Infrastructure

Province plans to partner with the private sector in upcoming school projects

EDMONTON -- Alberta is back in the business of partnering with the private sector to build schools.Infrastructure Minister Prasad Panda says five of 25 new school projects being built over the next fi...

Nov 05, 2019 P-3 graphic

Broncos family member content with province’s direction on trucker safety legislation

RED DEER -- The sister of late Humboldt Broncos head coach Darcy Haugan says she'd be glad if the tragedy weren't used as a political football.Deborah Carpenter, who lives in Red Deer, spoke with rdne...

Oct 19, 2019 Semi transport on the highway

Alberta Premier Kenney says restraint coming - Not Klein-era budget cuts

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says there will be spending restraint in the upcoming budget but it won't resemble the fiscal bloodletting of the early 1990s.His first budget will put the brak...

Sep 28, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney - 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

Province to review energy regulator, replaces board members

CALGARY - The Alberta government has announced a review of the province's energy regulator.Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the review will look at overall changes to the Alberta Energy Regulatory's ...

Sep 07, 2019 Alberta Energy Regulator

Federal Court of Appeal allows six legal challenges against Trans Mountain Pipeline to proceed

OTTAWA -- The Federal Court of Appeal has agreed to hear six of the 12 challenges to the second approval of Trans Mountain Pipeline project.In a decision released Wednesday afternoon, the court grante...

Sep 04, 2019 Oil installation -- The Canadian Press

Canadian government invests $4.2 million into Southern Alberta’s rail infrastructure

MEDICINE HAT, AB - The federal government has made a significant infrastructure investment in Southern Alberta.Minister of Natural Resources Canada and MP for Edmonton Mill Woods announced this mornin...

Aug 26, 2019 The Fort Mile Rail line (Photo: Forty Mile Rail Inc. at 40mr.ca)

Premier Kenney says results of panel on Alberta finances coming in September

EDMONTON -- Premier Jason Kenney says his government will unveil in early September the findings of a blue-ribbon panel doing a deep dive into Alberta's fiscal situation.Kenney says he expects the pan...

Aug 07, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney - The Canadian Press

Evacuation order lifted for Irvine – detours remain

Irvine, AB - Cypress County has officially lifted the evacuation order for the hamlet of Irvine and a seven-kilometre radius of the community.The hamlet was evacuated for nearly eight hours after a Ca...

Aug 03, 2019 A view of the train derailment near Irvine Friday afternoon (Photo courtesy Geoff Watson)

Town of Irvine being evacuated due to train derailment

IRVINE, AB -- The residents of Irvine are being evacuated from the town following a train derailment shortly after 3:00 Friday (Aug 2) afternoon. CHAT-NewsNOW indicates a witness says there is smoke a...

Aug 02, 2019 Crews respond to a train derailment near Town of Irvine (photo courtesy Jennifer Radisic)