Alberta

Tough harvest prompts AFSC to host town halls to discuss options for farmers

LACOMBE - Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) says clients impacted by this year's weather can depend on its programs to help get them back on track.AFSC says weather and other challenge...

Nov 15, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Alberta government survey seeks input on potential employment rule changes

This month Albertans will be able to take part in a survey the UCP government says is intended to provide them with information to help make decisions on potential future changes to employment rules i...

Nov 14, 2019

Alberta Opposition asks auditor general to review Kenney adviser London trips

EDMONTON - The Opposition in Alberta is asking the auditor general to review travel spending by Premier Jason Kenney's office in light of several trips to London by one of his advisers.NDP ethics crit...

Nov 14, 2019 (Photo: The Canadian Press)

ALERT makes record drug seizure through Project Coyote

CALGARY - An international investigation involving ALERT and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has intercepted record amounts of cocaine and fentanyl.Project Coyote was a two-year ALERT Calgary...

Nov 14, 2019 (Photo: ALERT)

Premier vows to fight for oilpatch as drillers forecast almost no growth in 2020

Premier Jason Kenney vowed Wednesday to keep fighting for Alberta's slumping oil and gas sector as the industry unveiled another disappointing drilling forecast and criticism surfaced from an unlikely...

Nov 14, 2019 (Photo: The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh)

Western municipal leaders team up to advocate for prairie provinces

Medicine Hat, AB - Since the election, talks of western alienation have left tensions high among the prairie provinces.That's why the Federation of Canadian Municipalities has announced the "Western E...

Nov 13, 2019 Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba coat of arms

UCP top advisor billed taxpayers for lavish trips London: NDP

For the second time in as many weeks, the UCP Government is being accused of mismanaging taxpayer dollars.The NDP Opposition released documents on Wednesday showing that David Knight Legg, a principle...

Nov 13, 2019 David Knight Legg (Twitter photo)

Political scientist weighs in on the number of UCP panels

Medicine Hat, AB - Since being elected in April, Premier Jason Kenney has announced multiple panels looking at topics such as supervised consumption sites, minimum wage, and provincial spending.With t...

Nov 13, 2019 Jim Groom is a political science instructor at Medicine Hat College (Photo: CHAT News Today)

Elizabeth Smart speaks of overcoming extreme adversity, hope and the right to find happiness again

LETHBRIDGE, AB - When tickets to hear 32-year-old Elizabeth Smart speak at the Yates Theatre as part of the Lethbridge Public Library's 100th Anniversary Speaker Series in Lethbridge were announced, t...

Nov 13, 2019 Elizabeth Smart speaks to an audience at the Yates Theatre as part of the Lethbridge Public Library's 100th Anniversary Speaker Series (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)

Beiseker council burns proposed biowaste incinerator

BEISEKER - A proposal to build a biomedical waste incinerator near a southern Alberta village has been rejected after area residents raised concerns about emissions from the plant.There was loud appla...

Nov 13, 2019