Provincial Politics

UCP backbencher proposes higher speed limits for Alberta highways

An MLA with the United Conservative Party feels increasing speed limits on the province's highways would improve the commutes of Albertans without sacrificing safety.Spruce Grove-Stony Plain MLA Searl...

Mar 11, 2021

Next step on Alberta pension plan in spring, but no change without referendum: Kenney

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says his government will make a decision this spring on whether to pursue pulling Alberta out of the Canada Pension Plan.But Kenney says even if the United Conservative...

Mar 10, 2021

Province approves Hunting Hills modernization and addition

Two Red Deer school projects are among fourteen to receive funding through the latest provincial budget.The government is providing $268 million for school construction in the province, including new ...

Mar 10, 2021

Clearwater County writing letter to UCP sharing concerns over coal-mining

A municipal council in Alberta Environment Minister Jason Nixon's constituency is the latest to express concern about the province's plan to expand coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.Clearwater County...

Mar 10, 2021

'Vast majority' of officers committed to bias-free policing: Alberta police chief

LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA - The chief of the Lethbridge Police Service says it will co-operate fully with a probe into officers who allegedly made unauthorized checks on a provincial cabinet ministe...

Mar 10, 2021

Proposed bill looks to have school superintendents college become regulatory body

EDMONTON, AB - A new proposed bill aims to strengthen the kindergarten to Grade 12 education system in Alberta.Bill 55, the College of Alberta School Superintendents Act, would make the college a legi...

Mar 09, 2021

First Nations say Alberta review of coal project inadequate, seek federal involvement

EDMONTON - Two of southern Alberta's largest First Nations have asked the federal government to step into an environmental review of a coal mine proposed for the Rocky Mountains. In a letter to federa...

Mar 09, 2021

Alberta's Toews says final bill on defunct Keystone XL not 'materially' above $1.3B

EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says taxpayers won't be on the hook for much more beyond $1.3 billion already committed to the defunct Keystone XL pipeline. Travis Toews did not provide specific...

Mar 09, 2021

Canadian Taxpayers Federation says Budget 2021 shows a "lack of effort" to find savings

Budget 2021 blew the roof off spending restraint, leaving taxpayers with a simple question: businesses and families have found ways to save money during the pandemic and downturn, so why is the Albert...

Mar 08, 2021

Turning Point officials optimistic for OPS funding extension

Officials with Red Deer's temporary Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) are hopeful their provincial funding will continue past the end of the government's budget cycle on March 31.Sarah Fleck, clinical ma...

Mar 08, 2021