Alberta Youth

• Calgary daycare demand surges as work-from-home mandate lifts

  Calgary daycares are seeing a surge in demand as parents head back to work. Some have chosen to expand their space, and hire more staff.

  Lifestyle

  Mar 14, 2022
  
• Teen magician polishes performance during pandemic: ‘It just brings happiness’

  Lachlan Holmes, 13, has been spending a lot of his spare time during the COVID-19 pandemic finessing his magic performance.

  Entertainment

  Mar 12, 2021
  
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• Youth One reopens, hopes to combat mental health and isolation struggles in Lethbridge

  "We realized very quickly that mental health concerns were on the rise with young people," said program director Noah Biddlecombe.

  Features

  Oct 1, 2020
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• Child advocate calls for changes to use of pepper spray, segregation in Alberta young offender centres

  Alberta's child advocate wants the province to decrease the use of segregation and pepper spray in young offender centres.

  Canada

  Sep 9, 2019
• Interviews with family of German tourist shot on Alberta highway played in court

  Horst Stewin's wife told police she remembers hearing a pop and then smelling the strong odour of gunpowder before her husband drove off the road.

  Canada

  Jul 17, 2019
• Lower minimum wage for Alberta youth takes effect Wednesday

  The new $13-per-hour minimum wage applies to workers aged 13 to 17. 

  Consumer

  Jun 26, 2019
• Alberta youth discuss suicide more than any other topic on Kids Help Phone

  Officials with Kids Help Phone say they want to increase the ways young people can connect with them in Alberta.

  Health

  Apr 14, 2018
• Alberta report urges more support for ‘particularly vulnerable’ reunified families

  Alberta's child and youth advocate says the deaths of three children who were in government care before being reunited with their families show that better support is needed during such transitions.

  Health

  Jul 18, 2017
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• Suicide of First Nations youth shows kids in care must be heard: Alberta advocate

  Alberta's child and youth advocate says the suicide of a 15-year-old indigenous boy reinforces how crucial it is that the voices of children in provincial care be heard.

  Health

  May 24, 2017