun 05, 2026 Construction underway on a 415-unit development in West Lethbridge. May 28, 2026 (Image Credit: Dave Lueneberg | Lethbridge News Now)
Alberta's Smith says law will be enforced if separation vote spurs civil disobedience
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the law will be enforced if First Nations communities engage in civil disobedience over her government's separation referendum. But at an unrelated news conference ...
Jun 05, 2026 Premier Danielle Smith speaking at a press conference in Calgary on June 5, 2026. (Image Credit: Government of Alberta-Youtube)
Alberta eyes downtown-to-airport trains as first key project of passenger rail plan
Alberta's government is eyeing train connections for airports to the downtown cores of its two biggest cities as the first key project of the province's new passenger rail plan. But construction isn't...
Jun 05, 2026 Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen announces next steps on passenger rail in Alberta on June 5, 2026. (Image Credit: Government of Alberta-YouTube)
First Nations chiefs say civil disobedience an option if Alberta referendum proceeds
Treaty chiefs representing First Nations across the West say they are willing to carry out acts of civil disobedience if necessary to fight Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's separation vote. And Treaty...
Jun 04, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Province invests in supporting survivors of gender-based violence
The Government of Alberta has invested $2.5 million in the Community Pathways to Justice grant to help support survivors of gender-based violence.The investment also advances the province's 10-year st...
Jun 04, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 252082675 © Chernetskaya | Dreamstime.com)
BC Hockey League looking to expand further into Alberta markets as part of growth plan
The British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) has come out to say it's looking at supplementing the number of teams it has, and Alberta is one of the markets it's seriously considering.The BCHL, which rec...
Jun 03, 2026 (Image Credit: British Columbia Hockey League)
Alberta to roll out new ID cards in July, replacing provincial paper health cards
Alberta's government says it will begin rolling out three-in-one identification cards, ultimately replacing the province's long-reviled paper health cards.Starting July 2, new driver's licences and ID...
Jun 03, 2026 (Image Credit: Government of Alberta)
Government of Alberta invests nearly $5 million in environmental conservation
The Government of Alberta is investing nearly $5 million to support conservation in Alberta.Through the Private Land Conservation Program, $2.8 million in grant funding has been awarded to five projec...
Jun 03, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 73662036 © Iprintezis | Dreamstime.com)