Category Archives: Alberta

Province aiming to support Albertans with brain injuries
The provincial government says it is trying to ensure Albertans with brain injuries and their families are supported.Provincial officials note, acquired brain injuries change lives in an instant, and ...
Jun 20, 2025

Searchers recover second body after rockfall near Banff National Park hiking trail
One of the two people killed in a rockfall in Banff National Park has been identified as 70-year-old Jutta Hinrichs of Calgary.The University of Alberta, in a statement, says Hinrichs was an educator ...
Jun 20, 2025

Mounties say hikers caught up in a rock slide in Banff National Park
Banff RCMP say hikers have been caught in a rock slide in Banff National Park.The nature and number of injuries, however, have not been determined.On June 19, 2025, at 1:30 p.m., Lake Louise RCMP was ...
Jun 19, 2025

Company to pay $330K after Edmonton worker trapped in smokehouse, dies in 92 C heat
EDMONTON - A commercial food processing company has been ordered to pay $330,000 after one of its workers became trapped in a smokehouse and died. Ontario-based Sofina Foods Inc. was directed by a jud...
Jun 19, 2025

Alberta's tourism above national average
Officials with the Alberta government say the province's tourism strategy resulted in 12 per cent growth last year, outpacing other provinces at four times the national average.In 2024, the provincial...
Jun 19, 2025

Moe, Smith repeat calls for federal action and support for energy projects
The premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan are repeating their calls for federal support for energy projects and the abandonment of some industry regulations.Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Alberta's...
Jun 18, 2025

Provincial government hoping to help heroes find civilian success
The Alberta government says it has a new mission; helping to connect former military and public safety personnel with meaningful civilian careers.Provincial officials say members of the Canadian Armed...
Jun 18, 2025

Alberta government aiming to eliminate "bureaucratic vortex" in hospitals
Alberta's government has announced it is decentralizing decision-making to the hospital level, empowering facility leadership teams and enhancing patient care across the province.According to the gove...
Jun 18, 2025

Province says technology transforming tailings ponds
The Alberta government announced this week, it is investing up to $50 million from the TIER fund into new technologies to help reduce oil sands mine water and reclaim tailings ponds.Government officia...
Jun 18, 2025

Alberta led Canada in population growth in Q1 2025
It was a slow quarter for population growth across much of the country, but Alberta led the way with an increase.Statistics Canada says the national population grew by just 20,107 people (+zero per ce...
Jun 18, 2025