Category Archives: Alberta
Premier Kenney touring U.S., pushing Alberta as "reliable" and "stable" place to invest
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Jason Kenney is in the United States this week, trying to make the case that wealthy investors and large corporations should be looking to the prairie province.He began his trip in Ne...
Sep 18, 2019 Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. (Supplied by Canadian Press)
Alberta government rejects pay hike proposal for provincial court judges
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government is rejecting a recommendation to hike salaries for provincial court judges by about eight per cent over four years.Instead, the province says it will keep the salari...
Sep 17, 2019 Judge's gavel - LNN
Mixed bag of weather predicted across the country but, the prairies could be bright spot
OTTAWA -- Canadians can expect average temperatures this fall that will give way to a cold winter in central and eastern parts of the country, according to The Weather Network.The network is predictin...
Sep 16, 2019 Wind turbines with early 2017 winter backdrop -- LNN
CNIB and Vision Loss Rehab offices to close on Sept. 20 in four Alberta cities
Longer wait times are on the horizon for thousands of Albertans who depend on local offices run by Vision Loss Rehabilitation Alberta (VLRA). VLRA, launched in 2018 by the Canadian National Institute ...
Sep 16, 2019 Kim Skibsted, who is blind, says a funding cut and subsequent closures could be very detrimental, especially for seniors. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
‘It’s time:’ Paralyzed Bronco returning to Humboldt for first time since crash
AIRDRIE -- For the first time in 526 days, former Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki will be back in Humboldt, Sask. The 20-year-old from Airdrie, Alta., was paralyzed from the chest down when a...
Sep 15, 2019 Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki - The Canadian Press
Extensive road test wait times prompt Alberta to increase private road test examiners
EDMONTON -- The provincial government is responding to complaints about long wait times for all driver's licence classes and taking steps to increase the number of road tests available in the province...
Sep 13, 2019 Drivers testing
Alberta government will call MLAs back for early return to the legislature
EDMONTON -- Alberta MLA's will soon be headed back to the legislature as the United Conservative government wants to reconvene earlier than planned.Government house leader Jason Nixon has sent a reque...
Sep 13, 2019 Alberta Legislature -LNN
Four federal election candidates vying for votes in the Bow River riding
TABER, AB - With voting day in the 2019 federal election just over a month away, candidates from four different parties have started their official campaigns.Bow River includes communities such as Tab...
Sep 13, 2019 Bow River candidates. Top row: Martin Shields (Conservative) and Tom Ikert (Peoples' Party). Bottom row: Riny Tuithof de Jonge (Green) and Tom Lipp (Christian Heritage).
Foothills riding has three candidates running in federal election
CROWSNEST PASS, AB - One of the province's new riding will have its second-ever election in October.The constituency consists of the Crowsnest Pass, Claresholm, High River, Okotoks, Pincher Creek, and...
Sep 12, 2019 Foothills candidates from top to bottom: Bridget Lacey (Green), John Barlow (Conservative), Greg Hession (PPC). (Images supplied by candidates' social media accounts)
Province follows through on promise of expanded access to treatment and recovery
CALGARY -- The Alberta government is moving forward on support for treatment and recovery supports to provide Albertans with greater access to publicly funded addiction spaces. Premier Jason Kenney an...
Sep 11, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney - The Canadian Press