Provincial Politics

Alberta must juggle sluggish economy, big deficits, lost jobs in upcoming budget

EDMONTON - Alberta is to bring in its new budget Thursday while juggling a sluggish economy, multibillion-dollar deficits and escalating conflicts with public-sector workers. "There continues to ...

Feb 26, 2020

Alberta legislature to resume with throne speech, tabling of blockade bill

EDMONTON - Alberta politicians are returning to the legislature with a promise of new legislation targeting protesters who set up blockades. Premier Jason Kenney says he plans to table ...

Feb 25, 2020

Improved road access won't come easy for rural Meadowood residents north of Qualicum Beach

QUALICUM BEACH - Lobbying is intensifying for a second vehicular route for an emerging rural community north of Qualicum Beach, but the province isn't keen on granting that wish.Corcan-Meadowood resid...

Feb 24, 2020 The RDN is looking into how improved vehicular access to the Meadowood area north of Qualicum Beach can be accomplished. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

Notley says Kenney's polarizing environmental approach killed Teck mine

EDMONTON - Alberta Opposition NDP Leader Rachel Notley says a decision by Teck Resources to abandon its oilsands mining project should be a wake-up call for Premier Jason Kenney.Notley says Kenney's d...

Feb 24, 2020

Available treatment beds remain unfunded, City staff to continue seeking provincial funding

NANAIMO - Five open and available treatment beds will remain unused for the near future after a City of Nanaimo task force passed on funding the service. The decision to provide $70,500 in one-time fu...

Feb 24, 2020 A City of Nanaimo task force has recommended city staff continue the course of asking for provincial money which likely isn't coming. (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)

VIU students celebrate education grants program in provincial budget

NANAIMO - Post-secondary education for students in Nanaimo and across B.C. became more financially realistic through Tuesday's provincial budget.The BC NDP revealed a $41 million needs-based grant pro...

Feb 20, 2020 Students at VIU and across B.C. can rely less on student loans to fund their post-secondary education through a new needs-based grant program from the provincial government. (VIU)

Alberta unloads crude-by-rail contracts signed under former NDP government

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government has unloaded crude-by-rail contracts signed under the previous NDP government, but details aren't being disclosed yet. His predecessor, Rache...

Feb 11, 2020

Kenney sets sights on Democratic hopefuls aiming to block Keystone XL pipeline

WASHINGTON - Jason Kenney opted to join Ontario counterpart Doug Ford in the Democratic doghouse Saturday as the Alberta premier vented his spleen about progressive presidenti...

Feb 10, 2020

Alberta uninterested in federal 'handout' if Teck mine rejected: Nixon

CALGARY - Alberta's environment minister says the province is not interested in any federal handout if Ottawa rejects the proposed Frontier oilsands mine. A Reuters report, citing unidentified sources...

Feb 07, 2020

Provincial tensions with federal government easing, Kenney, Moe suggest

WASHINGTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Saskatchewan's Scott Moe say they see signs that tensions in their relationship with Ottawa are beginning to ease. The two premiers are part of a delegati...

Feb 07, 2020