Alberta Legislature

Delegates at a meeting of Alberta’s municipalities passed a resolution from a Spruce Grove city councillor asking the provincial government to regulate the use of private e-scooters and e-bikes.

A new third-party referendum campaign suggests the province is wasting money on a fall referendum proving to become a massive undertaking for Elections Alberta.

Elections Alberta says the number of mail-in ballots requested for next month’s referendum has surpassed 610,000.

The Government of Alberta is suspending provincial fuel taxes until the end of the year.

The lead proponent of the Forever Canadian petition says his organization has now registered as an official third-party advertiser with Elections Alberta.

Albertans can now find out where they’ll need to go to vote for the Oct. 19 referendum as the provincial election agency has published the locations of just over 1,400 polling stations.

The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs of Treaty Nos. 6, 7, and 8, and the Blackfoot Confederacy, has passed an emergency resolution supporting Saddle Lake Cree Nation’s exercise of its Treaty rights to provide a safe haven to anyone seeking gender-affirming care.

Some newborns in Alberta will soon be able to get an antibody to protect them from a respiratory virus that sent hundreds of infants to the hospital last year.

A proposed 1,100-student charter school is adding urgency to calls for road expansions after the province cancelled plans for a southwest Edmonton hospital, clouding the future of related infrastructure.

A new independent report suggests it would cost Alberta between $50 billion and $170 billion to separate from Canada.

Conservative elder statesman Preston Manning says he’s baffled some view Alberta Premier Danielle Smith as anti-Canada given her vocal support of Confederation.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s approval rating has dropped to its lowest level since taking office, with just two in five Albertans in favour of her leadership, new data suggests.

With about five weeks before Albertans head to the polls to discuss — among other topics — immigrant rights, some organizations say racialized groups are bracing for the worst.

Albertans preparing to vote in October’s provincial referendum are being encouraged to read the questions ahead of time, after academics identified several examples of wording that can make voters stop, reread and reconsider what they are being asked.

The province is giving Albertans one last chance to learn about its passenger rail master plan and ask questions.