Alberta

SunRype sold by Jim Pattison Group to Quebec company

VANCOUVER -- SunRype Products has a new owner.Lassonde Industries Inc., based in Rougemont, Quebec, announced today that two of its subsidiaries have entered into an agreement with subsidiaries of The...

Oct 30, 2019 SunRype products

Alberta introduces bill affecting pay rules for doctors, public-sector workers

EDMONTON - Alberta is proposing new legislation that could affect where doctors work and how much they get paid as well as allow the government more freedom to bring in replacement workers for union j...

Oct 29, 2019 Doctor's office

Province introduces new climate change plan focused on large emitters

EDMONTON -- The provincial government has unveiled it's new plan to address climate change in Alberta.Jason Nixon, Minister of Environment and Parks, has tabled Bill 19, which would create the Technol...

Oct 29, 2019 Minister Jason Nixon announces Alberta’s TIER regulation and proposed legislation alongside industry supporters. - Government of Alberta photo

Province increases student apprenticeship funding

EDMONTON - The Government of Alberta will triple the amount of annual funding to CAREERS: The Next Generation, to more than $6 million a year by 2022-23, providing 6,000 students with paid internships...

Oct 29, 2019 Registered Apprenticeship Program student Aurora Erickson demonstrates her welding skills following Premier Kenney’s announcement

Government to ask public sector workers to take wage cut

EDMONTON -- The province is asking public sector workers to accept a pay cut when wage arbitration talks resume later this week.In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, Finance Minister Travis Toews...

Oct 29, 2019 Finance Minister Travis Toews in the Legislature -- Govt of Alberta

Experts say oil and gas shouldn’t be threatened by renewables

RED DEER -- There is optimism among those in Alberta's renewable energy sector despite an unstable political landscape and this province's attachment to oil and gas.At the Renewable Energy Fair at Red...

Oct 27, 2019 Wind Turbines -- RDNewsNOW

150 km/hr winds recorded near Nanton

NANTON, AB - Nanton RCMP are advising of an "extreme driving hazard" in and around the community.On Highways 2 and 22, wind speeds of approximately 150 km per hour have been recorded. "Please proceed ...

Oct 25, 2019 Environment Canada logo.

Reaction pours in on Alberta Budget

EDMONTON -- Here's what various stakeholders are saying in response to the 2019 Alberta Budget that was presented on Thursday.Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)"Today's budget delivers...

Oct 24, 2019 Alberta Legislature -- LNN

Alberta government touts balanced Budget plan to create jobs, grow the economy and protect vital services

EDMONTON - With a mountain of debt for Albertans to climb out of while being weighed down by low commodity prices for oil and gas, Alberta's 2019 budget is still boasting the lowest tax rate in Canada...

Oct 24, 2019 Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews -- The Alberta Government

Finance minister forgoes new shoes and selects cowboy boots to present Alberta's next budget

EDMONTON -- It's a decades old tradition for finance ministers to purchase a new pair of shoes to present a new budget. Spending money on new footwear tends to offer a foretaste of what is to come in ...

Oct 23, 2019 Alberta Legislature -- LNN