Category Archives: Alberta
Citizen petition on Alberta separation approved
A new petition aims to create a referendum on the separation of Alberta from Canada.Chief Electoral Officer Gordon McClure has announced that a new citizen initiative petition has met the requirements...
Jan 02, 2026
Premier Smith not eyeing early election, as new conservative party forms
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is dismissing rumours that she might call an election as early as this spring.Smith says her United Conservatives are polling well and that governments are elected to fo...
Jan 02, 2026
Alberta's New Year's babies born at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital and South Health Campus
On Thursday morning, at 12:03 a.m., Alberta's New Year's babies were born at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital in Edmonton and South Health Campus in Calgary. At the Grey Nuns, officials with Alberta H...
Jan 02, 2026 New Year’s baby Theodore Stewart who made his arrival into the world at 12:03 a.m. at South Health Campus in Calgary. (Photo credit: Sara and Sebastian Stewart)
Remote work option ending for thousands of public, private sector workers in 2026
OTTAWA - The new year will bring some big changes to the rules on in-office work for many employees across the country - including tens of thousands of provincial government staff in Ontario and Alber...
Jan 02, 2026
Alberta Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz quits cabinet, to leave soon as MLA
Alberta Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz is quitting cabinet and says she will also soon be leaving the legislature altogether.Schulz made the announcement on social media.She says she has offered ...
Dec 31, 2025
Water main break traps drivers, cars, forces restrictions in Calgary
Calgarians are waking up to a renewed round of water restrictions after an overnight water main break trapped cars and drivers on a city interchange.Several surrounding homes and businesses have been ...
Dec 31, 2025
Toronto woman, 47, dies on mountain at Banff ski resort
BANFF, ALBERTA, CANADA - Police say a 47-year-old woman from Toronto died while skiing at a Banff ski resort on Saturday afternoon. Alberta RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkoff says both STARS and local paramedic...
Dec 30, 2025
Tax changes on the horizon for Albertans in 2026
Albertans will see some taxes going up in 2026, while others will come down. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has published its annual New Year's Tax Changes report, highlighting some of the ma...
Dec 30, 2025
New legal structure of Alberta health system in place, Premier Smith now eyes results
CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA - The Alberta government in 2025 completed the final legal foundations of its new health-care system - and Premier Danielle Smith says she's working in 2026 to prove it was wo...
Dec 30, 2025
Alberta RCMP will respect decision on potential change to provincial police
The Deputy Commissioner of the Alberta RCMP is responding to the possibility that it may or may not be Alberta's largest policing agency in the years to come.Trevor Daroux is reacting to the recommend...
Dec 29, 2025