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Former Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien is taking a swing at Alberta’s simmering separatist movement and says Premier Danielle Smith “cannot double-talk all the time” about Ottawa depending on her interests. “Now she wants the federal government to intervene in B.C. to help Alberta, but don’t do anything in Alberta …
Read More »Alberta Teachers’ Association might take the government to court. Here’s what we know
The Alberta Teachers’ Association is weighing its legal options to challenge back-to-work legislation imposed by the provincial government. “The association will fight this abuse of power with every tool the law provides, and every ounce of conviction we possess,” ATA president Jason Schilling told reporters on Tuesday. The Back to …
Read More »Alberta government expected to table Back to School Act today
The Alberta government is expected to table legislation Monday that, if passed, could force teachers to return to their classrooms as early as this week, some experts say. The introduction of Bill 2, also known as the Back to School Act, was foreshadowed last week through an order paper posted …
Read More »Back-to-work legislation coming to end the Alberta teachers’ strike
The Alberta government has served formal notice that they will introduce back-to-work legislation to end the Alberta teachers’ strike. Bill 2, known as the Back to School Act, was announced via an order paper published on the Alberta Legislature’s website Thursday. The government has previously said it could introduce legislation …
Read More »Thousands of Alberta students lose school meals during teachers strike
Several non-profit groups say some Alberta children are going hungry with thousands losing access to school food programs during a provincewide teachers strike. The strike entered its eighth day on Thursday. “One family in particular that I know, the mom hadn’t been able to eat for a couple days … …
Read More »Some Alberta teachers turn to side hustles during provincewide strike
High school teacher Greg Pollard’s routine looks different these days. Instead of being in the classroom, he spends a bulk of his days in his basement with his heat press machine, making and selling custom design clothing. It first started as a way to ensure his school’s sports teams would …
Read More »RCMP to give update on search for missing Alberta boy
RCMP are set to hold a media briefing on Wednesday regarding the search for a six-year-old boy who went missing more than one week ago in southern Alberta. Darius Macdougall was reported missing Sept. 21 after he didn’t return from a walk with six young relatives in the Crowsnest Pass area, where the family …
Read More »Premier’s Alberta Next Panel closes out tour in tense Calgary town hall
Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel closed out its cross-province tour on a tense note in Calgary on Monday night as the premier heard from residents with grievances directed at Ottawa and her own government. The slightest whiff of manure hung in the air at the south Calgary event centre, …
Read More »Search teams expand radius for missing 5-year-old boy in southern Alberta
Helicopters hum across a bright blue sky in southern Alberta, as the search for five-year-old Darius Macdougall stretches into its fourth day. Adam Kennedy with Search and Rescue Alberta said Wednesday afternoon it is expanding the search radius from three kilometres to 6.6 kilometres. The terrain, he said, is part of the …
Read More »Alberta family calls for continuing care accountability after mother dies of septic shock
WARNING: This story contains graphic details and images. When Norma Wensley was admitted to a continuing care facility in central Alberta, her family felt fortunate she had been granted a placement so close to home. Her children now say Wensley spent a traumatizing 10 months at Bethany Meadows in Camrose, …
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