Category Archives: Alberta
Province aiming to reform sand and gravel pit regulation
Alberta's government says it is acting fast on 15 recommendations delivered by the Sand and Gravel Task Force report to modernize private land sand and gravel pit regulation.Provincial officials say s...
Dec 11, 2025
QuickList on the 21 Alberta politicians facing citizen recall petitions
Twenty Alberta legislature members with Premier Danielle Smith's 47-member United Conservative Party caucus are officially facing recall petitions from constituents. A recall campaign has also been ap...
Dec 10, 2025
Alberta government amends bill after chief electoral officer warns it harms trust
Alberta's government has made last-minute changes to a bill after the province's chief electoral officer warned it would impede the independence of his office.The proposed legislation would makes nume...
Dec 10, 2025
Recall petition issued for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, two more cabinet ministers
EDMONTON - Elections Alberta announced Wednesday a recall petition has been issued for Premier Danielle Smith and two more of her United Conservative Party cabinet ministers. The petitioner seeking to...
Dec 10, 2025
Alberta legislature passes bill invoking Charter override for fourth time
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta's governing United Conservatives stayed up into the early pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning to pass a bill that marks the fourth time in under two months they hav...
Dec 10, 2025
Police say A-I-generated pornography involving children growing rapidly
Police in Alberta say illegal and explicit A-I-generated pornography involving children is growing rapidly.But Staff Sergeant Mark Auger (OH'-zhay)says as disturbing as that is, there are things paren...
Dec 09, 2025
Province announces $2-million for future francophone schools
The Alberta government has announced new funding to develop new francophone schools across the province.$2-million dollars will be shared among all four of the province's francophone regional boards t...
Dec 08, 2025
Alberta government refusing questions from NDP MLA over question period remark
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government and a member of the Opposition NDP are in a standoff over questions in the legislature.Smith's United Conservatives say they will no longer respond to quest...
Dec 08, 2025
Country singer Corb Lund gets OK to launch anti-coal petition drive in Alberta
EDMONTON - Alberta singer Corb Lund has been given the go-ahead to start collecting signatures for a petition to ask the province to pass a law banning new coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Roc...
Dec 08, 2025
Parts of northern Alberta slated to see upwards of 30 cm of snow by Tuesday
Many parts of north and southeastern Alberta are expected to get a blast of wintry weather Monday.Environment Canada says much of the Peace Region north of Edmonton, including Grande Prairie in the we...
Dec 08, 2025