Alberta

Alberta government keeps promise to cancel medical superlab, DynaLife buyout

EDMONTON -- Alberta is cancelling construction of a medical superlab in Edmonton and scrapping a plan to put all laboratory services under government control.Premier Jason Kenney promised to do so bef...

Jun 20, 2019 Alberta Legislature

Alberta premier hands out earplugs during debate on bill affecting union rights

EDMONTON -- Premier Jason Kenney passed out earplugs in the legislature overnight as his government invoked a time limit on debate over a bill that strips some bargaining rights for 180,000 public-sec...

Jun 20, 2019 Jason Kenney -- The Canadian Press

Alberta asks Court of Appeal to look at constitutionality of federal carbon tax

EDMONTON -- Alberta's justice minister says the province is asking for a legal opinion on the constitutionality of the federal government imposing its carbon tax.At a news conference Thursday, Doug Sc...

Jun 20, 2019 Refinery - The Canadian Press

Vivian Krause hopes to expose American efforts to landlock Canadian oil

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Speaking to a Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce crowd this week, Vivian Krause talked about how she has spent decades researching a campaign that she believes is threatening Canada's uni...

Jun 20, 2019 Vivian Krause. (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta Government fully supports immediate construction of Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

EDMONTON, AB -- Premier Jason Kenny took the podium Tuesday following the announcement from the federal government that they have approved expanding the Trans Mountain Pipeline.Although he is excited ...

Jun 18, 2019 Premier Kenney and Energy Minister Savage respond to federal government's decision to approve the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Southern Alberta schools make Fraser Institutes academic rankings list

CALGARY, AB - The Fraser Institute has released its annual rankings of elementary and secondary schools in Alberta.The list gives parents the chance to compare the academic performance of schools acro...

Jun 17, 2019

TACKLING RURAL CRIME

RED DEER -- An Alberta MP is trying to create stiffer penalties for those convicted of a crime that takes place in a rural area.Red Deer-Lacombe's Blaine Calkins (Conservative Party of Canada) says ru...

Jun 17, 2019 Rural Crime Watch - RDNewsNOW

Public sector unions angry with Bill 9

EDMONTON -- The union which represents nurses across Alberta is not happy with a new bill introduced by the United Conservative Party this week.On Thursday, Minister of Finance Travis Toews tabled the...

Jun 15, 2019 Alberta Legislature - LethbridgeNewsNOW

Petroleum Analyst says carbon tax isn’t working

CALGARY -- The Federal Government says their version of the carbon tax is to hit the Alberta beginning in the new year, and drivers can expect to see gas prices go right back to where they were before...

Jun 15, 2019 Gas pumps

Edibles, other pot products, will hit shelves after mid-December

OTTAWA -- A "limited selection" of next-generation cannabis products such as edibles will "gradually" hit retail shelves no earlier than mid-December 2019, Health Canada says.The Ottawa-based agency o...

Jun 14, 2019 Edible Cannabis products -- The Canadian Press