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Premier Danielle Smith’s Wednesday evening address announcing a plan to begin reinvesting in the Heritage Savings Trust Fund and keeping provincial spending below the inflation and population growth was met with mixed reviews the week before the new annual budget. “The message of fiscal prudence was probably well received. The …
Read More »Meet 2024’s New Year’s babies from Alberta’s 3 largest cities
The first baby to be born in Alberta in 2024 gave her family a dramatic countdown to midnight on New Year’s Eve by being born at exactly 12 a.m. on Jan. 1. Alberta Health Services has announced the first three babies to be born in Alberta’s three largest cities and …
Read More »Ontario asks for finance ministers’ meeting on Alberta’s proposal to exit CPP
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 25, 2023 11:12 am Updated October 25, 2023 11:39 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is asking federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to convene a meeting to discuss Alberta’s proposal to withdraw from the Canada …
Read More »‘Loved to death’: Balancing recreation and conservation in Alberta’s mountain parks
The number of annual visitors to Alberta’s parks has been steadily rising, sparking a question of how to balance the desire for recreation with environmental concerns. “Places like Banff National Park and Waterton are being loved to death,” said Jody Hilty, president of Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative. The number …
Read More »Alberta’s warm weather stretches into October, but how does this fall stack up?
We are officially halfway through fall … no, really. In Alberta, it may feel more like the early days of September. But here we are, halfway through October, and the forecast is calling for daytime highs in the 20s across much of the province next week. Seeing the odd day …
Read More »A new United Conservative Party leader — and Alberta’s next premier — to be announced tonight
Tonight, the United Conservative Party will announce its new leader and Alberta’s 19th premier. Nearly four months after the leadership contest began, one of seven contenders will emerge the victor. Close to 124,000 people bought or renewed UCP memberships by the Aug. 12 deadline to qualify to cast a vote. Party members …
Read More »Alberta’s graduated licensing program, road test for new drivers set for an overhaul
A graduated driver’s licence program in Alberta that has been in effect for the past 19 years is getting an overhaul. The Graduated Driver Licensing program was introduced in Alberta in 2003. New drivers can be suspended with an accumulation of eight or more demerit points, and there is zero …
Read More »Alberta’s trucking industry continues to struggle with driver shortage
Despite a provincial grant program to recruit new truck drivers, Alberta’s trucking industry is still struggling to fill thousands of vacant driver roles — and it’s in part due to challenges with insurance. Harjeet Singh, owner of Alberta Truck Training and Driver Education, says he thinks the driver shortage is …
Read More »Zero kills to date in Alberta’s bounty hunt on invasive wild boar
A bounty program touted as a remedy to Alberta’s wild boar problem has resulted in zero kills in the five months since the province declared open season on the invasive swine. Since April 1, the province has offered Albertans rewards for proof of boar kills through two pilot programs — …
Read More »Alberta’s selenium review now complete as environmental groups worry about next steps
In May 2021, Jeff Kneteman, a retired senior government biologist, told The Canadian Press that some herds of bighorn sheep in Alberta were heavily contaminated with selenium from old coal mines. At the time, Kneteman said Alberta Environment hadn’t commissioned any studies, adding that two herds in northwest Alberta tested outside the safe range for …
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