Alberta

Following a recent announcement for Edmonton, 12 Alberta sheriffs will soon support Calgary police patrols in high-crime areas of Calgary’s downtown core as part of a 12-week pilot initiative design...Learn More

The Province of Alberta has announced that a 15-week pilot partnership between the Alberta Sheriffs and the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) will begin in late February 2023 designed to help deter and re...Learn More

The City of Calgary has passed its single-use bylaw consistent with some other jurisdictions that ban all types of plastic check-stand bags and put a minimum fee on paper and reusable bags. Effective ...Learn More

The Alberta and Saskatchewan governments and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) are partnering to remove barriers to the interprovincial food trade in Lloydminster. As a city split by the Albe...Learn More

On Friday, January 13, 2023, Alberta Government House Leader Jason Nixon released the timing for the Spring sitting of the Alberta legislature – the last before the provincial election on May 29, 20...Learn More

On March 31, 2023, a number of Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Code changes will come into effect. Several resources describing highlights of the upcoming OHS Code changes are available now in ...Learn More

As of January 1, 2023, Alberta’s provincial gas tax was removed for the next six months in an effort to provide relief to individual and commercial drivers at the pump. Alberta electricity and natur...Learn More

Following consultation over the past couple of years with stakeholders, including RCC members, Alberta’s government has announced changes to parts of the Occupational Health and Safety Code (OHS Cod...Learn More

The Alberta government has announced its intention to release a series of affordability measures to support Albertans dealing inflationary pressures through the recently-released Affordability Action ...Learn More

In what Premier Danielle Smith initially described as standing up for the unvaccinated, the Alberta government has announced now they do not plan to table a bill that would have amended the Alberta Hu...Learn More