Category Archives: Alberta
Province expands RAPID response initiative
The province is expanding the Rural Alberta Provincial Integrated Defence (RAPID) Response initiative to include about 260 Sheriff Highway Patrol officers. As of July 1, Alberta sheriffs will have the...
Jun 25, 2021
St. Albert RCMP say two Muslim women attacked in apparent hate crime
ST. ALBERT, Alta. - Police in St. Albert say they are searching for a suspect after an attack on two Muslim women that is being treated as a hate crime.They say in a news release that two women were w...
Jun 24, 2021
Registration open for virtual Special Olympics Alberta fundraiser
This summer, you can cycle, walk and/or run in support of Special Olympics Alberta.The Virtual Summer Series makes its return on July 5, with registration now open. It's an initiative spearheaded by t...
Jun 24, 2021
Province wants on-the-job training part of more post-secondary programs
LETHBRIDGE, AB - In the coming years, a greater number of post-secondary students will be getting paid to learn.The Government of Alberta is inviting post-secondary institutions and industry groups to...
Jun 24, 2021
Amazon to purchase power from new southern Alberta solar farm
CALGARY - Amazon announced Wednesday it will purchase power from a massive new solar farm in Alberta, marking the e-commerce giant's second renewable energy investment in Canada.Construction began Wed...
Jun 24, 2021
Province hosting phone town halls on child wellbeing during pandemic
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The provincial government wants to know how your children have fared during the COVID-19 pandemic.The last 16 months or so has been a tough time for all Albertans, but the Child and Y...
Jun 24, 2021
Albertans to elect Senators in waiting this fall
LETHBRIDGE, AB - When Albertans hit the polls this fall, they will not only be voting for mayor, councillors and school board representatives. Premier Jason Kenney announced the province bringing back...
Jun 23, 2021
Alberta paleontologists find dramatic change in bite force as tyrannosaurs matured
Tyrannosaurs are well known as having been ferocious predators at the top of the food chain millions of years ago, but a study led by an Alberta-based researcher shows the reptiles didn't start out li...
Jun 23, 2021
Alberta RCMP unveils plaque for Treaty 6 Land Acknowledgment
On Monday, June 21, the Alberta RCMP welcomed Grand Chief Okimaw Vernon Watchmaker at headquarters for an official Treaty 6 Land Acknowledgment ceremony.Celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day and...
Jun 23, 2021
Alberta commits $8 million to locate and honour victims at residential school sites
The Alberta government is creating an $8-million grant program to help efforts to uncover unmarked gravesites at the province's residential school sites. The Alberta Residential Schools Community Rese...
Jun 23, 2021