Category Archives: Breaking News
Elections Alberta begins verification of Forever Canadian petition
EDMONTON - A major petition effort aimed at affirming Alberta's place within Canada has reached a key milestone, with Elections Alberta beginning verification of more than 456,000 signatures gathered ...
Oct 29, 2025 Thomas Lukaszuk Facebook Image
Caught in the middle, students will return after province ends teachers strike
Students return to class as back to work law brings an end to strike FORT MCMURRAY- Children across Alberta are back in school on Wednesday, Oct. 29, for the first time since Oct. 6, after provincial ...
Oct 28, 2025 AllaSerebrina / Depositphotos.com
Friends of Medicare says private clinics will worsen access to medical scans
Advocacy group warns private pay diagnostics could worsen wait times EDMONTON- An Alberta health care advocacy group says provincial plans to expand private pay diagnostic testing could increase wait ...
Oct 28, 2025
New Keyano certificate aims to boost Wood Buffalo tech workforce
Keyano College launches new IT program to meet growing tech needs in Wood Buffalo FORT McMURRAY- Keyano College is introducing a new Information Technology Specialist Certificate program next semester...
Oct 28, 2025
Food industry urges Ottawa to restore permanent residency route for essential workers
Union and employers push for new immigration path for food workers OTTAWA- Canada's largest food manufacturing union and leading employer groups are urging the federal government to create a permanent...
Oct 28, 2025 SashaKhalabuzar / Depositphotos.com
Food bank visits hit historic levels as affordability crisis deepens
Canada is seeing record levels of food insecurity, with food bank visits doubling compared to six years ago. New national data shows nearly 2.2 million visits were recorded in a single month this year...
Oct 28, 2025 Food Banks Canada web image
NDP leader calls the government's back to work legislation, "shameful"
EDMONTON--The Alberta government has made history by invoking the Charter's notwithstanding clause for the first time, ordering 51,000 striking teachers back to work under new legislation passed Monda...
Oct 27, 2025 A file photo of Naheed Nenshi, leader of the NDP in Alberta.
Classes resume Wednesday after Alberta orders teachers back to work
EDMONTON - Alberta teachers and students are returning to classrooms Wednesday after the provincial government moved to end the province wide teachers strike with back to work legislation and a renewe...
Oct 27, 2025 Schools closed due to strike beginning October 6, 2025
Cocaine seized at Coutts border crossing, Calgary man charged
CALGARY-- A man from Calgary is facing multiple charges after border officers seized a large quantity of cocaine at the Coutts port of entry in southern Alberta. On September 25, 2025, Canada Border S...
Oct 27, 2025 An image of drugs police and CBSA seized from a truck bound from the US into Canada in October of 2025. Image provided by the RCMP.
Majority say new pipelines key to Canada's future as support rises nationwide
Poll finds strong national support for expanding Alberta's pipeline connections A new survey by Leger suggests Canadians broadly support expanding Alberta's pipeline network to reach overseas markets,...
Oct 27, 2025 prykhodov / Depositphotos.com
