2+ day, 17+ 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, 44+ min ago   (572+ words) New grants worth $15 million to help address family violence have arrived on the scene because of wise counsel from rural Alberta, the minister of children and family services says. Emergency family violence shelters in small-town Alberta “created the impetus” for…...

3+ day, 20+ 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…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (543+ words) This isn’t Kathie Zalasky’s first electoral rodeo. The longtime St. Albert resident has been the St. Albert district’s returning officer for five provincial elections, and has taken up the task once again for this fall’s referendum. But there’s a lot…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (708+ words) EDMONTON — Zoe Cogger says two trips to the United States were going to be the highlight of her senior year in high school. The 16-year-old was set to go with fellow Edmonton students to the National High School Dance Festival…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (683+ words) In his final months as Edmonton’s mayor, Amarjeet Sohi championed a multi-million dollar deal with the Oilers Entertainment Group (OEG) to develop property around the downtown arena. Sohi is again advocating for public funds to be directed to the project,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (562+ words) Two former political foes in Alberta are joining hands to try to keep the province from separating. And one of them says when it comes to Canada, it’s a no-brainer. "I'm always happy to put patriotism ahead of partisanship,” former…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (498+ words) New documentation requirements to renew an Alberta Driver’s Licence or identification card are causing delays for people whose names have changed, especially women. Cathy Olliffe-Webster has been a resident of Cold Lake for the last 13 years and needs to renew…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (495+ words) Who would have thought it? The debate over separatism was supposed to put Danielle Smith’s reign as premier in jeopardy. Instead, it has strengthened her hold on both the UCP party and Alberta. Today, it is her opponent and nemesis…...