$30M to be spent on trades, technology programming in Alberta over next 3 years
More than $30 million will be spent over the next three years supporting apprenticeship and learning opportunities in skilled trades in Alberta.

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More than $30 million will be spent over the next three years supporting apprenticeship and learning opportunities in skilled trades in Alberta.
Grande Prairie-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews and Calgary-North West MLA Sonya Savage announced Friday they will not be seeking reelection in May.
The Alberta legislature wrapped up its spring sitting Thursday with politicians on both sides of the aisle test-driving insults and expected attack lines ahead of the scheduled May 29 provincial election.
Alberta's auditor general says the province's system for managing environmental risks from old oilpatch facilities needs significant improvement.
Alberta's premier assured a ballroom of rural leaders Wednesday that she does not want to see the province move away from electricity generated from fossil fuels, while complaining about solar panels covering farm land.
A new political poll surveying Albertans ahead of May's provincial election shows a deep divide within the province, with the governing United Conservative Party and Alberta's New Democrats fighting neck and neck for support.
TBA was started last year by long-time right-wing activist David Parker. It began as a way to push back against COVID-19 measures, but has since drastically grown.
Alberta's information commissioner has started an investigation into how the province's energy regulator notified the public about tailings pond releases at Imperial Oil's Kearl mine.
Premier Danielle Smith says laggardly public notification of Imperial Oil oilsands wastewater spills has illuminated the need for Alberta to ensure future alarms are sounded quicker.
In an online video, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is heard speaking with outspoken Calgary pastor Artur Pawlowski, creating questions about her influence on Alberta court cases.
Police are looking for help in the suspicious death of a man found in a vehicle in north Edmonton Wednesday morning.
Alberta's tourism sector has a "serious labour shortage" that can threaten its long-term viability, a new labour study has found.
The wife of an Edmonton spiritual leader who is accused of sexual assault has a new lawyer.
It was a weekend in January 2015. Jody Blokland was snowmobiling on the Blindman River with his brother and their four kids.
Alberta now has 465 people in hospital with COVID-19, 25 of whom are receiving care in ICUs.
A 22-year-old man was stabbed at the Clareview LRT Station Wednesday afternoon by a person that was known to them, police say.
An Edmonton-based company will launch its first satellite into space early next month, an achievement it hopes will help cement the emerging sector in the city.
Alberta's UCP government continued its post-budget tour Wednesday by holding a press conference to discuss hundreds of million dollars it has committed in an attempt to improve healthcare in rural Alberta.
A 15-year-old girl shot to death in the community of Martindale early Tuesday morning, has now been identified by friends and police as Sarah Alexis Jorquera.
Calgary police say they've arrested a woman in connection with a stabbing at the Lions Park LRT station that stemmed from a fight between several people.
A Calgary archaeologist wants to help more women get out in the field by launching the Fair Field Foundation, an organization to break barriers women often face.
In an online video, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is heard speaking with outspoken Calgary pastor Artur Pawlowski, creating questions about her influence on Alberta court cases.
The GAP employability program is for young adults 18 to 24 years old and develops their confidence and life skills through bike education classes and trips.
With seven games left in the regular season, the Calgary Hitmen were on the outside looking in for a playoff spot.
It looks as if there will be a lot of mayhem afoot in the Saddledome this summer.
It's been five years since the Municipal District and Town of Taber declared a state of emergency due to overland flooding in the area.
The federal budget, tabled Tuesday, introduced a new, targeted inflation-relief program to help 11 million low- and modest-income Canadians and families save money on groceries.
A shooting in Red Deer resulted in several public schools being put into hold-and-secure mode Wednesday morning.
Alberta's police watchdog has released more information about an incident at a Red Deer Walmart in which a man who had been reported missing in Calgary was shot by police.
A central Alberta snowmobiler is dead after driving into a steel cable that was strung up across a river.
Alberta will invest $30 million to expand the Red Deer Regional Airport as part of budget 2023.
What started as a complaint about a shooting in a central Alberta Walmart parking lot has now led to an investigation by Alberta's police watchdog.
Lethbridge police are seeking public assistance in identifying a suspect in an early August assault.
When Susan Eymann and Jeff MacDonald said they were getting a new pet in February, they weren’t exactly kidding.
A 56-year-old Lethbridge man faces multiple charges after police recovered $37,000 worth of stolen property connected to a Wednesday break-in at a commercial compound.
The rebuilding process is continuing as those in and near Waterton Lakes National Park honour the five-year anniversary of the Kenow wildfire.
A summer with mostly clear skies above Lethbridge has come to an end.