Alberta

Alberta adds millions to women's and infants' health funding

The Government of Alberta has announced extra funding that it hopes will help to protect the health of women and babies.Premier Danielle Smith says healthy families are the foundation of healthy commu...

May 03, 2024

Alberta was one of Canada's top contributors to economic growth in 2023

A new report from Statistics Canada shows that Alberta was one of the country's top economic performers last year, despite national growth slowing.Real GDP growth for all of Canada was 1.2 per cent in...

May 03, 2024

Alberta’s government intends to make changes to proposed municipal affairs bill: Minister

The Government of Alberta is taking a step back from legislation proposed last week.Bill 20, the Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act 2024, proposes changes to two components of municipal-related ...

May 02, 2024

Alberta & Saskatchewan agree to develop nuclear power

Nuclear power generation could become a possibility in two western Canadian provinces.The Governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance its develop...

May 02, 2024

Alberta reveals 2024 drought response plan with current status one step away from water emergency

The Alberta government on Thursday outlined what it would take for it to active a never-before declared water emergency under the province's 2024 drought response plan.The province is currently at the...

May 02, 2024

Alberta government reverses planned cut to aid funding for low-income transit riders

The Alberta government is reversing its plan to axe a subsidy program that helps low-income people pay for transit passes.Social Services Minister Jason Nixon said the mayors of Edmonton and Calgary h...

May 01, 2024

Province aiming to help communities save money, lower energy costs

Officials with the provincial government say Alberta's new $6-million program will help municipalities make energy-saving upgrades, reducing costs and emissions.Provincial officials note that arenas, ...

May 01, 2024

Alberta-Montana passenger rail service proposed

A non-profit group in Alberta is looking to build an international train route, connecting the prairie province and Montana.Integrated Travel Research and Development has released its Alberta-Montana ...

May 01, 2024

Oil begins moving on Canada’s $34B Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Smith calls it ‘monumental’

Canada's energy sector as well as the country's main oil-producing province celebrated Wednesday as the long-awaited $34-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion officially came online.Crown corporat...

May 01, 2024

Alberta government reverses planned cut to aid funding for low-income transit riders

The Alberta government is reversing its plan to axe a subsidy program that helps low-income people pay for transit passes.It comes after a day of backlash from the mayors of Edmonton and Calgary.The p...

May 01, 2024