Some Alberta News Today

Seniors says mobile doctors are increasingly hard to come by in Alberta following a series of pay cuts by Alberta Health for in-home visits.

Some Alberta academic leaders say a provincial government bill that proposes to vet all federal funding to post-secondary institutions poses a risk to academic freedom.

Legislation that commits the federal government to long-term funding of the national child-care system is poised to become law.

The Alberta government is making changes to the province’s child-care system that it says will “meet the needs of families and operators.”

A number of Alberta child care facilities shut their doors Tuesday, protesting what they say are problems with the $10-a-day child care program.

Between Tuesday, Jan. 9 and Wednesday, Jan 17, the AMA received more than 49,000 calls from drivers needing everything from battery boosts to being pulled out of the ditch.

A high-pressure weather system is moving into Alberta that will bring frigid overnight temperatures Thursday — prompting a new round of extreme cold warnings. 

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith won't say what happened to her government's promise to hold face-to-face meetings with citizens in December on quitting the Canada Pension Plan.

A panel led by former finance minister Jim Dinning concludes on Wednesday the final of five telephone town-hall sessions gauging public interest in a separate Alberta pension plan.

Smith also says leaving the CPP is not a bargaining chip for a better deal with Ottawa on equalization or on federal rules her government believes undercut energy development.