AlbertaMay 05, 2025
Alberta premier to give live address on province's 'path forward' with Ottawa
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will deliver a livestreamed address this afternoon to outline the province’s path forward with Prime Minister Mark Carney's government.
Smith has said she will be looking to strike a "What's Next" panel to poll Albertans on issues they want to see addressed after last week's federal election.
Carney's Liberals won their fourth consecutive term, and Smith has previously warned the prime minister against any "hostile acts" his new government might take against her province.
Smith has long accused the federal Liberals of introducing laws and policies she says take
AlbertaMay 05, 2025
Alberta reports 17 more cases of measles, bringing total to 210
Alberta is reporting 17 new cases of measles, bringing the province's total to 210 since the beginning of March. The government says half the total cases have been recorded in the province's south zone, including 13 of the new cases.
It says 26 of the total cases are considered active and could be transmitted to others. As of last week, 11 Albertans have been hospitalized with the highly contagious disease.
More than 170 of the cases have been in children, with almost 60 seen in those under five.
Measles symptoms include fever, coughing, a runny nose, red eyes and a blotchy,
AlbertaMay 05, 2025
Calgary rejected not criminally responsible defence, finds man guilty of murder
A jury has found a Calgary man guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a woman on a downtown street three years ago. Twenty-nine-year-old Michael Adenyi is charged with first-degree murder in the 2022 death of fitness instructor Vanessa Ladouceur on a downtown street.
Adenyi has said he was hallucinating and believed he was attacking a creature when he attacked the woman and his lawyers say he is not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder.
He followed Ladouceur for nearly two blocks before body checking her into an alcove and stabbing her several times, in
AlbertaMay 02, 2025
Alberta's Smith says she doesn't see 'an appetite' for provincial pension plan
The idea of Alberta opting out of the Canada Pension Plan isn't going anywhere -- at least for now. Premier Danielle Smith says she won't be putting the creation of a provincial pension plan to a referendum any time soon.
Smith says she doesn't think Albertans have ``an appetite'' to pull out of the national pension program, and says the issue is further clouded by lack of detail on how much the province would get if it left.
In December, Canada's chief actuary published a report saying Alberta's perceived stake of the Canadian Pension Plan's overall assets was substantially over
CanadaMay 02, 2025
Alberta MP to step aside to allow Pierre Poilievre to run for seat in Parliament
An Alberta M-P is set to step aside to allow Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to run for a seat in Parliament. Damien Kurek says he's temporarily stepping aside as M-P for the Battle River Crowfoot riding.Kurek will need to be sworn in before he resigns his seat.Prime Minister Mark Carney has said he would call a byelection ``as soon as possible'' if the Conservatives had a member resign their seat so that Poilievre could run again.
CanadaMay 02, 2025
Police charge accused attackers and victims in Calgary vigilante case
Police in Calgary have charged seven people in what they're calling a case of vigilante justice. They say it began when officers arrested three men and a youth who had allegedly lured a man through an online dating app to a remote location.
Police say the man was assaulted with a baseball bat and a replica gun, and his vehicle was vandalized. They say officers recovered video of the assaults from cellphones and further investigation revealed two similar attacks.
The accused face charges including aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.
Police say th
AlbertaMay 01, 2025
Canmore’s vacancy tax bylaw deemed valid by Alberta judge
The Rocky Mountain town of Canmore will soon begin taxing homeowners who leave their residences empty for more than half the year.
The new tax is part of the town's bid to reverse course on a cost-of-living crisis that has turned the once blue-collar town into an pricey mountain enclave. But the tax has upset many of Canmore's homeowners who use their properties seasonally or on the weekend, and who will be forced to pay about three times more in property taxes than the average primary-resident.
Canmore Mayor Sean Krausert says the tax is not an attack on second homeowners.
An
AlbertaMay 01, 2025
Alberta seeks court ruling on constitutionality of Ottawa's clean electricity plan
Alberta's government is seeking a court ruling on the constitutionality of Ottawa's clean electricity grid regulations.
The regulations were finalized late last year and lay out a plan to decarbonize electricity grids across Canada by 2025.
Abandoning the regulations is one of nine demands Premier Danielle Smith laid out for the next federal government in advance of Monday's election.
But she says she's received no indication that the government under Prime Minister Mark Carney will take action.
Smith says Ottawa is overstepping its jurisdiction and that the regulations will harm the affordabi
AlbertaApr 29, 2025
Alberta Premier Smith congratulates Carney, warns him against future 'hostile acts'
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has delivered a note of congratulations along with a sharply worded warning and a blanket condemnation to Prime Minister Mark Carney and his new Liberal government.
Smith is urging Carney to immediately reset the relationship with her province, accusing the Liberals of undermining Alberta’s resource-based economy for a decade.
Smith says she will see about steps to shield Alberta from what she calls “hostile acts” from Ottawa, adding the Liberals and NDP have “demeaned and demonized Albertans” for political gain.
The Liberals were returned to power in M