Provincial Politics

‘Recovery community’ for addiction treatment announced for Red Deer

The provincial government is providing up to $5 million to build a recovery community in Red Deer, a move they say will add 75 addiction treatment beds in central Alberta.The announcement is part of $...

Jul 18, 2020

Wildrose Independence Party picks interim leader

The newly-formed Wildrose Independence Party has selected Paul Hinman as its interim leader. Hinman served two terms as an Alberta MLA 2004-2008 and 2009-2012. He was leader of the Alberta Alliance an...

Jul 18, 2020

Red Deer student's acceptance speech cut from online awards ceremony

Jesse Drwiega says he is very proud of the recognition he received this week from the province of Alberta.However, the Red Deer native and Lindsay Thurber grad says his free speech was silenced when t...

Jul 16, 2020

Spending at Red Deer's overdose prevention site watched closely: Turning Point

The agency that operates the temporary Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) in Red Deer says there are measures in place to prevent inappropriate spending like what's alleged to have occurred in Lethbridge....

Jul 16, 2020

Feds, provinces reach deal on funding for reopening, Trudeau announces

OTTAWA - The federal, provincial and territorial governments have reached a deal on billions of dollars in transfers to continue reopening economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Jus...

Jul 16, 2020

Province pulling funding from Lethbridge's supervised consumption site

LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of the busiest Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS) in the world is losing its provincial government funding.The government of Alberta has halted funding to the Lethbridge SCS. The ...

Jul 16, 2020

CHAT NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Lethbridge police officers temporarily demoted in connection with surveillance of NDP cabinet minister

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two veteran Lethbridge police officers have been demoted over unauthorized surveillance of former Alberta environment minister Shannon Phillips and people she met with over a controve...

Jul 14, 2020

State of Affordable Housing in Alberta

Our government has been clear from the beginning: we are committed to living within our means, while maintaining the critical services Albertans rely on. As I have said before, that means doing things...

Jul 12, 2020

Minister doubts survey suggesting 40 per cent of Alberta doctors have considered leaving province

CALGARY - A survey by the Alberta Medical Association suggests more than 40 per cent of the province's physicians have at least considered looking for work elsewhere in Canada.The group blames the pot...

Jul 10, 2020

Orphan wells funding program needs rules to be effective: NDP

Clean up after yourself.Every child and parent knows the command. We all learn that we are responsible for our own actions. It's part of life.Somewhere along the line, the message got somewhat lost al...

Jul 08, 2020