Premier Danielle Smith and members of the Alberta Next Panel continue their series of town hall meetings with a stop in Calgary. Premier Smith assembled the panel to engage with residents across the province and discuss Alberta’s relationship with the federal government.
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A bigger and better emergency department at Prince Rupert Regional Hospital is open so more patients can receive greater access to emergency care. View the full article from the original source
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a news conference in Woodbridge, Ont., to make an announcement on public safety. source
Le chef du Bloc Québécois, Yves-François Blanchet, prononce une allocution en ouverture de la retraite pré-sessionnelle de son caucus. source
To better support francophone students in Abbotsford and Victoria Westshore, land has been purchased to build French-language schools. View the full article from the original source
A deer hunt is being introduced in Cranbrook from Jan. 5-31, 2026, to reduce the risk of chronic wasting disease (CWD) spreading among B.C.’s deer populations and to increase sampling efforts to monitor the disease’s prevalence. View the full article from the original source
Lana Popham, Minister of Agriculture and Food, has released the following statement about provincial meat inspectors being classified as essential workers: “Abattoirs play a critical role in supporting farmers and ranchers throughout B.C. “I am very pleased that we have been able to successfully work with the BCGEU to have provincial meat inspectors classified as…