Welcome to
Alberta Today

Competition Bureau kicks off ‘greenwashing’ review

The Competition Bureau is recommending companies not relay specific timelines about emissions reduction goals in their advertisements.

Tech change outpacing Alberta’s privacy protections

Alberta’s privacy legislation is lagging behind technology and people's personal information could be at risk, watchdog says.

Alberta premier attacks Ottawa’s oil and gas advertising bill

Premier Danielle Smith said she may be the first person prosecuted under new rules brought in through the federal government’s Bill C-59, which will require oil and gas advertising to follow regulations against false advertising enforced by the Competition Bureau. 

Capital Power waves goodbye to $2.4B carbon capture project

Capital Power told shareholders in its Q1 update that it is bidding adieu to its planned $2.4-billion carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at its Genesee plant, instead pursuing its MOU with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) on small modular reactors.

Recovery Alberta transition a surprise for unions

Assurances from Mental Health and Addictions Minister Dan Williams that the transition from Alberta Health Services to a new Recovery Alberta agency for front-line workers comes as cold comfort to the unions representing those workers.

Alberta’s Heritage Savings Trust Fund performed poorly last year

Alberta access to water from the Milk River at the mercy of century-old U.S. infrastructure

Famed Alberta government donair sells for $16K

Donair costume is a hit in Alberta government surplus auction

Alberta has ‘failed at every step’ as Indigenous incarceration ratios soar: NDP