Alberta's provincial budget to be tabled on Feb. 25 will be the first since the COVID-19 pandemic began in the province last year.

Making producers responsible for recycling packaging could save taxpayer dollars and the equivalent of 15,000 cars-worth of greenhouse gas emissions.

A city of Edmonton resolution to be presented to the AUMA convention in September intends to denounce Quebec's Bill 21.

The Alberta Urban Municipalities Association is calling on the province to change legislation to allow local governments to collect property taxes from oil and gas properties when they fail.

Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi are among a number of municipal politicians in Alberta expressing concerns about the provincial government mulling over potential changes to municipal election campaign rules.

City mayors stress funding for municipalities should be based on a one-to-one ratio tied to provincial revenue rather than the half rate the budget proposes.

The United Conservative leader said any reductions will be prudent and thoughtful while protecting high-priority frontline services in health and education.

Municipalities continued to press provincial government leaders for a legislated, predictable funding model at the Urban Municipalities Association convention Thursday.

Municipalities will have to work more closely together and cost share more. That's one realization from the AUMA as it has published its response to the MacKinnon blue ribbon report from last week.

An estimated 2,000 tonnes of plastic containers currently sitting in storage will be sent to a landfill next month.