Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

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.

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

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

Parents of children with disabilities are concerned that staff cuts within a provincial support program will make it harder for families to access the services they need.

The Government of Alberta says it has an obligation to some coal companies to allow open-pit mining, but these "contractual relationships" aren't quite formal contracts.

Plummeting numbers of volunteers threaten the sustainability of rural communities.

Rural Albertans nearing the end of their lives are frequently faced with an “unfathomable” choice: leave their home to get the palliative and hospice care they need or die in the community without those supports.

There is no shortage of natural wonders and travel destinations in Alberta’s north. The biggest draw for visitors isn’t the boreal splendour or isolated lakes, however, it’s the people who live there.

Tenants in some Alberta municipalities saw their rents jump by two, three, and even six times the national average.