Category Archives: Alberta
Parks Day encourages Albertans to get out and explore
As the annual Parks Day approaches, this year on July 20, Albertans are encouraged to get outside and enjoy the hundreds of provincial parks and recreation areas the province has to offer.Government o...
Jul 19, 2024
Provincial government levels the playing field with youth sport investment
Through the Every Kid Can Play program, the Government of Alberta is providing a total of $400,000 to Sport Central and the Calgary Flames Sports Bank, two non-profit organizations that provide donate...
Jul 19, 2024
Alberta Premier says ministers, staff accepting playoff hockey tickets onside
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she doesn't think her cabinet ministers and political staff accepting tickets to luxury suites at playoff hockey games runs afoul of ethics rules. Smith ...
Jul 19, 2024
Proposed class-action lawsuit filed over Calgary water main break
CALGARY - A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against the City of Calgary over a major water main break claiming businesses lost significant revenue. In a statement of claim filed Wednesday...
Jul 19, 2024
Alberta to receive $265 million in federal funds for infrastructure
The Government of Alberta has signed a new infrastructure deal with Ottawa that is worth more than a quarter-of-a-billion dollars.The province is set to receive $265 million from the federal Canada Co...
Jul 19, 2024
Province says wildlife management responders to answer calls about problem wildlife
The Alberta government says it is introducing something it thinks will help with problem wildlife. This will see the formation of an approved network of wildlife management responders. They would answ...
Jul 19, 2024
Wildfire prompts MEG Energy, Imperial to move workers away from oilsands sites
Out-of-control wildfires blazing in northern Alberta have prompted fresh evacuations of workers from oilsands sites.MEG Energy Corp. said late Wednesday evening that it is evacuating non-essential per...
Jul 18, 2024
Province says record starts keeping Alberta’s housing boom strong
In the first six months of 2024, officials with the Alberta government say housing starts in the province have increased by 54 per cent as more than 21,500 new homes started construction across the pr...
Jul 18, 2024
Accused in Coutts blockade trial feared food shortages, questioned COVID-19 vaccine
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - One of two men accused of conspiring to kill police at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., says he was worried about government overreach, food shortages and the COVID-19 vaccine...
Jul 18, 2024
Alberta adding surveillance teams to monitor rural crime
The Government of Alberta has announced new funding that it believes will help to make rural communities safer.It will spend $4.3 million to add two surveillance teams to the Alberta Sheriffs. One tea...
Jul 18, 2024