Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta RCMP offer traffic safety tips for fall
As the leaves change and temperatures drop, Alberta RCMP would like to remind drivers of some traffic safety tips to consider this fall season.Shorter days can mean reduced visibility, and both driver...
Oct 10, 2024
What people and organizations are saying about World Mental Health Day 2024
Oct. 10 is World Mental Health Day, and thoughts are being shared from around the political sphere.Provincially, Minister of Mental Health and Addiction, Dan Williams, reminds Albertans they are not a...
Oct 10, 2024
UCP welcomes back Lacombe-Ponoka MLA who spoke disrespectfully of transgender youth
Seventeen months after she was booted from the United Conservative caucus, Jennifer Johnson, who serves as MLA for Lacombe-Ponoka, has been welcomed back.The UCP caucus made the announcement Wednesday...
Oct 09, 2024
Boissonnault appointed to lead federal government's effort to rebuild Jasper
JASPER, ALTA. - Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault has been tasked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to lead the federal government's share of the work to rebuild Jasper, Alta. In July, a wildfire ...
Oct 09, 2024
Alberta announces new compensation agreement for resident physicians
The Alberta Government has reached a new compensation agreement for resident physicians.The province, in partnership with Alberta Health Services (AHS), the University of Alberta, University of Calgar...
Oct 09, 2024
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's key strategist on addiction recovery to exit role
One of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's key advisers and the driving force behind the province's recovery-focused addiction treatment policy is leaving the job.In a social media post Tuesday, the prem...
Oct 09, 2024
Alberta government working on long and short term solutions to rural healthcare gaps
Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says the government is working on both long term and short term strategies to address healthcare staffing shortages in rural and remote facilities in central Alberta a...
Oct 08, 2024
Municipal infrastructure funding now tied to provincial revenues
A new funding formula introduced in the 2024 provincial budget is expected to provide municipalities with more infrastructure funding for the 2025-26 fiscal year.The Government of Alberta introduced t...
Oct 08, 2024
Alberta investing in affordable housing repairs
Through budget 2024, the Government of Alberta is investing nearly $121 million over three years into maintenance and repairs for government-owned affordable housing units. Through the Capital Mainten...
Oct 08, 2024
Slave Lake RCMP arrests suspect and recover stolen vehicle
Slave Lake RCMP members have arrested a Calgary resident and recovered a stolen vehicle. On October 5, at around 10:00 p.m. Slave Lake RCMP spotted a stolen vehicle while on a routine patrol and attem...
Oct 08, 2024