39 h. ago Unpaid Oil & Gas Taxes: Worsening Crisis Calls for a Collaborative Solution

As rural municipalities struggle with increasing unpaid oil and gas property taxes, RMA proposes a collaborative approach to Alberta Municipal Affairs and Alberta Energy and Minerals. Nisku, AB, March 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) has conducted a member survey identifying that as of December 31, 2024, at least $253.9 […]

Economics

3 d. ago 'My voice wasn't being heard': Alberta MLA Sinclair speaks after being voted out of UCP caucus

"People told me this is not how you do things. I understand that, and I did try through the regular streams that we have, and I just felt like my voice wasn't being heard," Sinclair said Monday.

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6 d. ago Rural Alberta MLA booted from UCP caucus for refusing to support budget

The UCP said Lesser Slave Lake's Scott Sinclair has been booted from caucus for not toeing the party line: 'All government MLAs are expected to vote in favour of a tabled budget.'

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6 d. ago Northern Alberta MLA removed from UCP caucus after speaking out against budget

Lesser Slave Lake MLA Scott Sinclair was removed from the UCP caucus on Friday after expressing his discontent with the most recent provincial budget and his willingness to vote against it

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3 w. ago Taber, other southern Alberta municipalities to no longer take part in immigration program

A group of southern Alberta communities is no longer taking part in a provincial immigration program stream that has helped businesses fill workforce vacancies. Taber has announced it’s ending its participation in the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program’s (AAIP) Rural Renewal Stream, which the province says “empowers rural communities to recruit and retain foreign nationals to […]

Politics

3 w. ago Wheels turning for rural Alberta transit improvements, transportation minister says

Passenger rail master plan is an early stage of how public transportation unfolds in the coming decades, according to Devin Dreeshen

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