Meanwhile, the government is promoting another opportunity for U.S. hunters to come shoot things here off-season

Rural municipalities say it's getting harder to find volunteers to help run events and support essential services. Researchers who spoke to 27 municipal officials across Alberta learned there has been a persistent decline in recent years in the number of people able to volunteer.

A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Banff and Lake Louise early Sunday morning, but no damage has been reported. The earthquake occurred at 4:39 a.m. at a depth of 1 kilometre, with its epicentre near latitude 51.

Local agencies are working to educate the public about online safety, amid a steady rise of cases of online child sexual exploitation. Education, they say, is the best to tool for prevention.

The Mountain Valley Child Society from Piikani First Nation is not happy the Alberta government quietly rescinded a moratorium on open pit coal mining last week,

A change in Alberta's coal mining policy is getting a lot of pushback from the public. Earlier this month, the provincial government lifted a ban on coal exploration in parts of the Rocky Mountains, allowing suspended projects to resume.

Embark on a new journey by making a switch to a career of your dreams, with numerous airlines in Alberta hiring for jobs.

“It is a chance to be recognized for doing the right thing,” says Kristina Leung, managing editor of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, which encompasses the Alberta’s Top Employers initiative.

Two people were arrested and a third person is wanted after lottery scams targeted seniors in Ontario and Alberta between 2019 and 2023. On Nov. 27, Peel police arrested two people, alleging they tricked seniors into believing that they had won a lottery sweepstakes, police said in a press release.

Absorb Software Inc., Calgary. Learning management systems; 309 employees. Offers employees a generous mental health practitioner benefit (to $2,500) and up to five wellness days annually. Alberta Blue Cross, Edmonton. Health and medical insurance carriers; 1,350 employees. Supports a formal wellness team that organizes a number of activities throughout the year, including an annual Wellness Block Party with outside vendors and activities. Alberta Central, Calgary. Credit union financial support services; 69 employees. Supports employees with older children through a post-secondary academic scholarship program, to $3,000 per child. Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis / AGLC, St. Albert. Provincial Crown corporation, gambling, liquor and cannabis regulation; 1,114 employees. Encourages employees to adopt healthy habits through the formal Active@AGLC program that organizes fitness and wellness challenges, yoga sessions and more. Alberta Innovates, Edmonton. Economic development programs; 448 employees. Offers flex dollars annually that employees can use to enhance their health spending account, a personal spending account and/or retirement savings. Alberta Investment Management Corporation, Edmonton. Provincial Crown corporation, investment management services; 640 employees. Employees can apply for an unpaid sabbatical leave of absence that can be used for personal development activities related to education, travel or community service. Alberta Pensions Services Corporation / APS, Edmonton. Pension funds; 330 employees. Employees can plan for a secure future with retirement planning assistance services along with a defined benefit pension plan. Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan / ASEBP, Edmonton. Employment benefits plan administration; 199 employees. Supports ongoing employee development with generous tuition subsidies for courses taken at outside academic institutions, up to $5,000 annually. Alberta Securities Commission / ASC, Calgary. Provincial government, financial regulation services; 239 employees. Returned to a busy in-person social calendar, including a summer Calgary Stampede breakfast, spring social luncheon and separate Christmas holiday parties for employees and their children. Alberta Teachers’ Association, The / ATA, Edmonton. Professional organizations; 144 employees. Formal employee engagement committee organizes numerous wellness events throughout the year, from in-person and online yoga classes to a variety social events. Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation, Edmonton. Administration of human resource programs; 117 employees. Offers a flexible health spending account to enhance its health benefits plan and provides a dedicated mental health benefit (to $1,000). Aquatera Utilities Inc., Grande Prairie. Waste management services; 165 employees. Encourages employees to reach out and support community initiatives through paid volunteer time and matching employee donations, to $100 annually. Association of Alberta Municipalities, The, Edmonton. Municipal government association; 112 employees. As part of its health plan, employees have access to the online Wellable app that features health challenges and wide range of wellness content on demand, from meditation classes to recipes. ATCO Ltd., Calgary. Energy, transportation and infrastructure development; 5,192 employees. Supports ongoing employee development and invests in the education of the next generation through an academic scholarship program for children of employees, to $1,500 per child per year. Bird Construction Inc., Calgary. Industrial, commercial and institutional building construction; 1,973 employees. Encourages employees to help the company find new talent through generous new employee referral bonuses, from $500 to $3,000 depending on the position. BluEarth Renewables Inc., Calgary. Renewable power generation; 136 employees. Supports employees by providing paid time off when called upon to care for a family member with compassionate leave top-up payments, to 100 per cent of salary for up to six weeks. Calgary Airport Authority, The, Calgary. Airport operations; 329 employees. Supports new mothers with maternity leave top-up payments and offers the option to extend their time off into an unpaid leave of absence, as well as options to phase-in their return to work. Calgary, City of, Calgary. Municipal governments; 14,407 employees. Along with maternity leave top-ups, new mothers can extend their leave into an unpaid leave of absence and take advantage of on-site child-care services when they’re ready to return.

On Saturday in Albuquerque, N.M., Edmonton sprinter Grace Konrad became the first Canadian athlete to set an open national record in 2025. Competing at the Dr. MLK Jr. Indoor Invitational, hosted by the University of New Mexico, Konrad sprinted to a new Canadian indoor 300m record of 36.60, breaking the previous mark by three-tenths of a second.

The premier of Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta says she would not support any move to stop energy shipments to the United States as a way to combat U.S.