Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta teachers, province set to meet for first time since strike began last week
The union representing Alberta teachers and the provincial government's bargaining committee are set to meet today for the first time since a provincewide strike began Oct. 6. The strike, entering its...
Oct 14, 2025
'There's a void': Alberta students keep busy, hope for end to teachers strike
EDMONTON - Many Alberta students are sleeping in these days, struggling with the feeling they should be doing something else instead. A provincewide teachers strike, about to enter its second week, ha...
Oct 13, 2025
RCMP targeting impaired driving this holiday weekend
Alberta RCMP will be participating in #OperationImpact2025 this holiday weekend, with a focus on removing impaired drivers from our roads.This is done as part of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of ...
Oct 11, 2025
New pulmonary function testing program launches for rural and remote areas in Alberta
Albertans in rural and remote areas, as well as those in Indigenous communities, now have access to a new service able to keep tabs on a person's lung health.The service is called Lung Health Check Pu...
Oct 10, 2025
Alberta Premier Smith says Ottawa is dodging responsibility for pipeline decision
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says Ottawa is dodging responsibility by not standing behind the province's planned proposal for a pipeline that would bring oil to the B.C. coast. In a statement Fri...
Oct 10, 2025
Education professor calls parent tool kit during teachers strike "incoherent"
An education expert says online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers' strike are -- quote -- ``incoherent.''Maren Aukerman, an education professor at ...
Oct 10, 2025
Alberta leads Canada with 42,500 new jobs in September
Statistics Canada says it was a strong month for job growth in Alberta.They say employment increased by around 42,500 in September 2025, more than offsetting the decreases seen in the prior two months...
Oct 10, 2025
Missing man may be in southern Alberta
Beaverlodge RCMP are asking for the public's help with locating a missing man. Thirty-three-year-old Tanner Dougall of no fixed address was last seen in Beaverlodge on Aug.4, but he had been in commun...
Oct 09, 2025
First snowfall of the season may arrive in Cranbrook by Sunday night
The first snowfall of the season may arrive in Cranbrook by the end of the Thanksgiving long weekend, according to predictions from Environment Canada.After a sunny Friday with a high of 19 C, tempera...
Oct 09, 2025
Striking Alberta teachers seek to have bargaining talks resume Tuesday
The union representing 51,000 striking Alberta teachers says it has asked the province to resume negotiations starting Tuesday. The Alberta Teachers' Association says it is making the move based on th...
Oct 09, 2025