Category Archives: Alberta
Provincial government providing funding to train more vets in Alberta
The provincial government is investing $8.4 million dollars over three years to train more vets at the University of Calgary.The funding will allow the faculty of veterinary medicine to double the num...
May 10, 2022
Alberta Appeal Court says federal environmental impact law not OK
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will appeal a legal opinion that says a federal environmental impact law is unconstitutional.The Alberta Court of Appeal is siding with the province a...
May 10, 2022
Government of Canada invests in the future generation of agricultural leaders
OTTAWA, ONT - The federal government announced that it is investing $2.1 million dollars towards three organizations as part of the AgriCompetitiveness Program in order to continue to develop opportun...
May 9, 2022
Alberta nurses launch province’s first profession-inclusive association
A group of Alberta nurses have been working together over the last 15 months in order to launch The Alberta Association of Nurses (AAN).The AAN is the first profession-inclusive association for nurses...
May 9, 2022
Former Alberta justice minister loses bid to stay contempt of court decision
EDMONTON - A former Alberta justice minister has failed to persuade a judge to set aside a court ruling that found him in contempt of court for witness intimidation.Alberta Appeal Court Justice Ritu K...
May 9, 2022
Specialists to coordinate on organ donation and transplantation opportunities in Alberta
A new provincial program will coordinate an Alberta-wide response to improve organ donation and transplantation opportunities.Twenty-two specialist physicians in intensive care units and emergency dep...
May 9, 2022
Brooks RCMP investigate three deaths, including infant
Brooks RCMP and the RCMP Major Crimes Unit are investigating the deaths of a woman, her infant daughter and a man believed to be her sibling.Police say they were called to Newell County at about 8 p.m...
May 9, 2022
Alberta challenging Ottawa's use of Emergencies Act
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government is taking the federal government to court.The Federal Court has granted an application by the Government of Alberta, which will allow them to be involved in al...
May 7, 2022
Three organizations to receive financial literacy funding for student learning
The Alberta Government is revealing more details about how it plans to improve financial literacy programs for students in Grades 3-12.An investment of about $5 million over three years will enhance s...
May 6, 2022
Contract awarded for Springbank Dam near Calgary
Nine years after a catastrophic flood devastated parts of Calgary and surrounding communities, work is to begin on a dam to protect the area in the future.Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the provinc...
May 6, 2022