3 h. ago Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28K in COVID vaccine doses

The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on the social media platform X that charges against Dr. Michael Kirk Moore, of Midvale, […]

Science

16 h. ago Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta’s rules on explicit sex books are reasonable. Don’t believe the fake news

The province did not ban depictions of hugging and kissing in school libraries, as some media reports initially suggested

Events

3 d. ago Letters: Strong show of unity between Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan

Is Ontario a good partner for Alberta? Vote in our daily poll! Who would have thought that the Calgary Stampede would become the greatest show of unity, cooperation, friendship, and support between Canada’s conservative leaders? Premiers Ford and Moe were there to sign trade agreements with Premier Smith, and Smith and opposition leader Poilievre were […]

Other

3 d. ago Wednesday's letters: Alberta squeezes seniors, disabled despite surplus

Alberta posts $8.3-billion surplus was the headline on the front page on June 28. Great news. Unless you’re an AISH recipient. Or a senior. Or someone wanting a COVID vaccine. Alberta is the only province or territory that will claw back the Canada Disability Benefit of $200, which could make a difference to AISH recipients […]

Other

4 d. ago Opinion: Let Alberta optometrists do the job they're trained to do

Modern optometry training has evolved far beyond what it was even 10 years ago. Alberta’s regulations aren’t keeping pace. Where we once led North American scope of practice for optometrists, Alberta is now falling far behind. The failure of our regulatory system to match advances in education, training, and medical technology is contributing to increased […]

Transport

4 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Doug Ford's federal ambitions may hurt Alberta down the road

Frankly, I’m not sure I trust Ford to live up to his end of these agreements given his federal ambitions.

Events

5 d. ago Braid: Ontario's Doug Ford buckles up for Stampede — and for Alberta's future

Ford is all-in for a west-east oil pipeline. Ontario and Alberta officials talked seriously Monday of a new line to an Ontario port on James Bay

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5 d. ago Braid: Ontario's Doug Ford buckles up for Stampede — and for Alberta pipelines

Ford is all-in for a west-east oil pipeline. Ontario and Alberta officials talked seriously Monday of a new line to an Ontario port on James Bay

Other

5 d. ago Demetrios Nicolaides: Alberta investing in education to meet booming population growth

Alberta’s government and the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) share the same goal: providing a world-class education to Alberta’s next generation. It’s a goal I am proud to work on alongside the ATA. Yet in a recent op-ed, ATA president Jason Schilling says he believes Alberta’s government is “playing politics with education rather than focusing on […]

Economics

5 d. ago Mia Hughes: Alberta judge relies on myth that gender drugs are lifesaving

Injunction's claim that banning drugs would cause emotional harm not backed up by evidence

Other

5 d. ago The National Lung Health Alliance Warns that Politicizing Immunization Risks Lives – Especially for Canadians with Lung Conditions

The NLHA says wasted vaccines are a failure of health promotion, not coverage TORONTO, July 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Lung Health Alliance (NLHA), representing Canada’s leading lung health organizations, is sounding the alarm over Alberta’s recent decision to dramatically scale back access to publicly funded COVID-19 vaccines, after the federal government shifted […]

Politics

6 d. ago Tait: Albertans should demand province stop claw back of Canadian Disability Benefits

(Disclaimer: Cam Tait lives with disability but does not receive Alberta’s Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped — AISH) The polite debate ends now. While we might spare a moment to condemn Pamela Ellis, arrested in Hamilton for allegedly pilfering $277,000 from disabled residents – a heinous act of individual greed – we must redirect […]

Other

7 d. ago Alberta and Carney: conflict and collision — Can Alberta survive Carney’s net

It should be evident to Albertans that the province is on a collision course with the federal Liberal government, driven by a fundamental disagreement: will Alberta and Western Canada be allowed to fully develop its hydrocarbon endowment, or will that economic value be lost in pursuit of the climate policy known as “net zero”? This […]

Events

7 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Effort to revive old PC party in Alberta appears futile

This week, two Independent MLAs who used to be UCP caucus members announced that they would be reviving the Ghost of Elections Past, the old Progressive Conservative party. Peter Guthrie of Airdrie-Cochrane and Scott Sinclair of Lesser Slave Lake, both of whom were separately expelled from the UCP caucus earlier this year for dissing the […]

Events

8 d. ago Letters: What are Alberta separatist plans for Canadian loyalists?

Are you worried about measles outbreaks? Vote in our daily poll! I have a question to ask that many Albertans, faced with the continual harping about separation, are asking. What are the separatists going to do with those of us who live in Alberta but love Canada and intend to always be Canadian? Are they […]

Other

9 d. ago Federal auditors target vaccine injury program amid surprise Oxaro office visit

PHAC officials will continue to visit Oxaro's VISP offices “on short notice and in-person to ensure that performance standards are met,”a confidential source told Global News.

Other

9 d. ago Opinion: Alberta's clawback of federal disability benefits shameful

Alberta is the only province or territory in Canada that is poised to claw back the $200 Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) from provincial disability income support (known in Alberta as AISH) recipients. That’s one out of 13. Back in March, Alberta’s Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services, Jason Nixon, announced this decision in this […]

Other

9 d. ago Bell: Nenshi smiles as Alberta PCs try to rise from the dead to take on Smith

The Alberta PC party is back! What else could happen in the topsy-turvy world of Alberta politics?

Events

9 d. ago ‘Nothing Was Ready’: Inside Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program

Former VISP workers described a culture that was more play than work. 'I felt like I was there to kind of hang out and socialize,' one said. 'It was kind of like school in a way.'

Other

1 week ago Braid: Alberta PC Party may arise from their zombie years to challenge UCP

'We're conservatives who want to say inside Canada,' said Lesser Slave Lake MLA Scott Sinclair

Culture