Beyond Local

Alberta’s government is extending the Alberta Lung Cancer Screening Program and is providing grants to four organizations to improve access to cancer screening – particularly in rural, remote and Indigenous communities, said the province.

"I have, in the past, camped in the United States, but that's not going to happen in the near future"

The decision grants Northback permits to drill and to divert water to the site, which was also a concern raised by farmers in drought-ridden parts of southern Alberta.

Included from Danielle Smith's government were bills to lower the bar for citizen-initiated referendums to take place, force those suffering from addiction into treatment without consent and to set the stage for a provincial police force.

The Impact Assessment Act is already being revised to address a Supreme Court ruling that found some parts of it encroached on provincial jurisdiction, and the oil and gas emissions cap is still being finalized

Every adult of an affected community who has been evacuated for seven days or more is eligible to receive a one-time payment of $1,250 from the Alberta government.

Danielle Smith has said she wants Alberta to stay in Canada, but Onion Lake Cree Nation chief says the referendum legislation signals that the province is pushing a separatist agenda.

The provincial total of measles cases now sits at 409 since the beginning of March.

"We made it very clear that people who join the Alberta New Democrats can opt in or opt out of joining the federal New Democrats."

Premier Danielle Smith’s government is working to considerably lower the threshold to allow for citizen-initiated referendums, including whether the province should separate from Canada.