Category Archives: Alberta

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Dozens of people packed the Medicine Hat Court of Queen's Bench as a legal challenge to the province's law regarding gay-straight alliances in schools is underway. Both supporters a...

OTTAWA — Canadians will be able to legally purchase and consume recreational marijuana by mid-September at the latest after the Senate voted Tuesday to lift almost a century-old prohibition on c...

LETHBRIDGE — June 19, 2018, marks the five-year anniversary of the start of the 2013 floods that devastated southern Alberta. The flood forced the evacuation of nearly 100,000 people, left commu...

EDMONTON — Alberta’s law banning schools from telling parents when their children join a gay-straight alliance faces its first legal challenge. A Court of Queen’s Bench judge in Medi...

EDMONTON — Alberta is launching a three-year program to help all government staffers better understand indigenous culture and history. The province’s 27,000 employees will each take in a s...

EDMONTON — Premier Rachel Notley has announced some changes to her cabinet. Children’s Services Minister Danielle Larivee is taking on the added role of minister for the status of women. A...

EDMONTON — Alberta is launching a pilot project to help victims of sexual assault learn about and assess their legal options. Stephanie McLean, the minister for the status of women, says $700,00...

EDMONTON - Canadian officials say they do not expect any negative impact on grain exports after some unauthorized genetically modified wheat was discovered in southern Alberta. The Canadian Food Inspe...

EDMONTON — Alberta Health Services (AHS) is warning about a text scam involving the use of the organization's name. Recently, this new phishing scam has been sent to some members of the public's...

EDMONTON — The provincial government is accepting applications for the first ever Local Food Council in Alberta. Applications opened up on Tuesday, and will close on July 12. The council will pr...