Category Archives: Alberta
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
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