January 25, 2024 – Edmonton, AB – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada  The governments of Canada and Alberta are expanding drought livestock assistance eligibility to help producers maintain breeding herds. The 2023 Canada-Alberta Drought Livestock Assistance initiative is expanding eligibility to 23 new regions and extending the application deadline. Funding for this joint AgriRecovery initiative is…

Edmonton, Alberta, January 31, 2024 — Communities across the country are developing strategies to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, including lowering carbon emissions from public transportation. Today, Minister Randy Boissonnault, Curtis Eck, Vice President of Engineering at FortisAlberta, and Josipa Petrunic, President and CEO of the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), announced a…

Strathcona County, Alberta, February 1, 2024 — Members of the media are invited to an infrastructure announcement with the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages on behalf of the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, His Worship Rod Frank, Mayor of Strathcona County, and Her Worship Jackie…

Strathcona County, Alberta, February 2, 2024 — Commuters will benefit from improved transit infrastructure throughout Strathcona County and Grande Prairie after a combined investment of more than $21 million from the federal and municipal governments for seven projects in northern Alberta. Announced by Minister Randy Boissonnault and Mayor Rod Frank, these projects will improve access…

Backgrounder The federal government is investing $9,423,637 through the Public Transit Infrastructure (PTIS) and the COVID-19 Resilience (CVRIS) Streams of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to support seven public transit and active transportation projects across northern Alberta. Improved public transit infrastructure coming to northern Alberta The federal government is investing $9,423,637 through the Public…

February 17, 2024 – Edmonton, Alberta – Correctional Service Canada At 6:08 p.m. on February 17, 2024, inmate Lathan Alexis turned himself into Stan Daniels Healing Centre. The Edmonton Police took him into custody at 6:44 p.m. This inmate had been unlawfully at large from Stan Daniels Healing Centre, a minimum-security Section 81 facility since…