Category Archives: Alberta
Strathcona Resources selling Montney assets
Strathcona Resources Ltd. has signed a series of three agreements to sell its assets in the Montney region valued at a total of $2.84 billion. The company says once the deals are complete it will be a...
May 15, 2025
Alberta Energy Regulator approves coal exploration at Grassy Mountain
A coal mining company will be able to get a better understanding of coal deposits on a mountain in Crowsnest Pass.The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has approved three permits for Northback Holdings a...
May 15, 2025
Onion Lake Cree Nation to proceed with legal challenge of Alberta sovereignty act
Alberta's bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a First Nation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier's flagship sovereignty act.Danielle Smith has said her A...
May 15, 2025
Alberta government amends referendum bill in effort to placate First Nations' concern
Alberta's government has made 11th-hour changes to controversial proposed legislation declaring that no separation referendum question could threaten First Nations' existing treaty rights.Premier Dani...
May 15, 2025
Alberta's personal information protection law ruled partly unconstitutional
Parts of Alberta's personal information protection legislation have been ruled unconstitutional.But a judge is upholding an order to stop an American facial recognition company from collecting images ...
May 14, 2025
No more blue wall, red wall: How electoral reform could stop regional election sweeps
A change to Canada's electoral system would have delivered a very different House of Commons this year - one without the monolithic regional strongholds held by both major federal parties - according ...
May 14, 2025
Alberta cabinet minister Ric McIver resigns post as Speaker vote looms
Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver has resigned from cabinet amid speculation he will run for the vacant position of Speaker of the House. Premier Danielle Smith says she's grateful for McI...
May 13, 2025
Alberta reaches 5 million people, according to StatsCan
According to Statistics Canada, Alberta has now reached five million people.You can see StatsCan's live population tracker here.Alberta hit four million in October 2013, it was summarized by an econom...
May 12, 2025
Alberta cancels planned increase to industrial carbon tax
The Government of Alberta says it is helping to keep industries competitive and defend jobs with its latest move.The province has announced that it is freezing the industrial carbon tax, which is curr...
May 12, 2025
Union representing Alberta provincial employees begins historic strike vote
Thousands of Alberta government workers started voting Thursday on whether or not to strike.The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees said in a statement its employees have not seen a significant wage...
May 10, 2025