Category Archives: Alberta
Podcast: Olympic & Paralympic heroes, college record holders, among vaunted 2025 Alberta Sports Hall of Fame class
Not a single accomplishment belonging to any of this year's inductees into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame would've been possible without community.That was a common thread among the messages inductee...
Jun 09, 2025
'General acceptance': A year of banning cellphones in Canadian classrooms
EDMONTON - Sixteen-year-old Roha Akram was skeptical when teachers in Calgary announced a cellphone ban during the first assembly of the school year. "I was like, 'No one's going to follow this,'" the...
Jun 09, 2025
Update 2: Alberta wildfire update
Progress is being made on wildfires thanks to Alberta teams and crews from Canada and the U.S.; however, several out-of-control wildfires continue to burn. While some communities are allowing resident...
Jun 06, 2025
Alberta teachers taking strike vote June 5-8
Alberta teachers are currently taking a strike vote.The vote, which runs June 5-8, followed up the strike authorization vote which took place at the end of May, and saw 99 per cent vote in favour.Near...
Jun 06, 2025
Minister Schulz says Competition Bureau guidelines on environment claims send the wrong signal at the wrong time
Alberta's environment minister is speaking out against the federal anti-greenwashing guidelines that were released on Thursday.The Competition Bureau considered more than 400 responses to the greenwas...
Jun 06, 2025
Canada Post offering free mail forwarding for evacuees
Canada Post is trying to make things easier for residents displaced due to ongoing wildfire evacuations. While evacuated, Swan Hills residents will have their mail redirected to the Whitecourt Post Of...
Jun 06, 2025
MLA Glenn van Dijken heading to Iowa to strengthen Canada-U.S. economic ties
Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock MLA Glenn van Dijken is travelling to the U.S. today to attend the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Spring Agriculture Task Force meeting.The move is an eff...
Jun 05, 2025
Province investing $6 million in grants for community-based supports and services
Alberta's government says it is taking action against family violence by investing $6 million in grants for community-based supports and services.Until June 24, through the Taking Action on Family Vio...
Jun 05, 2025
Removing barriers for Alberta’s Oil Rigs
Alberta's government is cutting red tape to help service rig operators spend more time working in the field, not waiting at inspection sites. An oilfield service rig is a mobile platform equipped with...
Jun 05, 2025
Kananaskis golf course getting ready for G7, possible Trump visit
KANANASKIS - Darren Robinson had some very important news to tell U.S. president George Bush and Jos Mara Aznar, the prime minister of Spain. The pro shop was open. Aznar had told Robinson, general ma...
Jun 05, 2025