Alberta News

As Ottawa promised Monday to give Alberta $222 million to build new infrastructure, a senior federal Conservative indicated the Stelmach government's much larger request for extra health-care cash is not in the cards--unless Wild Rose Country becomes a have-not province.

Alberta's request for extra health care dollars is not in the cards, unless it becomes a have-not province, a senior federal Conservative indicated Monday, as the provincial and federal Conservative caucuses met in Calgary.

The Alberta government will be seen and heard at this fall's international conference on reducing greenhouse gases in Copenhagen.

The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld a $4,000 cap on compensation for injuries resulting from automobile collisions.

Bill 44 is expected to pass in the legislature today. But, last week the Lloydminster Public School Division sent a letter to Edmonton lobbying the government against the law.

Recession-weary Albertans continued to rein in their spending in March as the province reported the sharpest pullback in retail sales in the country.

The Alberta government has begun a problematic process of consultation with Albertans about the possibility of bringing nuclear power to Northern Alberta.A There is a 23 page online document that reads like a promotional brochure for Bruce Power, the corporate interest hoping to build these plants with corporate welfare from the Alberta government.

Heather Edwards is a disposable Albertan, or so the province's natural ruling politicians must believe.

Rebekah Jarvis pours a beer in a Calgary pub as Albertans learn they are paying more for bottled beer than anybody else in the country.

The provincial government has failed in its attempt to quash a multi-million dollar class action lawsuit filed on behalf of Alberta foster children.

Bana Weems Caskey, the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution state regent, visited the Amherst area for a joint meeting with members from the Amherst, Blue Ridge, James River, John Lynch, Lynchburg and Poplar Forest chapters.

May 12, 2009, EDT.By Jim Macdonald, THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - Alberta's move to extend human rights protection to parents who want their children excluded from classroom talk about sex or religion is being condemned by former Tory government members who created the province's original human rights code.

The corporate community has stepped up to finance sex-change surgery for a small-town, transgendered southern Albertan denied provincial funding for the procedure.

Influenza will kill up to 300 Albertans this year. That's roughly the population of Longview, Alberta, all dead from a disease that starts with aches and fever, before it progresses into something serious, such as pneumonia.

The number of people infected with the swine flu virus in Canada climbed to eight today, after health officials in Alberta confirmed two new cases the province.

Health Minister Ron Liepert has for months trumpeted his aim of creating an efficient and accessible health system for all.

Some folks say Rockin' Ron knows his way around a deck of cards. If he does, and he sure has the look of the poker player about him, he knows all about the importance of an ace in the hole.

The story moves forward and the outrage begins, with those who get it. As loyal Sun readers know, the province will cut its health care coverage, paving the way for Albertans to have to pay private companies to cover services no longer on the taxpayer tab.

With most Canadian governments having delivered their 2009 budgets, globeandmail.com has asked public-policy experts to assess the best and worst of recession responses.

Philippa Thomas with her dog Diesel outside her Cochrane home. Thomas has been in constant pain since a farm injury three years ago and is hoping to change government policy that does not provide workers compensation to farm workers.