5+ hour, 57+ min ago  (38+ words) Yahoo News Canada Thousands rallied at 16 locations across Alberta to "fight back" against the provincial government's policies on privately funded healthcare, education and a referendum on separation....

7+ hour, 18+ min ago  (473+ words) EDMONTON " Elections Alberta says a massive hiring effort for the fall referendum on the province's place in Canada is to get underway early next month. The agency has said between 60, 000 and 90, 000 elections officers will be needed to hand count the…...

12+ hour, 45+ min ago  (35+ words) Yahoo News Canada The new BUILD program offered through Envirocentre, an eco-friendly non-profit based in Ottawa, aims to teach Canadian newcomers climate-conscious trade skills....

8+ hour, 2+ min ago  (495+ words) A $100-million Nordic spa and hotel development just west of Calgary is being touted as a major tourism investment that will help attract visitors to Alberta year-round and grow the province's visitor economy. Officials broke ground Friday afternoon on Everwild…...

8+ hour, 39+ min ago  (638+ words) Seven fires were burning at one point Thursday in northwestern Manitoba between The Pas and Cranberry Portage, reigniting fears embedded by the ferocious 2025 wildfire season. "The last couple of years we've had some pretty intense situations," said Lori Forbes, the…...

13+ hour, 49+ min ago  (116+ words) At this week's western premiers' conference, Scott Moe had a front row seat for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's response to Alberta's separation referendum. The Morning Edition's political panel talks about Moe's reaction to the interaction and the October referendum. Murray…...

11+ hour, 23+ min ago  (679+ words) Following a winter with a strong mountain snowpack and several spring snowstorms, early water supply forecasts are offering promising news for Alberta farmers, but one irrigation district says effective management remains crucial to meeting demand heading into the summer. The…...

14+ hour, 36+ min ago  (367+ words) After rounds of severe thunderstorms sweep across the Prairies to end the workweek, attention will quickly shift to an even bigger concern looming for next week: widespread soaking rain with the potential for localized flooding. The first wave arrives Friday…...

17+ hour, 47+ min ago  (620+ words) When I first went to Ottawa as a member of Parliament, I didn't go because I believed the system was working. Quite the opposite. Like many Albertans, I was frustrated. Western Canada was too often ignored, our industries were misunderstood…...

19+ hour, 15+ min ago  (799+ words) Following requests from Postmedia, all of Alberta's cabinet ministers individually backed Premier Danielle Smith's support for the pro-Canada side in October's referendum, while backbench United Conservative Party (UCP) MLAs declined to publicly state how they would vote, preferring to defer…...