Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta Premier Smith says Ottawa is dodging responsibility for pipeline decision
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says Ottawa is dodging responsibility by not standing behind the province's planned proposal for a pipeline that would bring oil to the B.C. coast. In a statement Fri...
Oct 10, 2025
Education professor calls parent tool kit during teachers strike "incoherent"
An education expert says online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers' strike are -- quote -- ``incoherent.''Maren Aukerman, an education professor at ...
Oct 10, 2025
Beaverlodge RCMP search for missing man
Beaverlodge RCMP are asking for the public's help with locating a missing man. Thirty-three-year-old Tanner Dougall of no fixed address was last seen in Beaverlodge on Aug.4, but he had been in commun...
Oct 09, 2025
Striking Alberta teachers seek to have bargaining talks resume Tuesday
The union representing 51,000 striking Alberta teachers says it has asked the province to resume negotiations starting Tuesday. The Alberta Teachers' Association says it is making the move based on th...
Oct 09, 2025
Labour relations expert perplexed by delayed lockout in teachers' strike
As an Alberta-wide teachers strike drags into its fourth day, a labour relations expert doesn't see why the group in charge of bargaining for the government delayed their lockout.Earlier this week, th...
Oct 09, 2025
Alberta education minister concerned about private school funding petition
Alberta's education minister says cutting government funding to private schools would only escalate the pressure faced by the province's strained public school system.Demetrios Nicolaides says thousan...
Oct 08, 2025
Alberta RCMP offer tips to prevent seasonal property theft
Colder days mean it's time to think about playing your part to prevent seasonal property theft, according to Alberta RCMP.Property crime is often a crime of opportunity, they say, adding the off-seaso...
Oct 08, 2025
Loewen to represent Alberta at international conservation gathering
Alberta's Minister of Forestry and Parks will be attending an international conference on conservation this week in the United Arab Emirates.Central Peace-Notley MLA Todd Loewen will be at the World C...
Oct 07, 2025
Alberta teachers' strike, biggest in province's history, enters day two
As a provincewide strike by Alberta's teachers enters its second day, a labour expert says in terms of sheer size, it is already making history.Jason Foster, a labour relations professor at Athabasca ...
Oct 07, 2025
Quebec and Alberta united in pushing back against Ottawa, Premier Danielle Smith says
MONTREAL - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Monday that her province and Quebec are united in their desire to resist federal overreach, as she pushed for closer economic ties between the provinces....
Oct 06, 2025