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Alberta announces new coal mining policy plan, industry consults

Alberta’s government is announcing new coal mining regulations, expected by the end of 2025, along with a round of consultations with industry players on how to implement them.

Dec 20, 2024 10:51 AM Read more >

Justin Trudeau names eight new ministers in cabinet shuffle after tumultuous week

Shuffle has been in the making since July as several ministers resigned, most recently former finance minister Chrystia Freeland and housing minister Sean Fraser

Dec 20, 2024 9:25 AM Read more >

Chiniki, Goodstoney won't join Bearspaw’s Treaty 7 annuity class action

Chiniki, Goodstoney leaders say they weren't contacted about Bearspaws class-action lawsuit against the feds.

Dec 20, 2024 8:45 AM Read more >

Influenza cases at seasonal levels ahead of holidays, but bird flu raising concerns

Flu season was irregular after the height of the COVID pandemic, but is settling back into a more standard pattern

Dec 20, 2024 7:34 AM Read more >

Owl River Métis Community signs renewable energy partnership

Deal aims to bring solar power plants and related projects to Lac La Biche region

Dec 20, 2024 7:21 AM Read more >

Alberta's Smith disappointed federal pension plan report offers no estimate of share

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province has heard back from Canada’s chief actuary on its bid to leave the Canada Pension Plan but says there's no estimate on how much the province should get.

Dec 20, 2024 7:16 AM Read more >

Viral video leads to arrest of youth in Central Alberta back alley attack

A video of an assault in Chestermere Dec. 16 has spread on social media and RCMP have received additional reports from concerned individuals who have seen the video.

Dec 19, 2024 4:15 PM Read more >

Officers not responsible in overdose death in St. Paul holding cells says ASIRT

Toxicology testing showed significant quantities of carfentanil, fentanyl, and methamphetamine, which were ruled to be the cause of death.

Dec 19, 2024 3:10 PM Read more >

No charges against Mounties in arrest of prominent Alberta chief

Alberta's police watchdog says there's no evidence an offence was committed when Mounties used force to arrest a First Nation chief outside a Fort McMurray, Alta., casino in 2020.

Dec 19, 2024 12:55 PM Read more >

Pedestrian in critical condition after being struck by two vehicles on Northern Alberta highway

A 29-year-old woman appears to have been first struck by the mirror of one vehicle and then hit by a second vehicle.

Dec 19, 2024 11:27 AM Read more >