Category Archives: Alberta

Update 16: Alberta wildfire update
Thunderstorms moving across the boreal forest sparked new wildfires; cooler weather conditions are helping to suppress wildfire activity.Current situation (as of 3 p.m., July 25)There are 56 wildfires...
Jul 25, 2025

Province says it's taking action to improve classroom safety
Officials with Alberta's government say they are working with front-line experts to make classrooms safer for students and teachers.The Aggression and Complexity in Schools Action Team held its first ...
Jul 24, 2025

New Board chair announced for Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis
The agency that regulates alcoholic beverages, recreational cannabis, and gaming-related activities in Alberta will have a new Chair next month.Larry Spagnolo will begin serving as Board Chair of Albe...
Jul 24, 2025

Alberta alters rules, making it easier for nurses to get benefits for on-the-job PTSD
The Alberta government has changed the rules to make it easier for registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses to get benefits when they experience job-related stress disorder.The United Nurse...
Jul 24, 2025

Former UCP caucus members trying to resurrect PC name in Alberta
Alberta's governing United Conservative Party has now brought in the lawyers in a fight over a legacy name.The U-C-P was created eight years ago in a merging of the old Progressive Conservatives and t...
Jul 23, 2025

Luck and a rooftop sprinkler saved a Jasper home and its neighbours from wildfire
JASPER, ALTA. - When locals on the far west side of Jasper, Alta., returned to their homes last August, they suddenly felt a great distance away from their small mountain town. Some have taken to call...
Jul 23, 2025

Changes to AgriStability, internal trade among discussion items at meeting of Canada's agriculture ministers
Canada's agriculture ministers agreed to some enhancements to the AgriStability program at a meeting held virtually on Thursday.A release from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says the rate of compens...
Jul 23, 2025

New CEO to lead Assisted Living Alberta
The provincial government has announced Gord Johnston will lead Assisted Living Alberta as it transforms how the province cares for aging and vulnerable Albertans. After a nationwide competitive searc...
Jul 23, 2025

Alberta Sports Hall of Fame to induct special class of overdue names at 'Legends Unveiled'
The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame will hold a first-time ever, very special ceremony this September, to induct a group of legends who should've had their name called by now.The event is called 'Legends ...
Jul 23, 2025

Province hoping to turn waste into economic growth
The Alberta government is hoping new funding will reduce and reuse waste and transform the province's resources into new products.As Alberta's circular economy continues to grow, provincial officials ...
Jul 23, 2025