Category Archives: Alberta
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney to participate in separation debates
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney is taking up the Canadian cause as he's set to participate in two debates about separatism against a lawyer pushing for the province to go its own way. The first de...
Mar 25, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Final four Alberta petition efforts to recall United Conservatives fall short
The final four Alberta recall petitions that aimed to unseat United Conservative members of the legislature have failed. Elections Alberta confirms petitioners didn't gather enough signatures to recal...
Mar 25, 2026 Alberta Legislature
Alberta, Ottawa reach 'agreement-in-principle' on methane emissions
Alberta will be in control of regulating its methane emissions under an agreement-in-principle with Ottawa. The two governments inked a sweeping accord late last year touching on several energy policy...
Mar 25, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 245295419 © Francesco Scatena | Dreamstime.com)
Alberta committee recommends Phillip Peters to replace Wylie as auditor general
An Alberta legislature committee has reached into the auditor general's office to pick a new person to lead the watchdog agency. The committee has voted to recommend that Premier Danielle Smith's cabi...
Mar 25, 2026 Alberta Legislature (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
RCMP make arrest, urge people to be wary of cold calls offering phone upgrades
RCMP in Alberta are warning people to be careful if they get a call out of the blue asking them if they want to upgrade their phone. Police say fraudsters are cold calling people asking if they want a...
Mar 24, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 109022934 © Alexey Boldin | Dreamstime.com)
RCMP arrest and charge 18-year-old after Alberta highway shooting that killed driver
RCMP have made an arrest in a highway shooting south of Edmonton earlier this month that left one man dead. They say three friends were headed to the mountains on the Queen Elizabeth 2 Highway on Marc...
Mar 24, 2026
Opposition member says new procedural rules allows government to duck questions for years
New procedural rules are in effect in the Alberta legislature, and one opposition member says some effectively allow Premier Danielle Smith's government to duck questions for years. Former United Cons...
Mar 23, 2026 Alberta Legislature
Alberta to change legislation allowing lawsuits over sharing deepfake intimate images
Alberta's government says it's looking to change an existing law to let people sue others for sharing fake intimate images created through artificial intelligence. Technology Minister Nate Glubish say...
Mar 23, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 309252608 © Ramirezom | Dreamstime.com)
AB Fish & Wildlife share fish handling tips
Alberta Fish and Wildlife is offering tips for anglers, as large pike prepare to spawn.Fish and Wildlife says large pike are "especially vulnerable to hooking mortality," and safe catch and release pr...
Mar 22, 2026 ID 11115385 © David Webb | Dreamstime.com (Image Credit: ID 11115385 © David Webb | Dreamstime.com)
Alberta to shutter Calgary, Lethbridge supervised consumption sites
The Alberta government is shutting down the province's first-ever supervised drug consumption site. Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis says the Sheldon M. Chumir Centre in Calgary, as well as a mobile ...
Mar 20, 2026 Deputy Premier Mike Ellis providing an update on changes to drug consumption services in Alberta. (Image Credit: Government of Alberta-YouTube screenshot)