3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (316+ words) The new provincial tariff cabinet committee is committed to making decisions that will protect Alberta families and businesses, says Alberta Finance Minister Jason Nixon who is also the Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre MLA. Announced by Premier Danielle Smith last week, the…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (575+ words) An attentive group of prominent business leaders looked on as Premier Danielle Smith touched on a variety of topics related to industries fuelling Alberta's and Canada's economies on Thursday. Smith was in Edmonton for the Alberta Industrial Heartland Association conference,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1395+ words) The final vestiges of a campaign to attract droves of people and their skills to Alberta had all but disappeared from the UCP government’s agenda. Detractors said it had been too much, too fast, without enough planning in place to…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (158+ words) The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) have charged a St. Albert woman in a drug trafficking scheme targeting the Edmonton Institution, the maximum-security federal penitentiary northeast of Edmonton. The offence dates back to Feb. 20, 2025, when Edmonton Institution staff found concealed drugs…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (247+ words) LETTER: ADAP will trap disabled Albertans in a cycle of poverty St. Albert Gazette LETTER: ADAP will trap disabled Albertans in a cycle of poverty The Alberta government’s new Alberta Disability Assistance Program (ADAP) tracks disabled Albertans by their "capacity…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (504+ words) SADDLE LAKE - Saddle Lake Cree Nation will soon be a haven for people seeking to provide or receive gender-affirming care. "Any Albertan will be able to access gender-affirming care on Saddle Lake Cree Nation reserved lands and territories, without affecting…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (382+ words) A new school year has Alberta's advanced education minister hoping young people will be more receptive to a career in the skilled trades. This from Myles McDougall comes as thousands of Alberta students returned to the classroom on August 31. The…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (422+ words) An Alberta-based researcher believes online gambling could increase among teens, after a survey in Ontario found a jump in the two years since the province opened its iGaming market. The findings come from the Ontario Student Drug Use and Health…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (413+ words) David Ennis (aka David Shearing,) who killed six people in 1982, has again been denied parole. Airdrie resident Kristal Woolf, who was related to the deceased, had been sharing a petition on social media and local online group pages since late…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (528+ words) It doesn't take much to figure out where Gil McGowan stands on Alberta secession. "Separation would be a disaster for working people in Alberta," said McGowan, the president of the Alberta Federation of Labour. It's that opposition that has McGowan…...