Category Archives: Alberta
'Run everywhere': Fledgling Maverick Party intends to up its game after poor results
CALGARY - The interim leader of the fledgling Maverick Party says it will be making some key changes after a disappointing result in last month's federal election. Formerly known as Wexit Canada, the ...
Oct 02, 2021
Province announces $5M to get 500 unemployed Albertans Class 1 licences
The Government of Alberta says it is "driving" unemployed Albertans back to work.As part of the second phase of the Driving Back to Work program, $5-million will be spent in 2021-22 to help those curr...
Oct 01, 2021
Final $1 million vaccine lottery prize winner announced
SHERWOOD PARK, AB - A Sherwood Park woman is the final recipient of Alberta's $1 million COVID-19 vaccine lottery.Hayley Hauck's name was drawn from over 1,935,000 entries that were received between J...
Oct 01, 2021
Newfoundland sending small team of health-care workers to help Alberta battle COVID-19
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Premier Andrew Furey says he's happy Newfoundland and Labrador will be sending a team of five or six health-care workers to Alberta, a province closely linked with his own.Furey twe...
Oct 01, 2021
Enbridge says still willing to talk on Line 5, despite Michigan’s frustration
WASHINGTON - Enbridge Inc. says it remains committed to a mediated settlement of its Line 5 dispute, even though the state of Michigan has given up on the talks. The Calgary-based pipeline giant says ...
Oct 01, 2021
Leduc RCMP investigating fatal pedestrian collision
Traffic flow has resumed on Highway 2 at Highway 2A near Leduc following a fatal collision involving a pedestrian Friday morning. Leduc RCMP say their preliminary investigation reveals a truck was dri...
Oct 01, 2021
Environment minister restores federal assessment of Alberta coal mine
Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has reinstated his decision to subject a thermal coal mine expansion in Alberta to a federal review. Wilkinson said in July 2020 that the Vista project ...
Oct 01, 2021
Additional supports announced to alleviate strain on province's health care system
With Alberta hospitals under extreme stress during the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Jason Kenney says health care workers from the Canadian Military, Canadian Red Cross, and province ...
Sep 30, 2021
Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Minister Wilson
Rick Wilson, Minister of Indigenous Relations, issued the following statement Thursday declaring Sept. 30 a Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Alberta. "The Day for Truth and Reconciliation honours F...
Sep 30, 2021
Cypress County Councillor elected to executive of national municipal lobbying group
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB- Councillor Robin Kurpjuweit has been elected Chair of the Rural Caucus for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. According to a press release issued by Cypress County Kurpjuwe...
Sep 30, 2021