Alberta seeks court ruling on constitutionality of federal clean electricity plan | New bill would concentrate medical officers of health under Alberta government control | Tim Cartmell to launch budget panel, safe streets strategy if elected Edmonton mayor
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Alberta seeks court ruling on constitutionality of federal clean electricity plan; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said on Thursday that she would see a court ruling on the constitutionality of federal clean electricity legislation\.

Alberta seeks court ruling on constitutionality of federal clean electricity plan

May 1 , 2025 at 03:11:33 p.m. MDT • :

The province is seeking a court ruling on the constitutionality of Ottawa's clean electricity plan. Regulations were finalized last year, with plans to decarbonize electricity grids across Canada by 2050.

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New bill would concentrate medical officers of health under Alberta government control; Health Minister Adriana LaGrange introduced legislation Thursday that continues the reorganization of health services in the province\.

New bill would concentrate medical officers of health under Alberta government control

May 1 , 2025 at 06:45:27 p.m. MDT • :

A new bill continuing the reorganization of Alberta's health system has some government critics worried that all public health leaders will report to politicians.

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Tim Cartmell to launch budget panel, safe streets strategy if elected Edmonton mayor; Tim Cartmell speaks to media after giving a campaign speech on Thursday\.

Tim Cartmell to launch budget panel, safe streets strategy if elected Edmonton mayor

May 1 , 2025 at 06:15:35 p.m. MDT • :

Tim Cartmell is promising to prioritize basic services, strike a blue-ribbon budget panel to scrutinize the city's budget and create a safe streets strategy if elected mayor of Edmonton in October.

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Fort Saskatchewan substitute educational assistant charged with sexual offences involving student: RCMP; Fort Saskatchewan RCMP have charged a substitute educational assistant with sexual interference and sexual assault\.

Fort Saskatchewan substitute educational assistant charged with sexual offences involving student: RCMP

May 1 , 2025 at 06:16:29 p.m. MDT • :

Fort Saskatchewan RCMP have charged a substitute educational assistant with alleged sexual offences involving a student.

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Province now accepting applications for 'Alberta is Calling' moving bonus; Applications opened on Thursday for the province's "Alberta is Calling" moving bonus\. The province will provide \$5,000 to cover relocation costs for up to 2,000 skilled tradespeople who moved to Alberta last year\.

Province now accepting applications for 'Alberta is Calling' moving bonus

May 1 , 2025 at 02:44:57 p.m. MDT • :

Some of the more than 150,000 people who settled in Alberta last year can now recover money they spent to start a new life in "Wild Rose Country."

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Edmonton landlord Abdullah Shah allegedly directed man charged in Alberta Avenue arsons; Darcy Willier is on trial, facing several counts of arson, in relation to a series of suspicious fires in the Alberta Avenue neighbourhood\.  

May 1 , 2025 at 07:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Edmonton landlord Abdullah Shah allegedly directed man charged in Alberta Avenue arsons

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Wildfire evacuations underway in parts of Fort St. John, cellphone and internet down in Tumbler Ridge; A wildfire fighting aircraft drops suppressant over a community forest on the north side of Fort St\. John on Thursday\.  

May 1 , 2025 at 11:28:14 a.m. MDT • :

Wildfire evacuations underway in parts of Fort St. John, cellphone and internet down in Tumbler Ridge

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First Nations chiefs say Alberta premier is trying to 'manufacture a national unity crisis'; Alberta's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa in 2020\.  

May 1 , 2025 at 05:00:06 p.m. MDT • :

First Nations chiefs say Alberta premier is trying to 'manufacture a national unity crisis'

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Man found dead inside vehicle in west Edmonton, 2 taken into custody; Edmonton police responded to a report of a disturbance in the area of 56th Avenue and 199th Street on Tuesday\.  

April 30 , 2025 at 11:00:39 a.m. MDT • :

Man found dead inside vehicle in west Edmonton, 2 taken into custody

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Rural hamlet in northwestern Alberta will lose its school at the end of June; Dixonville School, in the hamlet of Dixonville, Alta\., will be closed at the end of June due to declining enrolment\.  

April 30 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Rural hamlet in northwestern Alberta will lose its school at the end of June

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