For almost 50 years, the Alberta government has invested natural resource royalties in the Alberta Heritage Fund to help reduce reliance on those resources — namely oil and gas. The government wants to grow the fund to $250 billion by 2050.

Alberta's premier says she wants to grow the Heritage Savings Trust Fund to at least $250 billion by the year 2050, in order to wean the province off the resource revenue roller-coaster.

Dozens of Alberta scientists, doctors and researchers have penned an open letter calling on the Alberta government to reject the recommendations contained in its recently released pandemic response report.

Canada’s top oil-producing province of Alberta plans to boost its wealth fund roughly tenfold to C$250 billion ($173 billion) by 2050 in a bid to wean itself off volatile natural resources revenue.

Any Canadian response to U.S. tariffs will be regionally fair and equitable and not single out Alberta, Canada's main oil-producing province, Canada's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said on Wednesday.

Also of note with Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Code are changes around the frequency of reviews. The government states that an employer must review the violence and harassment prevention plan in any of the following circumstances: when an incident of violence or harassment indicates a review is required

Premier Smith said critics of the report are trying to control the narrative and she doesn't want to see "contrarian voices" shut out when reviewing pandemic response measures.

Danielle Smith said a Canadian border czar would work with their U.S. counterpart to crack down on fentanyl and illegal crossings — something Trump has repeatedly said is an issue.

The old saying goes, “April showers bring May flowers,” and Alberta should be seeing plenty of new buds because the Old Farmers’ Almanac is calling for above-average precipitation for the province, along with the same for BC and a good chunk of Saskatchewan.

Two very different weather situations will occur across Michigan later today and tonight as a fairly strong Alberta Clipper storm system tracks across the Upper Peninsula.

The newest town in Alberta has thrown its old welcome signs up for auction, thanks to it receiving a new name in a merger two years ago.

With Canada continuing to face pressure from the United States to beef up border security, the RCMP says a Black Hawk helicopter started patrolling the Alberta-U.S. boundary on Tuesday. Helicopter patrols will travel along the Prairie border searching for illegal activity, including illegal migration, human smuggling and drug trafficking.