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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 2, 2025 4:24 pm Updated July 2, 2025 4:25 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta’s government has named its own provincial police force and announced its first chief. Premier Danielle Smith says former deputy Calgary police chief Sat Parhar has been…
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a corrected story. A previous version included an incorrect number of signatures needed under current legislation for a referendum on a policy proposal. As Canada prepares Tuesday to blow out 158 birthday candles, Alberta plans three days later to formalize rules making it easier to have an independence celebration of its…
Organizations that advocate for members of the LGBTQ2 community are calling a court injunction preventing the Alberta government from banning gender-affirming treatment for people under 16 “a historic win.” Egale Canada welcomed the decision in a news release on Friday afternoon. Egale along with a group called Skipping Stone and several Alberta families have argued…
The Alberta Next panel, chaired by Premier Danielle Smith, is holding town halls this summer to get feedback on how the province should stand up to Ottawa while building a “strong and sovereign Alberta within Canada.” Smith has promised a referendum next year on some of the ideas put forward to the panel. The premier…
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By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press Posted June 23, 2025 9:55 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi is looking to finally win a seat in the legislature after a year of sitting on the sidelines. He’s running in one of three provincial byelections today…
Unions representing health-care workers in Alberta and doctors who care for those who are gravely ill are calling on Premier Danielle Smith’s government to reverse course and provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all front-line workers and any other Albertan who wants the shot. Late last Friday afternoon, the province announced almost all Albertans who want…
Albertans who want to continue to protect themselves from the COVID-19 virus will have to pay out of pocket for it, the province announced late Friday afternoon. Since December 2020, the federal government had been looking after procuring and buying the vaccines, which the Public Health Agency of Canada said was unique to the COVID-19…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 7, 2025 3:22 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta is buying American alcohol and gambling machines again, three months after Premier Danielle Smith announced restrictions aimed at fighting back against U.S. tariffs. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally said Friday that the…
The separatist Republican Party of Alberta is crying foul over a cancelled debate in a central Alberta byelection, suggesting the governing United Conservative Party is dodging democracy. The local Olds and District Chamber of Commerce said it had invited candidates from both those parties and the NDP, but only Republican Party of Alberta leader Cameron…
