Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes at school
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.She says students 16 and 17 will not need ...
Jan 31, 2024
Alberta scores A for red tape reduction
The Canadian Federation of Business (CFIB) has awarded Alberta with a grade of A on its 2024 Red Tape Report Card.This week marks Red Tape Awareness Week for 2024, and the CFIB released its Red Tape R...
Jan 31, 2024
Smith plans to meet with feds over childcare concerns
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta's Premier said she is planning to take action after childcare operators voiced their concerns over the new funding arrangement.Danielle Smith said in a social media post on Tu...
Jan 31, 2024
AMA Family Doctors sharing concerns through social media
Some family doctors in Alberta are going on social media around the clock to talk about the pressures that are squeezing their practices.The 24 physicians are sharing their stories on social media cha...
Jan 31, 2024
Water-sharing negotiations to start this week in Alberta
Alberta's Drought Command Team has received the go-ahead to negotiate with major water license holders to create water-sharing agreements in the Red Deer River, Bow River, and Old Man River basins. Pr...
Jan 31, 2024
'Muscling': Alberta government won't stock B.C. wines that sell direct to consumers
EDMONTON - An interprovincial wine war is fermenting after Alberta's liquor wholesaler told vintners in British Columbia that it won't stock their products in retail stores unless they stop shipping i...
Jan 31, 2024
Emergency Alert issued for Minburn County as fire burns at oil lease site
UPDATE: The alert has been cancelled. A critical emergency alert has been issued for the County of Minburn Tuesday evening, Jan. 30.The County of Minburn is located east of Edmonton."There is an out o...
Jan 30, 2024
New provincial grant programs meant to settle legal issues
The Alberta government has announced one-time grants for programs to help resolve legal issues outside the courts. The province is allotting one-point-two million dollars on the grants. Community-base...
Jan 30, 2024
Some Alberta daycares start 'rolling closures' to protest $10-a-day program: group
CALGARY - Some daycare operators in Alberta have started "rolling closures" to push for changes to the $10-a-day child-care program, an advocacy group said Tuesday.The Association of Alberta Childcare...
Jan 30, 2024
Alberta NDP missing an opportunity to enhance public profile with new leadership race format, political observer says
A retired political science instructor at Medicine Hat College says the Alberta New Democrats are squandering an opportunity to enhance its profile with its new leadership contest rules.Jim Groom said...
Jan 30, 2024