Alberta

Pension talk dominates Fair Deal Panel discussion

Medicine Hat, AB - Despite bitterly cold temperatures, nearly 300 people turned out for one of the final Fair Deal Panel engagement sessions Friday night at the Cypress Centre.Possible changes to Albe...

Jan 18, 2020 Amisk Mayor Bill Rock expresses concern about the future of his community just east of Hardisty (Photo CHAT News)

Jason Goodstriker, First Nations leader and Fair Deal panel member, passes away

AIRDRIE- The province's Fair Deal Panel cancelled its scheduled town hall event in Airdrie Thursday evening due to the death of one of the panel members.It was announced on Thursday that Jason Goodstr...

Jan 17, 2020 Jason Goodstriker is pictured with Premier Jason Kenney. Goodstriker, a member of the province's Fair Deal Panel, has passed away (Twitter: @jkenney)

Alberta broke its all-time energy consumption record Tuesday night

EDMONTON, AB - More energy was used in Alberta on the night of Tuesday, January 14th than at any other time in history.According to Energy Rates, 11,698 MWH were consumed, surpassing the 2018 record b...

Jan 17, 2020 Transmission lines in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Province temporarily extends specific child-care programs

EDMONTON -- The Alberta government says it is extending some 25-dollar-a-day child-care programs until June instead of ending them in March as expected.Some daycare operators say the decision still pu...

Jan 16, 2020 Childcare - The Canadian Press

Alberta says universities over-budget; need to freeze travel, hiring, hosting

EDMONTON - Alberta's advanced education minister says post-secondary schools are going over their budgets and he's urging them to immediately freeze hiring and stop spending on travel and hosting.Deme...

Jan 16, 2020 University of Lethbridge -- LethbridgeNewsNOW

Supreme Court dismisses B.C.’s appeal in Trans Mountain pipeline case

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada shut down British Columbia's move to regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta.B.C. was appealing to the country's highest co...

Jan 16, 2020 Pipeline equipment ready to go - The Canadian Press

Uncertainty looms regarding future of $25/day child care program

MEDICINE HAT - Multiple $25/day child care programs in Alberta that were set to have funding expire this spring will now be running into the summer, though what happens next is not certain.According t...

Jan 15, 2020 Childcare centre - CHAT News

NDP Health Critic fights Alberta’s switch to bio-similar medications

EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition is urging the province not to force patients on certain drugs for rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes and Crohn's disease to switch medications.NDP health critic David Sheph...

Jan 15, 2020 Prescription bottles - The Canadian Press

Province promises to crack down on rules regarding abandoned oil wells

EDMONTON -- The Alberta government is promising to update the province's rules for ensuring energy companies clean up their wells.A group tasked with cleaning up thousands of abandoned energy sites in...

Jan 15, 2020 Pump jack -- The Canadian Press

Physician fee changes pushed to February 1 amid further consultation

EDMONTON -- Alberta's health minister says the government will delay its proposed February 1st date for new rules on doctor fees as it continues to consult with physicians.Tyler Shandro says he's enco...

Jan 15, 2020 Stethascope -- The Canadian Press