Alberta

Contract awarded for Springbank Dam near Calgary

Nine years after a catastrophic flood devastated parts of Calgary and surrounding communities, work is to begin on a dam to protect the area in the future.Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the provinc...

May 06, 2022

Alberta allows physicians, other healthcare workers to prescribe Paxlovid for COVID

EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta government says it is making a pill to treat COVID-19 more accessible by allowing doctors and other healthcare workers to prescribe the drug.Health Minister Jason Copping sa...

May 05, 2022

GDP up 5.1 per cent in Alberta in 2021, slightly outpacing national average

Stats Canada is reporting a "rapid recovery" from the COVID-19 pandemic's economic impacts.The annual real gross domestic product (GDP) in Canada last year increased by 4.8 per cent.Nationally, sector...

May 05, 2022

Nature Conservancy of Canada suggests ways to help nature close to home this spring

As the mercury slowly rises, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) says many Canadians are making springtime plans for their lawns, backyards, flower beds and gardens. However, instead of trying "No ...

May 05, 2022

Help announced for Alberta producers through 2021 AgriRecovery funding

Officials with the provincial government acknowledge the 2021 growing season was difficult for Alberta producers, but say the targeted AgriRecovery initiative was timely and successful.In response to ...

May 05, 2022

Province addressing gender-based violence against Indigenous people

The Alberta government says more than $500,000 in grants will support a range of approaches to help stem the ongoing crisis of violence against Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit+ people.Alberta g...

May 05, 2022

Alberta RCMP provides traffic safety reminders for motorcyclists

With spring weather finally here, more Albertans will be rolling out their motorcycles onto provincial roads. As a result, the Alberta RCMP wants to remind Class 6 licence holders of key traffic safet...

May 05, 2022

Last summer’s B.C., Alberta heat wave was among most extreme since 1960s, study shows

Edmonton - The record-breaking heat wave that scorched western North America last June was among the most extreme ever recorded globally, new modelling and analysis by researchers at universities in t...

May 04, 2022

SCAM ALERT: Texts from “Service Alberta” for fake $300 rebates

Albertans are being warned of a new scam making the rounds.Consumer Protection Alberta (CPA) says in a social media post that scammers are sending out text messages, informing people of $300 rebates f...

May 04, 2022

Ex-staffer to ask court to make Alberta premier testify in wrongful dismissal lawsuit

EDMONTON, AB - A former senior Alberta government staffer suing Premier Jason Kenney's office for what she alleges was wrongful dismissal will be seeking a court order to compel Kenney to testify in t...

May 04, 2022