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Students sue Alberta Government and Education Minister

Students sue Alberta Government and Education Minister

Four students with disabilities are suing the Government of Alberta and Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides for what they allege is 鈥渋ntentional and flagrant discrimination鈥� and denial of their right to education.
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Residents pick up province's property tax tab, municipalities say

Residents pick up province's property tax tab, municipalities say

Municipalities say the province has been shorting them on grant payments made in place of property taxes, and it has fallen to ratepayers to shoulder the extra costs.
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Rural 51黑料s with disabilities wait years for supports: report

Rural 51黑料s with disabilities wait years for supports: report

Half of the families surveyed said delays and barriers within FSCD led to missed developmental opportunities, and ten per cent said it interfered with their child鈥檚 school attendance.
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Alberta announces name, start date for continuing care agency

Alberta announces name, start date for continuing care agency

Alberta鈥檚 new continuing care agency will officially be established on April 1 and is expected to be up and running by fall 2025.
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Timeline of how lobbyists with ties to UCP pushed coal policy rewrite

Timeline of how lobbyists with ties to UCP pushed coal policy rewrite

The coal industry hired at least 14 government insiders to lobby for favourable policy changes, records show.
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Climate risk score for Canadian real estate in works

Climate risk score for Canadian real estate in works

Although data exists to forecast future risk to a home from wildfire, flood, and other increasingly common extreme weather, it is not readily available in Canadian real estate.
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Alberta storms caused record insurance losses in 2024

Alberta storms caused record insurance losses in 2024

Extreme weather events caused a record breaking $8 billion in insured losses in 2024, with the Jasper wildfires and Calgary hailstorm contributing nearly half of all insured damage in Canada.
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'Degraded and helpless': Spike in reported abuse in Alberta's continuing care homes

'Degraded and helpless': Spike in reported abuse in Alberta's continuing care homes

In 2023-24, The Protection for Persons in Care (PPC) program investigated hundreds of reports of abuse. According to its annual report, investigators determined 157 of these allegations were founded 鈥� three times more than the previous year.
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Strip mining to be allowed under Alberta's new coal rules

Strip mining to be allowed under Alberta's new coal rules

Alberta鈥檚 modernized coal rules will permit strip mining and other surface mining techniques in the Rockies and foothills.
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Size and number of tailings spills underreported by AER: study

Size and number of tailings spills underreported by AER: study

Researcher says Alberta's energy regulator is failing gather environmental data, conduct on-site inspections, and protect ecosystems from harm.
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