Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta Association of Nurses gains 10,000 members in first eight months
The Alberta Association of Nurses (AAN) says they are celebrating a significant milestone after reaching 10,000 members less than eight months following their launch. AAN launched in May 2022 as the f...
Jan 16, 2023
All of Canada's premiers call for bail system reform
Canada's 13 provincial and territorial leaders are coming together to demand change from the federal government.They say in a joint letter addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Ottawa must t...
Jan 16, 2023
Province announces plans to lower EMS response times
The Government of Alberta is working to address concerns around emergency medical services (EMS) response times.On Monday, January 16, 2023, the province discussed its Health Care Action Plan (HCAP) a...
Jan 16, 2023
Smith says she urged minister to consider whether COVID prosecutions could succeed
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has delivered a third version of what she discussed with justice officials over how to handle the prosecution of people charged with breaking COVID-19 health ...
Jan 14, 2023
80% of Albertans feel economy is in recession: survey
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new survey has revealed that a large percentage of Albertans, and Canadians as a whole, are not feeling great about the economy.Pollara Strategic Insights has released its Economic ...
Jan 14, 2023
Albertans who regularly visit Moraine Lake say move to restrict vehicles was overdue
Some Albertans who regularly bike, climb, hike or take photographs at Moraine Lake in Banff National Park say a decision by Parks Canada to restrict personal vehicles on its access road was long overd...
Jan 14, 2023
Alberta NDP: 'A lot of lying going on' about premier's role in COVID-19 prosecutions
Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violati...
Jan 13, 2023
Respite care staff to return to Calgary facility after helping at children’s hospital
CALGARY - A Calgary facility that offers respite and end-of-life care to children is set to reopen after staff were redeployed for more than a month to help with a surge in patients at the nearby pedi...
Jan 13, 2023
HBO’s Alberta-shot ‘The Last of Us’ premieres Sunday
Alberta's film and television industry says the widely anticipated HBO adaptation of "The Last of Us" shows the province can handle any size of production.The series, which premieres Sunday, was filme...
Jan 13, 2023
Air Canada Kamloops-to-Calgary flights suspended as of Sunday; WestJet adds capacity to compensate
Air Canada Express is suspending its non-stop flight schedule from Kamloops to Calgary as of this weekend.Kamloops Airport Manager Ed Ratuski says the airport was informed of the change in December. T...
Jan 13, 2023