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Alberta moves to shield transgender youth laws with notwithstanding clause
EDMONTON - Alberta is invoking the notwithstanding clause to protect three laws affecting transgender youth and adults from further court challenges, marking the second time the province has used the ...
Jon Tupper Nov 18, 2025

Alberta teachers' court challenge set for Nov. 20
EDMONTON - The first court date in Alberta's constitutional battle over the law that ended last month's teachers strike is scheduled for Nov. 20 in Edmonton Court of King's Bench. The Alberta Teachers...
Jon Tupper Nov 13, 2025 Provincial Court building, Edmonton. Wikimedia commons. CC License. Image by Verne Equinox

Alberta leads nation in measles cases as Canada loses elimination status
Canada loses measles elimination status after year of outbreaks, Alberta hardest hit OTTAWA- Canada has officially lost its measles elimination status following more than a year of sustained outbreaks...
Jon Tupper Nov 12, 2025 milastokerpro / Depositphotos.com

Alberta moves to legislate early reading and math screenings for young students
EDMONTON - Alberta is moving to make early reading and math screenings mandatory in all classrooms from kindergarten to Grade 3, a step the government says will help schools identify and support stude...
Jon Tupper Nov 10, 2025 phodopus / Depositphotos.com

Super-Heavy Load Impacting Highway 63 Travel
A massive industrial load will travel from south Edmonton to Fort McMurray between November 2nd and 8th. Nov. 2 (Sunday night): Departs Edmonton around 11 p.m., heading east on Highway 14 to Vegrevill...
Jordan Keating Oct 31, 2025 Road Closed Sign, image via rmwb.ca

Payments still pending for some parents from government for school shutdown
FORT MC MURRAY--Today was the day the payments from the provincial government were to go out to parents, to help cover expenses during the three week school shutdown. Some parents got the payment this...
Harvard Media News Oct 31, 2025 RMWB School Zone, supplied image

Bank of Canada eases rates again as economy feels trade strain
OTTAWA-The Bank of Canada has lowered its key interest rate to 2.25 per cent, signalling it is likely finished cutting rates for now as the country contends with economic fallout from the U.S. trade w...
Jon Tupper Oct 30, 2025 Bank of Canada Building: By Taxiarchos228, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11974266

Official Results Announced for 2025 Municipal Election in Wood Buffalo
(Fort McMurray, Alberta) - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has officially declared the results of the 2025 Municipal Election. The results, confirmed at noon today, remain unchanged from the...
Jordan Keating Oct 24, 2025 Council chambers, image via RMWB.ca

Radiothon Raises Nearly $240K for the Wood Buffalo Food Bank
(Fort McMurray, Alberta) Harvard Media was proud to host the Wood Buffalo Food Bank yesterday for a 12-hour broadcast at Peter Pond Mall, marking the 33rd annual Corporate Challenge Radiothon. Togethe...
Jordan Keating Oct 24, 2025

Alberta Teachers' Association Prepares for Possible Back-to-Work Legislation
The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) says it's consulting with lawyers as it prepares for potential back-to-work legislation from the province. Premier Danielle Smith said last week that the union ...
Jordan Keating Oct 23, 2025 vyatka86@list.ru / Depositphotos.com








