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OTTAWA — Reading the throne speech today, King Charles says Prime Minister Mark Carney's government vows to protect Canadian sovereignty by building up the military and redefining the relationship with the United States.

A new report is warning the annual levy charged to Alberta oil companies to fund the cleanup of orphaned oil and gas wells remains too low to keep up with the rate of surrendering.

The gender-based violence page on the Government of Alberta’s website does note that LGBTQ+ are more likely to experience gender-based violence, but the action plan only mentions LGBTQ people six times, one of which is simply a definition.

Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi will run in Edmonton-Strathcona, which became vacant when former premier Rachel Notley resigned her seat late last year. It'll be Nenshi's first chance at getting a seat in the legislature since taking over the party reins last summer.

Government data shows a large majority of Alberta's total cases have been reported in children, including 188 in those under the age of five.

According to education minister Demetrios Nicolaides, provincial standards are needed because books depicting sexual acts are available in some school libraries. 

Central to the country’s culture and history, vyshyvanka “serves as a powerful reminder of Ukrainian identity,” said MLA Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk as the spring sitting of Alberta’s legislature wound down this month.

In 2024-25, Alberta government ministries spent $4.41 million on travel and hospitality, a 28 per cent increase over the $3.45 million expensed in 2023-24

Smith, along with former Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Nathan Cooper and UCP riding candidate Tara Sawyer met with several hundred supporters May 24 in Holy Trinity Catholic School's gymnasium in Olds, Alberta.

The decision doesn't specify what information was falsified but says providing misleading information is a major contravention of provincial law.