Category Archives: Alberta

Alberta adds citizenship status to ID cards to streamline service, protect elections
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is adding proof of citizenship markers to driver's licences and other forms of identification to streamline services and prevent election fraud.She s...
Sep 15, 2025

Alberta Next panel, seeking input on federal grievances, hosts town hall in Airdrie
Premier Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel is in Airdrie tonight, as she marches through a final stretch of town halls surveying the public on the province's relationship with the federal government....
Sep 15, 2025

Ottawa working with Alberta, oil companies on emissions cap: Minister
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says The federal government is in discussions with Alberta and oil companies on the federal emissions cap for the oil and gas industry. At a news confer...
Sep 12, 2025

Danielle Smith, Alberta Next panel received warmly by Lethbridge crowd in latest stop
Premier Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel faced a mostly supportive and inquisitive crowd at its latest stop Thursday night in Lethbridge as the group continues to take the public's temperature on t...
Sep 12, 2025

Alberta businesses outline priorities ahead of municipal elections
With municipal elections taking place across Alberta this fall, the Business Council of Alberta (BCA) has released a new report, Municipal Matters: Business Priorities for Alberta's Local Governments,...
Sep 11, 2025

Alberta's Smith says she found unprecedented common ground in meeting with Carney
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her latest meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney has inspired optimism and he is demonstrating a ``real shift'' from the previous Justin Trudeau-led Liberals.Spea...
Sep 11, 2025

BBB warns owners of lost pets to beware of extortion scam
Owners of lost pets are being warned about a pet extortion scam."This scam highlights the lengths that scammers will take to get your hard earned money," says Mary O'Sullivan-Andersen, President/CEO o...
Sep 11, 2025

Alberta premier praises first batch of national-interest projects
Alberta's premier says she sees promising signs in the first batch of projects announced under Ottawa's new fast-tracked approval process.But environmentalists say the inclusion of liquefied natural g...
Sep 11, 2025

Alberta premier condemns 'horrifying' assassination of American activist Charlie Kirk
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the killing of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a university in Utah should be widely condemned by everyone across the political spectrum.Kirk, the co...
Sep 11, 2025

Alberta's Smith says tight budget means teachers face a stark choice in bargaining
With a provincewide teachers strike looming, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says their union has a stark choice between heftier pay hikes and more teachers.Smith suggests they can have one or the othe...
Sep 11, 2025