AlbertaOct 06, 2025
Alberta teachers say provincewide strike aims to fix underfunded system in crisis
Alberta's teachers are off the job and the head of their union says it's about taking a stand to fix a cycle of underfunding and overcrowding. Jason Schilling says Alberta is failing to adequately fund education, the system is in ``crisis,'' and teachers owe it to students and future students to do what they can to change that.
The 51,000 members of the Alberta Teachers' Association went on strike as promised this morning to back demands for a better deal.
The labour action impacts more than 700,000 students across 2,500 public, separate and francophone schools.
Premier Daniel
AlbertaOct 06, 2025
Alberta Premier Smith urges talks as Alberta teachers launch provincewide strike
Alberta's teachers are off the job and PremierDanielle Smith is urging them to come back to the bargaining table. Smith, speaking to reporters in Montreal, says the two sides are not far apart and expects fixing classroom complexity issues to be the focus of future talks.
The 51,000 members of the Alberta Teachers' Association went on strike as promised this morning to back demands for a better deal.
The labour action impacts more than 700,000 students across 2,500 public, separate and francophone schools.
The teachers overwhelmingly voted against the government's latest offer, w
AlbertaOct 06, 2025
Classes suspended in Alberta as provincewide teachers strike set to begin today
Some 51,000 members of the Alberta Teachers Association are poised to begin a strike today. The labour action, if it goes ahead, will impact more than 700,000 students across 2,500 public, separate and francophone schools.
Most school boards _ including those in Edmonton, Calgary, Fort McMurray and Lethbridge _ have sent notices telling families that barring an 11th-hour deal, classes would be paused beginning Monday. Both sides appeared far apart late last week but the union said Friday they had resumed ``exploratory conversations.''
Teachers rejected the government's latest offer
AlbertaOct 03, 2025
Schools set to close as Alberta provides online curriculum ahead of teachers strike
Schools across Alberta are preparing to close their doors while the province readies a home curriculum for students ahead of Monday's provincewide teachers strike.
Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says the province has already put online a curriculum that parents can use to teach their children should the 51,000 members of the Alberta Teachers' Association make good on their promise to walk out.
Nicolaides says it's not fair that students would be forced to bear the brunt of the walkout, which would affect more than 700,000 students across public, separate and francophone sch
AlbertaOct 01, 2025
RCMP slated to deliver update on missing six-year-old Alberta boy
RCMP are expected to give an update later today on the search for a six-year-old boy missing from the southern Alberta Rockies. Darius Macdougall was reported missing on Sept. 21 after he didn't return from a walk with six young relatives in the Crowsnest Pass area, where his family had been camping.
Mounties say his chances of survival in the mountainous terrain are slim, but that they won't scale back the search, noting there's been nothing to suggest foul play.
The boy's family says they're grateful to the searchers and won't rest until he's brought home. Hundreds of searcher
AlbertaOct 01, 2025
Family of Alberta boy missing for a week won't stop searching until he's found
The family of a six-year-old Alberta boy missing for more than a week says they won't rest until he's brought home. A statement by the family of Darius Macdougall comes as the search for the boy enters its second week and hundreds comb through mountainous terrain in southern Alberta.
It says the family is thankful to the searchers for their dedication and that the community's support has provided them strength and hope.
Darius was reported missing after he didn't return from a walk with six young relatives in the Crowsnest Pass area, where the family had been camping.
RCMP had
AlbertaOct 01, 2025
No talks planned as 51,000 Alberta teachers set to hit picket lines next week
The head of the Alberta Teachers' Association says no talks are scheduled and 51,000 teachers are set to hit picket lines Monday in a provincewide strike.
Jason Schilling says teachers sent a clear message Monday night by overwhelming rejecting the latest contract offer from Premier Danielle Smith's government. Schilling, in an interview on Corus radio, says the government's offer of a 12-per-cent pay raise over four years and a promise to hire 3,000 more teachers is a drop in the bucket compared to what's needed to catch up on wages and reduce overcrowded classrooms.
He says th
FeaturedOct 01, 2025
Five Canadian provinces boost their minimum wage, Alberta now lowest
Five provinces are increasing their minimum wage today to support workers amid affordability issues.
The hikes will apply to Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
The provinces have tied their increases to Canada's steadily growing consumer price index, which is an indicator of inflation.
Ontario's minimum wage is now $17.60 per hour, Nova Scotia's and Prince Edward Island's are $16.50 an hour, Manitoba's is $16 per hour and Saskatchewan's is $15.35 an hour.
Alberta is the only province that has not boosted its minimum wage, with its $15-per-hour rate now the l
AlbertaSep 29, 2025
Voting on tentative deal ends for Alberta teachers a week before strike deadline
Voting closes today for Alberta teachers on the latest contract offer from the province, one week before a provincewide strike deadline. The Alberta Teachers' Association is expected to announce the results tonight. The union has said that if the deal is voted down, 51,000 teachers would likely hit picket lines Oct. 6.
The deal on the table is largely the same as the province's previous offer, with an added commitment to cover the cost of COVID-19 vaccines for teachers. Voting started Saturday on the new contract, which would see teachers receive a 12 per cent pay raise over four