Alberta’s government is investing in job-creating cultural industries that entertain, inform and share Alberta’s stories with audiences at home and abroad. November 26, 2024 Province more than doubling youth treatment beds Alberta is providing $23 million to establish the Northern Alberta Youth Rec...
October 30, 2024 Minister of Indigenous Relations Rick Wilson issued the following statement on the expansion of the [...] Read more Chana Martineau Discusses Economic Empowerment on The Raitt Stuff Podcast October 22, 2024 AIOC CEO Chana Martineau recently joined the Hon. Lisa Raitt on The Rai...
Amidst a backdrop of growing interest from Indigenous communities (ICs) in pursuing ownership stakes in major energy projects, in summer 2019 the Alberta Government announced that it would create the new Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (AIOC). Since then, enabling legislation has been ...
Alberta’s government remains committed to working with local and Indigenous partners to combat the threat posed by the mountain pine beetle through a variety of control activities. Ground operations are underway in southwestern areas of the province. Alberta will continue to protect the health, resil...
Indigenous, neoliberal, employment, education, stateChanges in federal government relations with First Nations and Métis in Canada have been described as shifting over time, from fur trade colonialism, to welfare colonialism, to neoliberal partnerships. Acknowledging changes and continuities in Aboriginal ...
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations “For almost a century, our citizens and Métis communities in Alberta have come together, with the vision of Louis Riel in their hearts, to build the Métis Nation of Alberta as their Métis government. With the recent ratification of our Otipemisiwak Me...
He said the provincial government doesn’t have preferred areas, but would let the free market come forward with what it felt were the best opportunities. “I wouldn’t say there’s one area in particular, so much as there’s interest generally and once this is passed, it cr...
Key cabinet ministers retained their seats, including Adriana LaGrange (Education), Rebecca Schulz (Municipal Affairs), Nate Horner (Agriculture), Rick Wilson (Indigenous Relations) and Nathan Neudorf (deputy premier and Infrastructure). However, Jason Copping, who was health minist...
Fort Chipewyan's remote solar farm largest of its kind in Canada, federal government says An Indigenous-owned solar farm in remote northeast Alberta, branded the largest project of its kind in Canada, celebrated its grand opening [...
"(The government)said they were going to hire consultants to assess abatement opportunities for every individual sector," Dyer said. "There's no evidence that work has been done. "There's been no public consultation on elements of the plan." ...