Article content Cutting Edmonton’s policing budget — as city council did by $11 million Monday — has never been a straightforward proposition. Take 1985, for example. That year, council looked to reduce the Edmonton Police Service budget in response to…
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Speaker finds no point of privilege on government’s responses to delayed financial report
Article content continued The premier’s comments echoed those of Finance Minister Travis Toews in late May, who told the legislature that the Auditor General, Doug Wylie, had concerns staff would not be able to complete the audit by the end…
Alberta Catholic School Trustees’ Association appoints new executive director
Article content The Alberta Catholic School Trustees’ Association (ACSTA) has name its new executive director. Eugenia Pagnotta-Kowalczyk will step into the position starting Sept. 1 after the board of directors stated it conducted a “thorough and extensive search” to fill…
An appeal to return Lana Whiskeyjack’s beaded medicine to Ociciwan
Article content Like most of the planet, Ociciwan Contemporary Art Centre had to deal with the pandemic head-on, curling up, waiting with patience. But in the case of the new downtown art space, this meant the compromise of having to…
COVID-19: One additional death at Misericordia, 47 new cases across Alberta
Article content continued The Edmonton zone continues to have the most active cases with 243 while Calgary has 230. Central Alberta has the least number of cases, as it has throughout most of the pandemic, with four. The north and…
UCP government proposing new corporation to promote business investment in Alberta
Article content The Alberta government is forging ahead with a plan to attract new business investment in the province by creating an agency to promote the province to the global market. Introduced in the legislature Tuesday afternoon, Bill 33, the…
New legislation would force Alberta employees to opt-in to have union dues spent on political causes
Article content continued Employers will no longer need employee’s written authorization to deduct an amount that was overpaid to them on a paycheque. Under the new legislation, temporary layoffs that are not related to the COVID-19 pandemic could last for…
UCP to redefine ‘minerals’ to simplify environmental requirements for sand, gravel industry
Article content Alberta’s UCP government proposed legislation Tuesday that would legally redefine “minerals” and allow about 500 sand excavation projects to proceed without having to submit environmental impact assessments. Bill 31, the Environmental Protection Statutes Amendment Act, would change existing…
RCMP to resume some front-counter service in Alberta this week
Article content RCMP detachments across Alberta will begin re-opening for some in-person services on Thursday. Detachments closed for many walk-in visits at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Alberta RCMP says it’s ready to gradually return to normal operations.…
Massive 340,000-panel solar farm to take flight at Edmonton International Airport
Article content A massive renewable energy project roughly the size of 313 CFL football fields could be arriving in Edmonton by the end of 2022. Edmonton International Airport announced Tuesday plans to build a 627-acre, 120-megawatt solar farm — enough…