Category Archives: Alberta

Wetaskiwin RCMP respond to fatal motor vehicle collision
Alberta Mounties are investigating a tragic highway collision on Valentine's Day.On Feb. 14, at 2:00 p.m., Wetaskiwin RCMP responded to a collision on Highway 21 and Range Road 220. Upon arrival, RCMP...
Feb 15, 2022

Federal government eases COVID-19 border restrictions
Canada's Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced that COVID-19 border restrictions are easing.He says we are past the peak of the Omicron wave in Canada and some border restrictions can be lessened...
Feb 15, 2022

Organizer disbands Coutts Blockade
LETHBRIDGE, AB. - Tractors, trucks and other vehicles have begun to roll out of a Coutts, ending a blockade that paralyzed a U-S border crossing for more than two weeks.Protesters had been restricting...
Feb 15, 2022

Premier announces opportunities for Indigenous investment
In Kainai Monday, Premier Jason Kenney announced the expansion of "opportunities for Indigenous investment in major agriculture, telecommunications and transportation projects and related infrastructu...
Feb 15, 2022

Alberta union, parents ask court to halt decision to lift mask mandate in schools
EDMONTON - An Alberta judge has dismissed an application for an injunction against the province's decision to lift a mask mandate in schools. The Alberta Federation of Labour says it had asked for the...
Feb 14, 2022

University of Lethbridge lockout begins
Faculty at the University of Lethbridge have been locked out.Members of the University of Lethbridge Faculty Association (ULFA) were legally prohibited from accessing University workspaces as of 11 a....
Feb 14, 2022

Alberta RCMP make arrests at Coutts Border Blockade
UPDATE: RCMP say additional individuals have been arrested in connection to the Coutts border blockade:Earlier today, Mounties had an arrest on the highway where two weapons were seized and an individ...
Feb 14, 2022

Alberta, Saskatchewan lifting COVID restrictions today
Alberta's mandatory mask requirement for children under 12 in all settings and for all students in schools ends today, and Saskatchewan's vaccine passport is over today, too.Premier Jason Kenney annou...
Feb 14, 2022

CBSA temporarily suspends service at Coutts, freedom rally protest converges on Coaldale
As the truckers' blockade and protest against COVID mandates continues at the Coutts in Southern Alberta, the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) has suspended service at the border point of entry,...
Feb 14, 2022

'Should be an alarm bell': Calls for action after fatal fires on First Nations
Monias Fiddler says time is moving slowly for the Sandy Lake First Nation as the community feels the immense weight from the loss of three children in a house fire last month. Grant Meekis, 9; Remi Me...
Feb 12, 2022