Category Archives: Alberta
Province announces new wildlife overpass to improve highway safety
Alberta's government says it is building a wildlife overpass crossing the Trans-Canada Highway in the Bow Valley area to reduce the risk of wildlife-vehicle collisions.The wildlife crossing will be lo...
Apr 07, 2022
Increases in PCR positivity rate and wastewater data being monitored
Health Minister Jason Copping says Alberta is seeing increases in leading COVID-19 indicators as fears of a sixth wave circulate in Alberta.He said the wastewater data from March 29 and April 4 show t...
Apr 07, 2022
RCMP investigating after two cow carcasses found behind Alberta cemetery
AIRDRIE, Alta. - RCMP say they are investigating after two cows that were killed, skinned and had their meat taken, were found in a rural community northeast of Calgary.Police say the carcasses were d...
Apr 07, 2022
Supreme Court of Canada dismisses injunction on Alberta rules for drug-use sites
A last-ditch legal effort to temporarily bar supervised drug-use sites in Alberta from requiring clients to show personal identification has met a dead end in Canada's top court.The Supreme Court of C...
Apr 07, 2022
Government to provide update on COVID-19 in Alberta
Health Minister Jason Copping and Alberta's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, will provide an update Thursday afternoon on COVID-19 and the ongoing work to protect public health.The ...
Apr 07, 2022
Kenney foe Brian Jean sworn in as member of Alberta premier's caucus
EDMONTON - The newest legislature member for Alberta's United Conservative Party is now officially in the house and fully expects a seat at the caucus table.Brian Jean was sworn in today as the member...
Apr 07, 2022
RCMP make arrests in string of break and enters, ATM thefts in southern Alberta
An explosive theft from an ATM in Oyen led police to a hotel in Hanna where they arrested three people and seized more than $130,000 in cash and three stolen vehicles.RCMP Southern Alberta District Cr...
Apr 07, 2022
Province announces extension of Site Rehabilitation Program
Energy Minister Sonya Savage issued the following statement Wednesday on updated timelines for the province's Site Rehabilitation Program:"The Site Rehabilitation Program has been a resounding success...
Apr 07, 2022
Alberta expands access to fourth vaccine doses and other options
Alberta is expanding eligibility for fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines and Paxlovid treatment for those most at risk from severe outcomes. The government states that the number of COVID-19-positive pa...
Apr 06, 2022
ATA calls Bill 15 a government power grab
Officials with the Alberta Teachers Association say Bill 15, the Education (Reforming Teacher Profession Discipline) Amendment Act, announced March 31, has three fundamental flaws.ATA president Jason ...
Apr 06, 2022