Provincial Politics

Grant plan to cut Alberta class sizes has failed, says education minister

Alberta's education minister says a grant program to cut class sizes in schools has spent $3.4 billion over the last 15 years while failing to deliver results.Adriana LaGrange says a report on the Cla...

Oct 18, 2019 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange

Alberta legislation would scrap NDP plan to change electricity power market

EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced legislation to follow through on its promise to end the plan to move the provincial power market to a capacity system.Energy Minister Sonya Savage says stakeholders d...

Oct 17, 2019 (Lethbridge News Now file photo)

Alberta expanding duties licenced practical nurses can perform

The Alberta government is expanding the duties that licenced practical nurses are allowed to perform. It's amending professional regulations to allow the province's 16,000 LPN's to administer blood, p...

Josh Hall Oct 17, 2019 Health Minister Tyler Shandro

City hopeful for important funding from provincial budget

The City of Red Deer has released its wish list for next week's provincial budget."We will be watching specifically for the Province's intention regarding support for the hospital, a shelter and addit...

Oct 17, 2019

United We Roll to counter-protest Thunberg climate strike at Legislature

A climate strike planned for the Alberta Legislature on Friday featuring Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has sparked a 'call to action' by supporters of Alberta's oil and gas industry.Glen Carritt wit...

Oct 17, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Alberta introduces legislation allowing access to partner's criminal records

EDMONTON - Alberta is introducing legislation first developed in Britain that allows people in abusive relationships to request information about a partner's criminal record. Premier Ja...

Oct 16, 2019

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in Edmonton Friday for climate strike

EDMONTON - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is planning to be at the Alberta legislature Friday for a climate strike. Climate Justice Edmonton says the 16-year-old Stockholm student will join acti...

Oct 16, 2019

City council supports proposed changes to police funding model

Red Deer city council is supporting, in principle, the province's plan to have smaller communities in Alberta pay for policing. Currently, communities with fewer than 5,000 people have their policing ...

Oct 15, 2019

Alberta joining class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, distributors

CALGARY - The Alberta government says it's joining a class-action lawsuit to recoup health-care costs related to the opioid crisis. Health Minister Tyler Shandro says there were almost 800 fatal overd...

Oct 15, 2019

Red Deer Public Schools writing Education Minister to retain legal name

The Red Deer Public Schools Board of Trustees will be writing Education Minister Adriana LaGrange in their bid to keep the word "Public" in their legal name. The Public School Boards Association of Al...

Oct 11, 2019