Alberta

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

Alberta launches online survey about Daylight Saving Time

Tick tock. Tick tock.Albertans are again being invited to share their on whether the province should continue to observe daylight saving time, this time through an online survey."We know people have s...

Nov 19, 2019

Notley kicked out of Alberta legislature for comment on election watchdog firing

EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley has been kicked out of the legislature chamber after she refused to apologize for comments about the United Conservative government firing the pr...

Nov 19, 2019

University of Calgary eliminates 250 jobs after provincial funding cuts

CALGARY- The University of Calgary is eliminating 250 management, faculty and support staff jobs following the Alberta government's announcement last month of a post-secondary funding cut.Staff learne...

Nov 19, 2019

Notley slams firing of election commissioner

EDMONTON- Opposition NDP leader Rachel Notley says the provincial government's firing of the election commissioner is a shameful, authoritarian attack on the rule of law. Finance Minister Travis Toews...

Nov 19, 2019

Alberta government firing election commissioner who was investigating leadership

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government is firing the province's election commissioner, but says it's not because he is investigating the party and has fined it more than $200,000. Fi...

Nov 18, 2019

Kids suffer minor injuries as school bus rolls west of Edmonton

Officials say 34 students were on board when a school bus rolled onto its side in a single-vehicle collision Monday morning west of Edmonton. According to Stony Plain RCMP, the rollover happened at ab...

Nov 18, 2019

Animal rights protesters arrested near Canmore

CANMORE- More than a dozen people affiliated with an animal rights group have been arrested in a protest against sled dog kennels, months after the same organization's occupation of a turkey barn prom...

Nov 18, 2019 Canadian Press file photo

Wexit Alberta plans to run federally

EDMONTON- The leader of the western separatist movement Wexit Alberta says he intends to run candidates federally under the name Wexit Canada, in addition to provincial candidates in Alberta, B.C., Sa...

Nov 18, 2019

Premier Texas-bound to spur energy investment

EDMONTON- Premier Jason Kenney is heading to Texas this week (Nov. 18-21) to promote the province's energy industry.The government says Kenney will speak with investors and business leaders in Houston...

Nov 18, 2019