Alberta

Alberta creates world’s largest contiguous protected boreal forest area

Alberta is planning to expand a protected forest area in the northern part of the province, between Lake Claire and Fort McMurray. Kitaskino Nuwenn Wildland was established in 2019, with over 160,000 ...

Andrew Snook Feb 11, 2021

Environmental law group to challenge Alberta oil inquiry in court

CALGARY - An environmental law charity is to ask a judge today to shut down Alberta's inquiry into the purported foreign funding of anti-oil campaigns. Ecojustice argues in its written submissions tha...

Feb 11, 2021

Close to $500M available to front-line workers in Alberta

Alberta is pledging close to $500 million in support for front-line workers in the province."The pandemic has of course put a lot of pressure on everyone from families to communities to entire industr...

Feb 10, 2021

AGLC supports bills to allow single event sports betting

Albertans could see new options for gambling on sports with the new bills that have been introduced in Parliament.Bill C-13, and Bill C-218 would see Albertans over the age of 18 able to bet on single...

Feb 10, 2021

Miner ponders impact of restoration of coal protection policy in Alberta

An Alberta coal miner with exploration leases in the province's Rocky Mountains says he's trying to figure out how the government's decision to restore protections to those lands will affect his compa...

Feb 10, 2021

Two UCP MLAs join national group pushing back against lockdowns

EDMONTON - Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's caucus are challenging provincial COVID-19 economic restrictions and have joined a national coalition pushing back against lockdowns.Drew Barne...

Feb 10, 2021

Province keeping close watch over variant COVID strains

Alberta's chief medical officer of health says they are closely watching how COVID-19 cases are trending, but there is no specific benchmark on how many variant cases need to be identified for the pro...

Feb 09, 2021

ASIRT investigating unauthorized database usage by Lethbridge Police members

An independent investigation is being conducted after members of Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) allegedly conducted unauthorized searches.On February 1, the Director of Law Enforcement was notified o...

Feb 09, 2021

ASIRT investigating in-custody death at Grande Prairie RCMP detachment

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has been called in to investigate the death of a 26-year-old man that occurred while he was in custody at the Grande Prairie RCMP detachment Monday m...

Feb 09, 2021

First Nation lauds plan to protect traditional land use in oilsands management plan

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it has completed a plan to manage oilsands development in an area near the Fort McKay First Nation that supports traditional land uses and maintains its ecologic...

Feb 09, 2021