Category Archives: Alberta
Teachers strike having impact on those training to become teachers
Alberta's massive teachers strike is having an impact on people training to become teachers.Haley Roberts, an education student from the University of Alberta, says she was supposed to begin a require...
Oct 15, 2025
Red Deer lags behind fellow communities on solar policy, says Solar Alberta report card
Red Deer gets a failing grade in a new report card put out by an organization called Solar Alberta. The 'Municipal Solar-Friendly Policies' Report Card gives Red Deer a mark of just 13 per cent -- alr...
Oct 15, 2025
Better Business Bureau warns of parent strike pay spoofing sites
Albertans are being warned by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) to be wary of spoof websites imitating the provincial government's Parent Payment Program portal.That's the site by which the UCP are giv...
Oct 15, 2025
Applications open for provincial parent payment program
The Government of Alberta has officially launched the parent payment portal, and applications are now open for the parent payment program that will support families during the teachers' strike.The par...
Oct 14, 2025
Alberta teachers, government resume talks as provincewide strike hits second week
EDMONTON - The union representing Alberta teachers and the provincial government's bargaining committee met Tuesday for the first time since a provincewide strike began a week ago. As of Tuesday after...
Oct 14, 2025
Alberta teachers, province set to meet for first time since strike began last week
The union representing Alberta teachers and the provincial government's bargaining committee are set to meet today for the first time since a provincewide strike began Oct. 6. The strike, entering its...
Oct 14, 2025
'There's a void': Alberta students keep busy, hope for end to teachers strike
EDMONTON - Many Alberta students are sleeping in these days, struggling with the feeling they should be doing something else instead. A provincewide teachers strike, about to enter its second week, ha...
Oct 13, 2025
RCMP targeting impaired driving this holiday weekend
Alberta RCMP will be participating in #OperationImpact2025 this holiday weekend, with a focus on removing impaired drivers from our roads.This is done as part of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of ...
Oct 11, 2025
New pulmonary function testing program launches for rural and remote areas in Alberta
Albertans in rural and remote areas, as well as those in Indigenous communities, now have access to a new service able to keep tabs on a person's lung health.The service is called Lung Health Check Pu...
Oct 10, 2025
Alberta Premier Smith says Ottawa is dodging responsibility for pipeline decision
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says Ottawa is dodging responsibility by not standing behind the province's planned proposal for a pipeline that would bring oil to the B.C. coast. In a statement Fri...
Oct 10, 2025