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Alberta MLA wants province to follow through on COVID-19 report recommendations 'immediately'
Eric Bouchard, the UCP MLA for Calgary-Lougheed, said the findings of the report were “shocking” and that the information it presents to the public is “long overdue.” But NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi calls the report a waste of tax dollars.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will not attend Trump inauguration in-person as event moves indoors
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will not attend the inauguration of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump in person, now that the event is being moved indoors because of forecasted frigid temperatures in the U.S. capital.
Grassy Mountain coal mine hearings met by protests in Calgary
The Alberta Energy Regulator is holding the hearings to review coal exploration permits submitted by Northback Holdings, the company behind a proposed coking coal mine in the M.D. of Ranchland, just north of Crowsnest Pass.
Martin Cohos, Calgary architect who designed Bankers Hall and Eau Claire Market, dead at 89
Cohos’s family confirmed he passed away on Jan. 9 while on a cruise from New Zealand to Australia.
Natural gas prices poised to jump in 2025, predicts new report
An oil and gas price forecasting report published by Deloitte on Dec. 31 said an increased demand for Canadian natural gas coupled with growing LNG shipping capacity could translate into higher prices in the new year.
Q&A: Agriculture minister says tariffs and water main focus for upcoming year
The past year saw ups and downs for the province's agriculture sector. In December, CBC News spoke with Agriculture and Irrigation Minister RJ Sigurdson about how some of these issues played out, and what his office is focused on for the future.
Calgary's building boom demands heaps of gravel. A battle is brewing about where to get it
As a spate of appeals at both the municipal and provincial level for gravel projects in Rocky View continue to play out, the county's council is set to bring about a new aggregate resource plan that will establish rules for how gravel pits can operate.
Alberta government cancels U.A.E. foreign worker recruitment trip
The Alberta government has decided to cancel a foreign worker recruiting trip to the United Arab Emirates, according to a statement from the Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism Muhammad Yaseen.
How Trump's threatened tariffs could impact Alberta's agriculture sector
Economists say that while it’s too soon to tell what the details could look like, the threatened tariffs would undoubtedly re-arrange long-standing trade flow patterns and discourage U.S. buyers from buying Albertan products.
Inflation continues to cool in Alberta but is still the highest in the country
Alberta’s annual inflation rate was the highest in the country in October, according to new data released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday. The national inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to two per cent since the same time last year, while Alberta’s came in at three per cent.