Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta introduces 'apprenticeship-style model' for Class 1 drivers
There will soon be a new way for Albertans to become commercial truck drivers.The Government of Alberta says it is improving Class 1 licensing and training with a new, made-in-Alberta learning pathway...
Mar 27, 2024
Alberta records largest population growth since StatCan tracking started in 1972
Alberta saw a substantial increase to its population last year as people from other parts of the country and from elsewhere in the world flocked to the prairies.Statistics Canada has released its fina...
Mar 27, 2024
Funding announced to conduct 'more surgeries this year than ever before' in Alberta
The Government of Alberta looks to continue its efforts to catch up on the surgical backlog in the province.The 2024 provincial budget includes $305 million for Alberta Health Services (AHS) to perfor...
Mar 26, 2024
Pancholi drops out of Alberta NDP leadership race
One person who was looking to lead the Alberta NDP is instead taking things in a different direction.Rakhi Pancholi has announced that she is dropping out of the party's leadership race.The MLA for Ed...
Mar 26, 2024
Western Crop Innovations launches April 1 in Lacombe
The Government of Alberta has announced that it is relaunching the Field Crop Development Centre in Lacombe as Western Crops Innovations (WCI).Launched in 1973, the FCDC has, in recent years, been man...
Mar 25, 2024
Alberta RCMP warning against mass marketing and phone scams
Alberta RCMP is participating in Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association's Fraud Prevention Month.Mounties are sharing information and resources to help you protect yourself from mass marketing...
Mar 25, 2024
59% of Albertans want carbon tax abolished: poll
A new survey suggests that the majority of Albertans want to completely eliminate the federal carbon tax.The Angus Reid Institute polled 1,602 Canadian adults, including 155 residents of Alberta betwe...
Mar 25, 2024
Alberta scientists band together to shift climate change focus to health impacts
EDMONTON - Bodies and minds are just as affected by climate change as sea ice and forests, says University of Alberta scientist Sherilee Harper. "Climate change impacts everything we care about," she ...
Mar 24, 2024
$1.9 billion for major highway and bridge projects in Alberta budget
The 2024 Alberta budget includes over $151 million over three years for 56 engineering projects across the province. Minister of Transportation on Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen says $3.3 billion h...
Mar 22, 2024
Program at Lethbridge College proving beneficial for cancer patients
An initiative at Lethbridge College is offering help to cancer patients.The Alberta Cancer Exercise (ACE) program is available at the post-secondary's Be Fit for Life Centre, in 12-week sessions that ...
Mar 22, 2024