Alberta

Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre receives big funding boost in provincial funding

The Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre (CACAC) in Red Deer will see a big increase in provincial funding.On Friday, the government announced a new funding model for child advocacy centres across th...

Feb 21, 2020 Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre

Lethbridge MP named chair of federal ethics committee

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Rachael Harder has a new and prominent position in Parliament.She has been named the new Chair of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics."To have the opp...

Feb 21, 2020 Lethbridge MP Rachael Harder (The Canadian Press)

Motz one of four Alberta MPs backing Buffalo Declaration

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat MP Glen Motz is one of four Alberta parliamentarians who have signed onto the Buffalo Declaration seeking greater recognition for the province in Confederation.The docu...

Feb 21, 2020

Province doubles number of articling students working for Crown prosecutors in rural areas

The province has announced it has doubled the amount of articling students working for the Crown prosecution service from eight to 16. The students will be coming to different areas of the province, i...

Feb 21, 2020 Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer (Photo: Government of Alberta)

Drugs seized, Peace Region man arrested in Fort Saskatchewan fraud case

A man from the Peace Region is facing several charges, after being arrested by Fort Saskatchewan RCMP on a fraud case. Bradley Blake (43) of Hines Creek, and Austin Larner (24) were arrested after try...

Feb 21, 2020 Cash and drugs seized during arrest (Fort Saskatchewan RCMP)

NOVA Gas Transmission expansion gets go-ahead from federal energy regulator

An expansion to the NOVA Gas Transmission pipeline system in the Peace Country has earned the backing of the Canada Energy Regulator.The network, which is owned and operated by TC Energy, had applied ...

Feb 21, 2020 Photo: TC Energy

“Blind Hockey Battle of Alberta” goes Saturday in Red Deer

A local man's vision for a blind hockey game in Red Deer will come true this Saturday.Dustin Butterfield started a blind hockey team, the Central Alberta Bullseye, with other blind and visually impair...

Feb 21, 2020

Albertans to lose coverage for out-of-country elective, non-urgent care

The Government of Alberta has announced a healthcare change for Albertans who are traveling to other countries.Effective April 1, 2020, they will no longer be covered for elective, non-urgent health s...

Feb 20, 2020

Province making changes to physician compensation

The Alberta government is making major changes to how it pays doctors.After recent contract talks with doctors failed, Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the government is ending its master agreement ...

Feb 20, 2020 Health Minister Tyler Shandro (The Canadian Press)

New regions added to Livestock Tax Deferral Provision for 2019

OTTAWA - The final list has been released for designated regions where 2019 federal livestock tax deferrals have been authorized due to extreme weather conditions.On July 22, 2019, the government anno...

Feb 20, 2020