Category Archives: Alberta
Specialists to coordinate on organ donation and transplantation opportunities in Alberta
A new provincial program will coordinate an Alberta-wide response to improve organ donation and transplantation opportunities.Twenty-two specialist physicians in intensive care units and emergency dep...
May 09, 2022
Brooks RCMP investigate three deaths, including infant
Brooks RCMP and the RCMP Major Crimes Unit are investigating the deaths of a woman, her infant daughter and a man believed to be her sibling.Police say they were called to Newell County at about 8 p.m...
May 09, 2022
Alberta challenging Ottawa's use of Emergencies Act
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government is taking the federal government to court.The Federal Court has granted an application by the Government of Alberta, which will allow them to be involved in al...
May 07, 2022
Three organizations to receive financial literacy funding for student learning
The Alberta Government is revealing more details about how it plans to improve financial literacy programs for students in Grades 3-12.An investment of about $5 million over three years will enhance s...
May 06, 2022
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