Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta NDP launch petition to declare health care state of emergency
There's another petition for you to sign.This time, it's the Alberta NDP who are asking Albertans to consider signing a new legislative petition demanding a state of emergency be declared for the prov...
Feb 02, 2026
Second recall petition against an Alberta legislature member fails
A second recall petition to oust a member of Alberta's legislature has failed after falling well short of the required signatures. Derek Keenan, who has been petitioning since November for the removal...
Feb 02, 2026 A recall petition aimed at Airdrie-East MLA Angela Pitt has failed. (Image Credit: United Conservative Party)
Love a Shelter Campaign invites Albertans to thank frontline shelter workers this February
The Alberta Council of Women's Shelters (ACWS) is inviting the public to take part in a simple but meaningful act of support: writing a Valentine message for a shelter worker.The initiative gets under...
Feb 02, 2026 ACWS (Image Credit: ACWS)
Blackfoot Confederacy opposed to Alberta separation, sighting Treaty rights
Indigenous leaders in southern Alberta say they will not support the province's potential exit from Canada.The Blackfoot Confederacy, comprising the Siksika Nation, Kainai Nation, Piikani Nation, and ...
Feb 02, 2026 The Blackfoot Confederacy is expressing its opposition to Alberta separation. (Image Credit: Blackfoot Confederacy)
Thousands of Alberta government employees return to offices as hybrid work plan ends
Thousands of Alberta government workers are heading back to work in their offices full time. Sunday marked the official end of the province's hybrid-work option, which was implemented during the COVID...
Feb 02, 2026 AUPE (Image Credit: AUPE)
AUPE General Support Services and AHS reach tentative agreement
The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) has announced it has reached a tentative collective agreement with Alberta Health Services (AHS).According to a media release, AHS sent an offer to AUP...
Jan 30, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo)
Independent Alberta legislature member says he isn't joining Progressive Tory party
A former United Conservative member of Alberta's legislature says he will remain an Independent MLA when the house reconvenes in February. Scott Sinclair, who represents the Lesser Slave Lake riding, ...
Jan 30, 2026 Alberta Legislature (Image Credit: The Canadian Press)
Government says economics not a reason why union ordered back
Alberta's 9-thousand unionized provincial employees are going back to the office full time in a few days. But their return is coming with a planned silent protest. Bobby-Joe Borodey, with the Alberta ...
Jan 30, 2026 AUPE (Image Credit: AUPE)
West Edmonton Mall locked down second time this week after shooting incident Thursday afternoon
The largest mall in Canada was placed on lockdown two times in less than a week after incidents involving firearms. Edmonton Police responded to a weapons complaint just before 12:30 p.m. on Thursday,...
Jan 30, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Alberta separatist says members of Smith's caucus have signed referendum petition
A leader of Alberta's separatist movement says some members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus have signed the petition looking to force a vote on the province quitting Canad...
Jan 30, 2026 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith provides an update on teacher bargaining in Calgary, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Image Credit: The Canadian Press)