Provincial Politics

Alberta inquiry into oil and gas foes could face legal challenge from Ecojustice

CALGARY - An environmental law group is threatening legal action if the Alberta government's inquiry into the funding of oil and gas industry foes continues as is. Vancouver-based Ecojustice issued th...

Olivia Thorington Sep 18, 2019

Visually-impaired community angry with pending closure of Medicine Hat resource office

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Shock, anger, and disappointment is being felt from Medicine Hat's visually-impaired community following news of the closing of a local downtown resource office.Vision Loss Rehabili...

Sep 17, 2019 Photo courtesy of Bob Schneider

Alberta ending separate offices for climate change, environmental monitoring

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government is eliminating stand-alone offices for climate change policy and environmental monitoring. Some say the move will damage the province's ability to m...

Sep 13, 2019

City receives high marks for embarking on well abandonment program

Medicine Hat, AB - The city's move to launch an abandonment of more than 2000 gas wells is being widely praised as a forward-thinking move and industry-leading initiative."What the city is doing with ...

Sep 12, 2019

Minister of Advanced Education talks future of post-secondary at Medicine Hat College

Medicine Hat, AB - Alberta's Minister of Advanced Education has been touring around the province visiting universities and colleges this month.Today, Minister Demetrios Nicolaides was in the gas city,...

Sep 12, 2019 Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides meets with board members and staff at MHC (Photo by Colton McKee)

Alberta education, finance ministers in Medicine Hat

MEDICINE HAT, AB -- Two provincial ministers are visiting Medicine Hat Wednesday. Education minister Adriana Lagrange is visiting two schools during the day. At 9:30 a.m. she'll be visiting Ecole St. ...

Sep 11, 2019

Alberta group urges women to get more confident talking about politics

OTTAWA - A group with roots in the oil and gas industry is encouraging women to talk about politics this fall, even if they hold widely different views. The non-profit organization, called Canada Powe...

Sep 11, 2019

Alberta opens public submissions for environmentalist foreign funding inquiry

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has started a website to allow people to submit information to its inquiry into foreign funding of environmental groups. Inquiry commissioner Steve Allan says he is a...

Sep 09, 2019

Amalgamation talks end with county vote

Brooks, AB - The working group looking at amalgamation of Brooks, County of Newell and Bassano is no more following a council vote Thursday.County of Newell councillors voted to withdraw from the Regi...

Sep 06, 2019

Coalition pushing for maintained provincial funding for Alberta social services

MEDICINE HAT, AB -- With the risk of significant provincial budget cuts over the next four years, a coalition of groups from across Alberta has formed to urge the government to maintain funding to com...

Sep 06, 2019