Alberta

RCMP Livestock Investigations Unit reminds livestock owners to purchase permit

The RCMP Livestock Investigations Unit would like to send a friendly reminder to people who intend on transporting horses and cattle across the border during the upcoming winter months. Mounties say i...

Curtis Galbraith Nov 29, 2023

TSB concludes investigation into Edson helicopter crash during wildfire efforts

The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has deemed that an aerodynamic phenomenon called Vortex Ring State (VRS) caused a helicopter to crash at Edson Airport (CYET) last May, during the height of the w...

Nov 29, 2023

Information and Privacy Commissioner highlights artificial intelligence in first annual report

Alberta's Information and Privacy Commissioner had her first annual report -- for 2022-23 -- tabled in the Legislature by the Speaker on Tuesday.Diane McLeod began her five-year term as commissioner o...

Nov 28, 2023

Alberta government aiming to strengthen emergency medical services

Alberta's government says it is taking action to address Emergency Medical Services (EMS) concerns provincewide with a new advisory committee, performance framework, and fourth dispatch centre.As part...

Nov 28, 2023

Alberta government aiming to accelerate emissions reductions

Alberta's government says it is introducing a new carbon capture incentive program that will cut emissions and create jobs.According to provincial officials, Alberta is a global leader in carbon captu...

Nov 28, 2023

Smith and Schulz to promote Alberta’s climate and energy leadership

Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Environment and Protected Areas Rebecca Schulz will be promoting Alberta's leadership in emission reductions and responsible energy development in the Middle Eas...

Nov 28, 2023

Province adds funding to support K-12 student enrolment

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta said it is taking steps to support schools. The province has announced an additional $30 million in funding for the 2023-24 school year for school authoritie...

Curtis Galbraith Nov 28, 2023

Alberta advocate's office reports highest number of youth deaths, injuries

EDMONTON, AB - Forty-one notifications of death and serious injury were concluded by the provincial child and youth advocate's office during the 2022-2023 report year - a record-breaking number.READ T...

Nov 28, 2023

HBO spent $141 million filming 'The Last of Us' in Alberta: report

LETHBRIDGE, AB - It was the biggest production in the history of TV in Canada, and Alberta stood to benefit greatly from it.The Motion Picture Association of Canada (MPA) has released a report, detail...

Nov 28, 2023

Oil and gas well drillers want federal funding to help industry decarbonize

EDMONTON, AB - Canada's oil and gas well drilling sector is lobbying for a piece of the tax credit pie when it comes to decarbonization.The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC) - which r...

Nov 27, 2023