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Alberta RCMP provides tips to prevent residential break and enters
11+ hour, 39+ min ago (134+ words) Alberta RCMP are offering several tips to help citizens prevent yard theft and break-and-enters in their neighbourhoods this summer. The RCMP reported there were 3, 132 residential break-and-enters in Alberta in 2025, including 283 in June alone. "Property and yard theft are often crimes…...
Feds announce $20 million Alberta energy sector investment
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (390+ words) The Government of Canada announced a $19. 4 million investment into the Alberta energy sector on Thursday. Parliamentary Secretary for Natural Resources Canada, Corey Hogan, who is MP for the riding of Calgary Confederation, shared the news from EQUS headquarters in Innisfail....
Alberta separatists launch campaign, says province has resources to go it alone
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (164+ words) About 35 people rallied today at a Calgary hotel ballroom to formally launch a campaign to convince Albertans in an upcoming referendum that its time to quit Canada. The campaign is called "Let Alberta Decide." Organizers promise it will be a…...
Powerful thunderstorms hit southeast Alberta Tuesday with wind gusts over 130 km/h
1+ week, 2+ day ago (361+ words) Environment Canada is investigating reports of tornadoes after powerful thunderstorms swept across southern Alberta, bringing damaging winds, large hail and widespread severe weather. The storms moved through parts of the province on Tuesday, producing wind gusts of more than 130 kilometres…...
One of Canada's most prominent MAID providers reflects on divisive decade
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1558+ words) TORONTO " Dr. Ellen Wiebe has never been one to shy away from risk. It started with the very first patient she provided with a medically assisted death: Hanne Schafer, a 66-year-old Calgary psychologist diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis three months…...
Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta grants YMCA with $35 K Community Impact Award
1+ week, 3+ day ago (545+ words) The YMCA of Southeastern Alberta has received a $35, 000 Community Impact Award from the Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta to launch a new employment-readiness program aimed at helping job seekers develop practical workplace skills. The funding will support the YMCA's Work…...
Canada's MAID laws on "a collision course' as Parliament awaits legal challenges
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1396+ words) OTTAWA " As Jocelyn Downie watched the Supreme Court of Canada strike down the laws criminalizing the act of helping someone end their life in 2015, she thought she'd better find something to do with the rest of her career. The push…...
10-year anniversary of MAID in Canada invites love, pain and shame
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1695+ words) TORONTO " For some, the 10th anniversary of Canada legalizing medical assistance in dying might evoke a peaceful memory of their loved one's final moments. Others who long to die but are ineligible for MAID because their sole condition is a mental…...
These Albertans signed petitions. What do they think of the separation referendum?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1390+ words) CALGARY " Alberta is planning to ask residents in an Oct. 19 referendum whether the province should stay in Canada or if there should be a future binding referendum on separation. It was prompted by two citizen-led petitions. A petition from the…...
Report to show Albertans financial impact of separation
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (323+ words) A report by the University of Calgary will inform voters on the financial cost of Alberta leaving Canada. The Government of Alberta announced Friday it has hired the institution's School of Public Policy to conduct an analysis that will provide…...