Category Archives: Alberta
Annual inflation rate hit 5.7% in February amid broad-based price increases
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the annual inflation rate climbed to 5.7 per cent in February, its highest level since August 1991 and the second straight month over 5 per cent.Helping to drive the in...
Mar 16, 2022
UCP candidate Brian Jean wins northern Alberta byelection in landslide
United Conservative Party candidate Brian Jean has won a byelection in northern Alberta.Jean, the co-founder of the party and a former federal Conservative member of Parliament, defeated seven challen...
Mar 15, 2022
Alberta investing additional $60 million in addiction and mental health supports
An additional $60 million will go towards addiction and mental health care in Alberta.The Alberta Government already allocates nearly $1 billion annually for addiction and mental health, and over the ...
Mar 15, 2022
Province announces $72 million for public charter schools
The public charter school system in Alberta will soon grow.As part of the Alberta 2022 Budget, the provincial government has released more details about how they plan to expand this part of the educat...
Mar 15, 2022
Province hosting public meetings on Real Property Rights
Albertans are invited to attend one of several upcoming sessions the province is hosting in conjunction with its Select Special Committee on Real Property Rights."The committee wants to hear from Albe...
Mar 15, 2022
March 13-19 marks Canadian Agricultural Safety Week
This week is Agricultural Safety Week across Canada.The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association is calling on farmers, ranchers, hired hands and others involved in agriculture to create farm safety p...
Mar 15, 2022
Voters take to polls in Alberta by-election to choose new legislature member
Political observers suggest that even if the United Conservative candidate retains a northern Alberta seat for the governing party in today's (March 15) by-election, it will be a loss for Premier Jaso...
Mar 15, 2022
Enhanced mediation to start Tuesday between U of L and faculty
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A mediator is set to step in early this week to try to help the University of Lethbridge Board of Governors (the board) and the University of Lethbridge Faculty Association (ULFA) rea...
Mar 14, 2022
NDP wants tighter restrictions on coal mining
Alberta's Opposition New Democrats say they will retable a private member's bill in the legislature that would place tight restrictions on coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.Leader Rachel Notley says ...
Mar 14, 2022
No good outcome for premier in northern Alberta byelection, say political scientists
Political scientists say there will be one clear loser in the Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche byelection tomorrow, but it's not any of the candidates.No matter who wins, they say Alberta Premier Jason Kenn...
Mar 14, 2022