Alberta

Province looking to join class action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers

EDMONTON- The provincial government has tabled new legislation that would allow it to participate in a class action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers.The Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recove...

Nov 22, 2019

Alberta government passes bill to fire election watchdog

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has passed a bill to fire election commissioner Lorne Gibson, raising questions about the future of his investigation into Premier Jason Kenney's United Conservative ...

Nov 21, 2019

First Nations take action to evict drug dealers

Two Central Alberta First Nations are taking action to drive out the illegal drug trade and improve the lives of local youth. Chiefs from the O'Chiese and Sunchild First Nation signed bylaws on Wednes...

Nov 21, 2019 Pictured from left to right Sunchild Councillour Joey Pete, Sunchild Chief Jonathan Frencheater, O'Chiese Chief Douglas Beaverbones and ASETS Data Manager for Yellowhead Tribal Council Bernadine Coleman.

Alberta education minister blasts Calgary school board over staff cuts

CALGARY- Education minister Adriana LaGrange is ordering a financial audit and governance review of the Calgary Board of Education.LaGrange says it was difficult to hear that the public school board i...

Nov 21, 2019 Adriana LaGrange

Alberta Review Board chair quits over lack of government support

EDMONTON- The chairwoman of the Alberta Review Board says she has decided to resign after months of what she characterizes as banging her head against a wall.Jill Taylor sent her resignation letter ye...

Nov 21, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney, and Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General

NDP wants entire UCP caucus banned from voting on Bill 22

EDMONTON- Opposition leader Rachel Notley wants the ethics commissioner to ban the entire United Conservative caucus from voting on a bill that would fire the province's election watchdog.Notley says ...

Nov 21, 2019

Kenney urges ministers to take province's concerns seriously

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney is urging federal cabinet ministers with portfolios of interest to Alberta to listen to the province's concerns and to take them seriously.He says in a statement that h...

Nov 20, 2019

Alberta overhauls workplace rules for farms, small operations to be exempt

EDMONTON - The majority of Alberta farm operations would no longer have to follow employment standards rules or have workplace insurance under a bill introduced in the legislature.The Farm Freedom and...

Nov 20, 2019 (Photo: Government of Alberta)

Red Deer man arrested following high-speed chase in Edmonton

A Red Deer man faces charges after leading police on a high-speed chase through Edmonton.On November 18 at approximately 10:20 p.m., Leduc RCMP stopped a vehicle for a traffic offence on Highway 2 nea...

Nov 20, 2019

Bill 27 receives first reading in legislature

EDMONTON- The UCP government has introduced legislation to strengthen protections for law-abiding Albertans and their property.Bill 27 has received first reading in the legislature and, if passed, wou...

Nov 20, 2019 In October, Premier Jason Kenney, Minister of Justice and Attorney General Doug Schweitzer, and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Devin Dreeshen announce new protections for farmers