Category Archives: Alberta
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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2022
WATCH: Dr. Hinshaw, Minister Copping to give COVID-19 update at 3:30
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's top doctor, and Health Minister Jason Copping will deliver a COVID-19 update at 3:30 on Wednesday.The province has only been updating COVID-19 numbers on Wednesdays s...
May 4, 2022