Beyond Local

The budget deficit was on track to exceed $21 billion this fiscal year, but Kenney said it will now be about $14 billion.

Here's a great big 'thank-you' to producers across Alberta on Canada's Agriculture Day, which is being recognized today.

In part, Alberta is concerned federal assessments are no longer solely triggered by provisions in fisheries, migratory birds and navigable waterways laws, but also now includes in-situ oilsands developments, projects that formerly were only assessed by the province. 

“There is no doubt that Australia has been a proxy battle for the world,” Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said.

Guidelines for parks partners were supposed to be released last may, said Grace Wark of the Alberta Wilderness Association.

The association asked for a $1.2 billion funding commitment over four years to establish primary care networks across the country based on successful programs in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.

Associate pastor Jacob Spenst conducted Sunday's service in his place, telling the congregation that messages of support have been pouring in.

On Thursday it’s budget day in Alberta, a time that will cruelly and ironically remind residents that last year’s projected eye-popping $6.8-billion deficit was actually the good old days.

The biggest decline in work was among the country's very bottom wage earners, with an hourly wage under $13.91.

Guilbeault has long been at work on a federal bill that would put an end to the ability of global tech giants to rake in tens of billions of dollars each year without paying tax in the countries they operate in.