Alberta News

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it has postponed the release of its revised school library book ban policy. The government initially promised the new ministerial order this afternoon, but the province now says it will be released Monday.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it will begin creating standards for releasing treated oil tailings into the environment.

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in August. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.

TORONTO — Ontario's top doctor is calling for a national immunization schedule and registry to address gaps exposed by the resurgence of measles in Canada – but first, he says his own province needs a centralized digital vaccine system. Dr.

EDMONTON — An Alberta government order banning some books from school libraries doesn't appear to be deterring people from reading them, say managers at several bookstores.

VANCOUVER — British Columbians are being told to prepare themselves for the worsening of a dense shroud of wildfire smoke that has descended over the province, with health experts saying the dangerous impacts of the pollution might not be immediately

EDMONTON — A new contract has been reached between some 23,000 civil servants and the Alberta government, averting a strike that could’ve happened as soon as next week.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Edmonton Elks have a shot at earning Labour Day redemption this week. Both teams are home after dropping the opener of their respective Labour Day series on the road.

VANCOUVER — Smoke from wildfires continues to cause worries across much of the West. In British Columbia, smoky haze enveloping Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley has triggered an air-quality warning that's expected to last a few days.

CALGARY — Federal investigators are looking into a train derailment in British Columbia's Kootenay region near the Alberta boundary. The Transportation Safety Board says in a statement that a team is being deployed to the site near Elko, B.C.