Category: Alberta

October 22, 2026 – Drumheller, Alberta – Correctional Service Canada

On October 18, 2026, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Drumheller Institution.

The contraband and unauthorized items seized included THC, tobacco products, cell phones and accessories. The total estimated institutional value of this seizure is $148,250.

The police have been notified and the institution is investigating.

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) uses a number of tools to prevent drugs from entering its institutions. These tools include ion scanners and drug-detector dogs to search buildings, personal property, inmates, and visitors.

CSC is heightening measures to prevent contraband from entering its institutions in order to help ensure a safe and secure environment for everyone. CSC also works in partnership with the police to take action against those who attempt to introduce contraband into correctional institutions.

CSC has also set up a telephone tip line for all federal institutions so that it may receive additional information about activities relating to security at CSC institutions. These activities may be related to drug use or trafficking that may threaten the safety and security of visitors, inmates, and staff members working at CSC institutions.

The toll-free number, 1‑866‑780‑3784, helps ensure that the information shared is protected and that callers remain anonymous. 

October 15, 2026 – Winnipeg, Manitoba

Today, the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety, announced $1.6 million in federal funding to the Joy Smith Foundation through the Youth Gang Prevention Fund (YGPF) to support a project that will help prevent violence, gang involvement and criminal activity among at-risk and incarcerated youth aged 12 to 30 in Manitoba and Alberta.

The project, Limitless Futures: Empowering Youth Against Crime, will help youth overcome challenges that can lead to crime and gang involvement while strengthening positive supports in their lives. Through workshops and other activities, participants will learn about the consequences of violence and gang involvement, build skills to make positive choices, and receive support to  leave gangs or avoid them in the first place.

The project will deliver weekly trauma-informed workshops in youth detention centres, group homes, alternative schools and other community settings. Community partners will help recruit participants, support program delivery and ensure the workshops complement services already available to youth.

The YGPF supports initiatives that prevent youth from joining gangs, help those leaving gangs, and contribute to safer communities across Canada through Public Safety Canada’s National Crime Prevention Strategy. By investing in young people and addressing the factors that can lead to gang involvement and crime, projects like this help build safer communities and stronger futures for Canadians.

October 9, 2026 – Edmonton, Alberta

When disaster strikes a community, Canadians come together to help their neighbours—even those thousands of kilometers away. Albertans saw that support after the devastating wildfires in Fort McMurray and Jasper, when people across the country contributed to Canadian Red Cross fundraising appeals to help families through the crisis and into recovery.

Across Alberta and throughout the country, Canadians know that when their community needs assistance with emergency response and recovery, there are trained emergency responders who are ready to be deployed when local resources are stretched. Through the Humanitarian Workforce Program, the federal government helps organizations like the Canadian Red Cross maintain a skilled workforce ready to bolster provincial and territorial emergency responses to major natural disasters, and other emergency events.

Today, the Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, announced more than $15.6 million through the Humanitarian Workforce Program to strengthen the Canadian Red Cross’s readiness to respond when disasters occur. In May 2026, the Government renewed the Humanitarian Workforce Program and committed $108 million to strengthen Canada’s disaster response capacity. Today’s investment is the first project announced as part of that renewal, and additional projects will follow.

The importance of the Red Cross’ response capacity was demonstrated this summer in many parts of the country, including in British Columbia. As part of the response, the Canadian Red Cross helped prepare the Vernon Cadet Training Centre to be ready to receive wildfire evacuees if needed, bringing together federal resources and humanitarian expertise in support of provincial wildfire response.

The funding announced today will help the Canadian Red Cross maintain a highly trained and scalable workforce that can deploy quickly to support provinces and territories during large-scale emergencies and natural disasters. These response teams provide critical services, including operating reception and evacuation centres, registering evacuees, distributing emergency supplies, and connecting people with recovery and mental health support. This investment will also enhance coordination and partnerships with remote and Indigenous communities, helping incorporate lessons learned from recent disasters seasons.

By investing in building capacity before the next disaster strikes, the federal government is working to ensure that communities can draw on support from across the country—and that willingness to step up to help is backed by people trained and ready to respond.

October 9, 2026

Calgary, Alberta

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will adjust its opening and closing times at four land ports of entry in Alberta to maintain alignment with hours at the neighbouring U.S. ports of entry.

This change follows Alberta’s decision to adopt permanent year-round daylight saving time. Since the United States will continue to change its clocks seasonally, adjusting the operating hours at the Alberta ports of entry in the fall and spring means alignment of service hours between Canada and the U.S. will be maintained year-round at these four sites.

The new hours will take effect at 2:00 a.m. (Mountain Time) November 1, 2026, and will remain in place until 2:00 a.m. (Mountain Time) March 14, 2027.

These adjustments in hours of operation will allow for better coordination between Canada and the U.S., including in cases where a traveller is inadmissible and is directed to return immediately to the country they came from. It will also mean greater clarity for all travellers as to when the ports of entry are operating.

If a port of entry is not available at the time a traveller needs to cross, travellers can use an alternate port of entry. The CBSA works with emergency services on both sides of the border to ensure that they can cross the border during an emergency situation.

Land ports of entry: updated hours of operation from November 1, 2026 to March 13, 2027

Times reflect Mountain Time zones: