Rural Municipalities Of Alberta

• Alberta rural leaders on oil well cleanup plan: ‘How a fox would design a henhouse’

  RStar has been widely criticized by energy economists, who say it would transfer money to companies who don't need it to do work that most are doing anyway.

  Politics

  Nov 10, 2022
  
• Rural municipalities formally reject Alberta provincial police

  Alberta rural municipalities joined their urban colleagues in rejecting the idea of replacing the RCMP with a provincial police force, saying it adds cost without benefit.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2022
  
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• Brian Jean expected to return to Alberta legislature this week following byelection win

  Brian Jean, who founded the UCP with Kenney in 2017, defeated seven challengers in a landslide victory, capturing two-thirds of the votes cast.

  Politics

  Mar 16, 2022
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• Alberta rural municipalities say unpaid oilpatch taxes rising despite high energy prices

  The Rural Municipalities of Alberta says its members were owed more than $250 million at the end of last year — up three per cent over the previous year.

  Money

  Mar 8, 2022
• Alberta commits $150M to boost rural high-speed internet, seeks private and federal support

  The province said 80 per cent of First Nations and 67 per cent of rural areas in Alberta don't have reliable high-speed internet access.

  Consumer

  Jul 22, 2021
• Alberta introduces recall bill for provincial, municipal politicians, school trustees

  Premier Jason Kenney says the bill fulfils an election commitment by the United Conservative government to increase public accountability.

  Politics

  Mar 15, 2021
• Rural Alberta owed $245M in unpaid property taxes from oil companies: survey

  Alberta's rural towns say property taxes that have gone unpaid by the province's struggling oilpatch have tripled in two years.

  Canada

  Feb 18, 2021
• Provincial police force concerns prompt ‘Keep Alberta RCMP’ campaign

  The Rural Municipalities of Alberta and the RCMP's union both say with economic and pandemic-related uncertainty, now is not the time to be changing police forces in the province.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2021
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• Alberta cities call on province to amend Bill 20: ‘Municipalities will be left behind’

  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.

  Politics

  Nov 4, 2019