Alberta labour figures for the month of May have been released. According to the Province, there were 2,670,500 people employed Alberta-wide last month, up almost 14,000 from April, and an increase of 104,400 or 4.1 percent from May 2025.Across the country, there was an additional 87,800 jobs created last month.Alberta...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the law will be enforced if First Nations communities engage in civil disobedience over her government's separation referendum. But at an unrelated news conference today, the premier says she hopes it doesn't come to that. On Oct. 19, Albertans will vote on whether they want to stay ...

Alberta's government is eyeing train connections for airports to the downtown cores of its two biggest cities as the first key project of the province's new passenger rail plan. But construction isn't expected to start any time soon, as the government says it will spend $15 million over the next three years to advance ...

Gus Wetter School in Castor, Alberta is now the proud home of a 24/7 publicly accessible SaveStation AED cabinet.AED stands for Automated External Defibrillator, and one could save your life in the case of a sudden cardiac arrest.The one in Castor, in east-central Alberta, is the eighth donated by Action First Aid in t...

Treaty chiefs representing First Nations across the West say they are willing to carry out acts of civil disobedience if necessary to fight Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's separation vote. And Treaty 8 Grand Chief Trevor Mercredi has renewed a call for Smith to put a stop to an upcoming referendum on it. He points to ...

The Government of Alberta has invested $2.5 million in the Community Pathways to Justice grant to help support survivors of gender-based violence.The investment also advances the province's 10-year strategy to end gender-based violence."It is critical that survivors receive the support they need to navigate the ju...

The British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) has come out to say it's looking at supplementing the number of teams it has, and Alberta is one of the markets it's seriously considering.The BCHL, which recently held its Annual General Meeting at Rogers Place in Vancouver, re-affirmed a growth plan established back in Octobe...

Alberta's government says it will begin rolling out three-in-one identification cards, ultimately replacing the province's long-reviled paper health cards.Starting July 2, new driver's licences and ID cards will include resident's health numbers and citizenship markers, a move the government says will streamline access...

The Government of Alberta is investing nearly $5 million to support conservation in Alberta.Through the Private Land Conservation Program, $2.8 million in grant funding has been awarded to five projects that will conserve over 8,500 acres across Alberta.More specifically, $156,790 will be presented to the Crooked Creek...

The Government of Alberta announced they're investing in infrastructure and technology to bolster death investigations and provide answers for families faster.As a result, the province will invest $125 million over four years for a new facility for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) in Edmonton. They'll al...

A lot of rain has fallen across the last three days in Alberta.Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued a weather summary on Tuesday, with rainfall totals up to 9 a.m. on Tuesday.Per ECCC: "A long-duration heavy rainfall event affected much of southern and central Alberta beginning on Saturday, May 30, ...

Alberta post-secondary students who intend to apply for loans and grants can do so beginning June 3. The Government of Alberta says it is investing more than $1 billion into student aid, which also includes scholarships and awards.The province also says it is increasing non-repayable funding and updating eligibility as...

Alberta's governing United Conservative Party has tapped a retired judge to chair the province's new political boundaries panel. Former provincial justice Brian O'Ferrall will head a panel, overseen by a UCP-led committee, to redraw a map marking all electoral ridings across the province. The Opposition NDP questions w...

An Alberta health care watchdog says it wants to remind the UCP government that seniors are valued, and its executive director believes those who built this province should be treated better.Chris Galloway with Friends of Medicare made the comments during an interview with Pattison Media Monday, the first day of Senior...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is planning to meet with her counterpart in Quebec City this week, with separatism and energy possible topics of discussion. Smith says she's hoping Quebec Premier Christine Frechette will be open to talking about an east-west energy corridor. Smith says every time she has met with leader...

Alberta is rolling out a new surgery funding model that ties money to patients, starting in a dozen public hospitals across the province. The government calls it patient-focused funding and says it began last month for the initial group of hospitals. Hospital operators are being funded based on the number and type of p...

During Safe Kids Week, Primary Care Alberta is encouraging parents to speak with their young ones about safely moving through the community.As PCA notes, Parachute is a national charitable organization dedicated to injury prevention, and is a key player in Safe Kids Week, which runs June 1-7.This year, PCA is encouragi...

Renowned Alberta archeologist Bob Dawe has stood at this spot, near the windy, windswept craggy sandstone cliff of the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in southern Alberta, thousands of times during his career.But his mind always goes back to what it was like at the site of what was basically an early abattoir for thousand...

The Government of Alberta have launched new flood mapping studies this spring that they say will provide detailed information on flood hazards.The studies will produce about 260 kilometres of new or updated flood mapping for 10 communities, such as Barrhead, Birchwood Village Greens, Didsbury, Driftpile, Eckville, Jarv...

Beginning Monday, June 1, childcare facilities across Alberta will be required to post on-site notices of high-risk, potentially criminal incidents reported through their programs. Under the new rules, the notices will need to go up within one business day after incidents are reported and in an area which parents have ...

On the latest episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast: Thomas Lukaszuk, proponent of the Forever Canadian petition.Listen here: --If you ask Thomas Lukaszuk, perhaps you won't be surprised to hear that he isn't too happy with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.Smith announced last week that Albertans will go to the poll...

The Government of Alberta issued a backgrounder on the upcoming Oct. 19 referenda.You can read it in its entirety, below:"Elections Alberta recognizes Albertans' deep interest in the upcoming referendum and will be providing important information on our website over the next weeks and months leading up to October ...

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has completed report cards on Canada's ten provincial finance ministers, including former Alberta's Nate Horner.In its annual review, the federation gave Horner an average grade of C+, based on three factors - debt, debt interest payments, and tax relief, but that's a downgrade from th...

The Government of Alberta and Alberta RCMP announced Thursday that they are strengthening the fight against organized crime.The government is investing $8 million, officials said in a news conference, to also tackle extortion and gang activity in all corners of Alberta."This targeted investment gives law enforceme...

Alberta election officials say while the province's question on quitting Canada hasn't been written in stone, it will be at the top of an ordered stack of 10 ballots. Elections Alberta says 10 referendum questions to be put to Albertans on Oct. 19 will be colour-coded, and voters won't need to mark the box on every que...

A new non-surgical weight loss option is now available in the province, according to Alberta Health Services.The minimally invasive weight-loss procedure aimed at treating obesity is performed by bariatric surgery and gastroenterology teams at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.In a release, AHS notes the following:Endoscopi...

A total of 395 organizations across Canada, including many in Alberta, are receiving funding from the federal government to advance gender equality.The funding totals more than $77.5 million, and is being distributed through the Ministry of Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) via three streams.$44.4 million for 218 organi...

The Alberta government says the province's water supply outlook is promising with summer just around the corner.The May Water Supply Outlook report shows conditions are on track to be much better than last year, with strong snowpack and multiple spring snowstorms."Most of Alberta is heading into the summer season ...