Category Archives: Alberta
Budget shoes video and photo release
The Alberta government has released a video featuring Nate Horner, finance minister and president of the Treasury Board, highlighting how the upcoming budget will grow Alberta's economy responsibly an...
Feb 27, 2024
Alberta NDP announce interim changes to caucus
The Alberta NDP has announced interim changes to its caucus as the party undergoes its leadership race.MLAs Sarah Hoffman, Rakhi Pancholi, Kathleen Ganley and Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse are the four curr...
Feb 27, 2024
New report shows ballooning clinic wait times in Alberta
A new study suggests the average clinic wait time in Alberta increased dramatically in 2023.Vancouver-based Medimap says its data shows the average wait time went up to 66 minutes, an increase from 32...
Feb 27, 2024
Canada Special Olympics Winter Games open in Calgary
Starting today, Alberta is welcoming 800 top Special Olympians to the 2024 Canada Special Olympics Winter Games.The event runs Feb. 27 to March 2 in Calgary."Alberta is ready to host Canada's top comp...
Feb 27, 2024
NDP leadership candidate: Alberta should follow B.C.’s lead in raising minimum wage
Alberta NDP leadership candidate Kathleen Ganley is making a call today for Alberta to raise the minimum wage.Ganley says B.C.'s move to $17.40 per hour starting June 1 means Alberta, which sits at $1...
Feb 27, 2024
'Not consulted': Alberta health minister questions Ottawa's national pharmacare plan
EDMONTON - Alberta's health minister is questioning the need for a national pharmacare plan, saying the province already has a comprehensive program for seniors, those on a low-income and those who re...
Feb 27, 2024
Alberta plans to opt out of federal pharmacare plan
The Government of Alberta will not be part of the newly announced federal pharmacare plan.Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange said on Monday, February 26, 2024, that the province was never consul...
Feb 26, 2024
Alberta government funding school nutrition programs
The Government of Alberta is investing $5 million to improve school nutrition programs.The one-time grant aims to expand the programs to provide more students with well-rounded meals and snacks this s...
Feb 26, 2024
Tight budget, health-care changes expected to dominate Alberta legislature sitting
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta politicians are set to return to the legislature this week for a spring sitting that is expected to see the first steps on sweeping structural reforms to a health-care system gr...
Feb 26, 2024
Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse announces bid for Alberta NDP leadership
EDMONTON, AB - A rookie legislature member for Alberta's NDP is making a bid for the party's top job, promising a campaign focused on climate change and drought."I think I'm going to garner support be...
Feb 26, 2024