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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith won't be at president-elect Donald Trump's inaugural ceremony on Monday after all, due to bitter cold weather forecasted for tomorrow in Washington, D.C.

"We are putting options on the table to help meet the Government of Alberta’s requirements to move forward with the units they have announced and remain open to finding creative solutions to move as many housing options forward as possible."

"Vehicle upsizing has wiped out 39 per cent of fuel consumption reductions Canada would have seen from increased zero-emissions vehicle sales and fuel economy improvements."

A winter storm is anticipated to hit Jasper and Banff National Parks and bring as much as 15 centimetres of snow.

Scientists say Alberta grizzly bears are expected to emerge earlier from dens as climate continues to warm

"Whatever your response to the artwork might be, it's all good, it's all allowed, it's all embraced, but we can't heal without feeling, and whatever we feel is part of our healing process."

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.

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 — three times more than the previous year.

The first carbon rebate of 2025 is being paid out today to households in provinces that use the federal carbon pricing system — even as the future of the rebate program itself remains uncertain.

Alberta’s modernized coal rules will permit strip mining and other surface mining techniques in the Rockies and foothills.