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'From boondoggle to super boondoggle': RMA President weighs in on Green Line situation

President of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta Paul McLauchlin discusses the ramifications of the province pulling funding from the Green Line LRT project.

'They've been put on notice': NDP MP discusses withdrawal from agreement with Liberals

NDP MP Blake Desjarlais discusses the federal NDP's decision to withdraw from a supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals.

'A privilege and an honour': Edmonton educator and advocate appointed to Senate

Dr. Kristopher Wells discusses his appointment to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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Alberta Primetime interviews

Paul McLauchlin - Rural Municipalities of Alberta

Paul McLauchlin discusses the ramifications of the province fulling funds from the Green Line LRT project.
Blake Desjarlais - NDP MP Edmonton Griesbach
Kris Wells - Independent Senator
Paul Parks - Alberta Medical Association
Allan Adam - Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation

Alberta Primetime panels

Ellen Parker & Darren Krause

CEO of Parker PR Ellen Parker and Livewire's Darren Krause discuss the Green Line, water restrictions & more on our Politics Panel.
Duane Bratt & Barry Morishita
Sarah Elder-Chamanara & Graham Thomson
Karen McPherson & John Brennan
Janet Brown & Chris Spearman

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News from the Legislature

Smith accuses Ottawa of ignoring Alberta's interests with Albertan senate picks

Two Albertans were appointed as independent senators Saturday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, prompting backlash from the premier.

Alberta premier says legislation on school pronouns coming after September

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will introduce legislation on pronouns in schools after classes begin in September.

'The momentum has been extraordinary': Nenshi on taking the NDP reins

New Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi speaks with Alberta Primetime host Michael Higgins about his first few weeks in the role and his priorities for the party

Alberta renewable energy pause has left legacy of cancelled development: study

Alberta's seven-month moratorium on renewable power approvals has left a legacy of dozens of cancelled projects and legal uncertainty, says an analysis done on the one-year anniversary of the move.

Alberta premier holds closed-door meeting with select members of LGBTQ community

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith held a closed-door meeting Friday morning with members of Calgary’s LGBTQ community, but more than 100 protesters outside the building say the consultation was held ‘in secret’ and with ‘hand-picked organizations.’

'Co-ordinated effort': Ottawa and Alberta help each other with massive firefights

The Jasper wildfire has started a new conversation around Canada's large-scale catastrophe readiness, and the way limited resources are dispersed in case of emergency.

Premier says fine-tuning needed for alert system after miscommunicated Jasper evacuation timing

Alberta's premier says changes are needed to the province's emergency alert system after incorrect information was shared about the Jasper evacuation on Monday night.

Smith says no wrongdoing under new ethics rules after Oilers playoff tickets gifted

Alberta's premier is defending her decision to accept Edmonton Oilers playoff tickets after the UCP government loosened ethics rules.

Missing money? Alberta seeking owners of combined $150M in unclaimed money, property

If you ever lost money or property, you may be in luck. Alberta is looking for the owners of a combined $154 million in money and property that may have been lost, forgotten or abandoned, the province wrote in a release Thursday.

CTV News Edmonton Top Stories

'It's morally wrong': A rural Alberta town reacts to homeless shelter closure

At the end of a side street in Slave Lake, Alta., Lynn Bowes looks at a grey job-site trailer with boarded-up windows and doors that once operated as her town's only homeless shelter.

'Beautiful in its own way': New forest emerges in Jasper National Park, bringing protection and new opportunities

Charred stumps and the remains of fire-ravaged trees still cover large tracts of land on the Jasper landscape, but life is returning quickly down below.

Missing hiker in northern Alberta found safe

Mounties say a man who went missing while hiking Saturday west of Grande Prairie was found safe Sunday night.

Woman arrested after RCMP operation in Calling Lake

A heavy police presence could be seen in Calling Lake Sunday while Mounties investigated a weapons complaint.

Canadian drivers enjoying unusual low gas prices for time of year

Drivers across the country are keeping more money in their pockets after filling up a tank of gas.

Trump threatens to jail adversaries in escalating rhetoric ahead of pivotal debate

With just days to go before his first and likely only debate against U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris, former U.S. president Donald Trump posted a warning on his social media site threatening to jail those “involved in unscrupulous behavior” this election, which he said would be under intense scrutiny.

The controversial plan to turn a desert green

Ties van der Hoeven's ambitions are nothing if not grand. The Dutch engineer wants to transform a huge stretch of inhospitable desert into green, fertile land teeming with wildlife.

Surging Elks lick Stamps 37-16 to escape West basement

The Edmonton Elks are finding a way to return to respectability in what initially looked like a lost season.

Texts, social media a 'minefield' for people going through divorce: lawyer

When Sarah Boulby tells clients going through a divorce or locked in a custody battle that their texts and social media posts might be put under a microscope, she usually gets one of two responses.

CTV News Calgary Top Stories

Military surplus store in Calgary, destination of celebrity shoppers, closing doors

Cher, Anthony Hopkins, Heath Ledger, Alec Baldwin and Tom Hardy are just a few of the celebrities John Cumming met while growing up in his family's military surplus store.

Calgary salon hosts cut-a-thon to raise money to rebuild Jasper salon destroyed by wildfire

Some Jasperites have moved back to their community and tourists are being allowed in, but efforts to rebuild the third of the town that was destroyed by July’s wildfire remains the priority.

Calgary water consumption dips under 500 million litres Saturday

Calgary water consumption ddropped Saturday to 496 million litres, a dip of nine million litres from Friday’s 505 million.

Rob Miyashiro earns NDP nomination for Lethbridge-West

Rob Miyashiro was selected as the NDP candidate in Lethbridge-West Saturday to replace MLA Shannon Phillips.

Calgary newcomer and Bollywood veteran Vije Bhatia heads to TIFF to promote latest film, The Saint of Varet

A new Calgarian with a lengthy Bollywood resume is heading to the Toronto International Film Festival this week to promote his most recent film.

Calgary playwright Eugene Stickland to launch book about Saskatchewan-born artist Agnes Martin

Calgary playwright Eugene Stickland grew up in Saskatchewan, the same as painter Agnes Martin, but he didn’t know about her until 2004, the year she died, about 20 years after he’d left Regina to live and write plays in Toronto and then Calgary, where he was the Alberta Theatre Project’s playwright-in-residence 10 times.

AUPE stages three simultaneous rallies as members rally for better collective agreements

One of three rallies organized by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) took place at the Foothills Medical Centre on Saturday.

The Gaudreau brothers left a legacy at Boston College and beyond

Flowers, sticks, bags of Skittles and bottles of purple Gatorade make up a vigil outside Conte Forum, the home rink for “Johnny Hockey” when he and his brother played at Boston College, together, for one season.