Latest Alberta headlines and local reporting

1+ hour, 58+ min ago   (927+ words) When referendum day arrives in Alberta on Oct. 19, the focus won't just be on separation and immigration. Albertans will also be presented with four constitutional questions that range from abolishing the Senate to whether Alberta should appoint the judges who…...

5+ hour, 58+ min ago   (454+ words) It is an absolute disgrace that North West residents have not had access to proper healthcare for years, owing to constant medicine shortages at hospitals and clinics across this ANC-governed province. The North West Department of Health is characterised by…...

14+ hour, 56+ min ago   (705+ words) Alberta Premier Danielle Smith provides an update on teacher bargaining in Calgary, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Saturday that it's "unlikely" her government will launch a new Crown corporation to build…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (665+ words) With Trump’s trade war raging, you can be forgiven if major developments in other areas of policy have faded from memory. But in the last 10 months or so, we’ve seen many interesting developments in the saga of Alberta’s oilsands. But…...

16+ hour, 38+ min ago   (729+ words) The head of the Forever Canadian group campaigning for Alberta to remain in the federation said Friday Prime Minister Mark Carney has been a “calm” and “reassuring” presence for Albertans. Thomas Lukaszuk, a former deputy premier of Alberta, said Carney…...

11+ hour, 19+ min ago   (1307+ words) With only days left before the September 14th by-election in Calgary-Shaw, Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi delivered his party’s health care pitch to voters with a pledge of stability and investment in a public system that has undergone massive bureaucratic restructuring…...

13+ hour, 52+ min ago   (594+ words) Margot Venton: A proposed Alberta oil pipeline, Roberts Bank marine terminal expansion and Ottawa's proposal to side step safeguards of the Species at Risk Act could reshape the future of B.C.'s coastal ecosystem It’s been a tumultuous summer in Canada....

1+ day, 45+ min ago   (663+ words) Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Saturday that it's "unlikely" her government will launch a new Crown corporation to build out natural gas pipelines in the province. Smith, speaking on her provincewide radio call-in program, said the government has heard from…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (726+ words) The head of the Forever Canadian group campaigning for Alberta to remain in the federation said Friday Prime Minister Mark Carney has been a "calm" and "reassuring" presence for Albertans. Thomas Lukaszuk, a former deputy premier of Alberta, said Carney…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (466+ words) Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace The federal government is taking criticism for assigning environmental reviews for pipelines, in situ oil sands projects, fossil-powered power plants, transmission lines, and offshore renewable energy projects to an agency that may lack the expertise to assess…...