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HFCRD nominates Primary Care Alberta for 2026 ASBA Friends of Education Award
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (137+ words) HFCRD nominates Primary Care Alberta for 2026 ASBA Friends of Education Award'EverythingGP HFCRD nominates Primary Care Alberta for 2026 ASBA Friends of Education Award Primary Care Alberta has been nominated for this year's Alberta School Boards Association Zone 1 Friends of Education Award....
Alberta to mandate teachers be balanced on all issues, pushing neutrality in schools
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (813+ words) An Alberta bill tabled Tuesday aims to make sweeping changes to teacher conduct and education priority rules, including a new mandate for teachers to discuss all issues in a balanced and neutral way. The government says schools must be free…...
Alberta launches its own whisky identity
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (203+ words) The Government of Alberta is launching what it calls the brand power Alberta whisky deserves. Bill 24: the Alberta Whisky Act, defines and protects what can be labelled as "Alberta whisky" the province says in a release. If passed, the legislation…...
Ottawa leaving First Nations ill-equipped to fight deadly fires: retired fire chief
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (910+ words) OTTAWA " After three house fires ripped through a First Nation in northern Ontario in less than a week, killing a small child, a retired fire chief said First Nations" firefighting operations in the region are being set up to fail…...
Danielle Smith says diverse opinions welcome after MLA supports separatist petition
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (508+ words) EDMONTON " Alberta's premier says she welcomes diverse opinions in her caucus after a legislature member of her United Conservative Party opined a referendum on separation is good for the province. Danielle Smith also reiterated on her provincewide radio show Saturday…...
Alberta premier’s constitutional affairs lead supports separatist petition
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (367+ words) EDMONTON " Premier Danielle Smith's parliamentary secretary for constitutional affairs is encouraging Albertans to sign a petition that calls for a vote on separation from Canada. Jason Stephan, a United Conservative Party legislature member, penned his opinion for the online conservative…...
Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally breached election law, investigation finds
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (168+ words) An investigation has found Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally violated an election law in his official response to a recall petition targeting him. A letter from the Elections Alberta commissioner says Nally accessed a list of electors for "a purpose…...
Alberta’s NDP warns of gerrymandering as new boundary map recommendations released
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (187+ words) Conflicting recommendations on redrawing Alberta's electoral boundaries are leading the Opposition NDP to warn that Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservatives are trying to gerrymander electoral districts to increase the power of rural votes. The majority opinion in the Electoral Boundaries…...
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney to participate in separation debates
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (184+ words) Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney is taking up the Canadian cause as he's set to participate in two debates about separatism against a lawyer pushing for the province to go its own way. The first debate will take place in…...
Alberta reviewing new plan on forcing oil companies to pay municipal taxes; minister
2+ week, 2+ day ago (142+ words) Alberta may soon require oil and gas companies to be on top of their municipal property taxes if they want to keep producing. It's one of more than a dozen proposals contained in a new report released by the province…...