Category Archives: Alberta

Crowdfunding platform GoFundMe ends payments to Ottawa’s Freedom Convoy 2022
LETHBRIDGE, AB. - It was a situation that began early in the week, when a parliamentary committee called for "GoFundMe" representatives to testify about how it ensures that money raised on its platfor...
Feb 07, 2022

'I'm an Albertan': Jazz legend Big Miller left swinging legacy in his adopted home
EDMONTON - "They call me Big," he said. And in almost every way, he was. There was the outsized physique, large enough to fill a telephone booth. There was the powerful, blues-shouting voice honed in ...
Feb 06, 2022

Alberta sees unemployment rate of 7.2 per cent in January
The province's unemployment rate was 7.2 per cent in January.That was a decline of 0.3 per cent from December, as well as a decrease of 3.6 percentage points in January 2021.Alberta's rate for January...
Feb 04, 2022

Alberta COVID cabinet committee seeking to remove Restrictions Exemption Program, restrictions in near future
Premier Jason Kenney hinted on Friday morning that COVID-19 restrictions and the Restrictions Exemption Program (REP) could be a thing of the past in the coming months. Kenney took to social media on ...
Feb 04, 2022

Premier Kenney holds Facebook Q-and-A to discuss police "assault" issue and lifting mandates
EDMONTON, AB. - As vehicle convoys continue to impede traffic in Southern Alberta (the LNN newsroom was notified of four Thursday afternoon alone), the level of frustration from the public is beginnin...
Feb 04, 2022

Five charged in $1.6 million drug seizure
Five people have been charged and more than $1.6 million in fentanyl and meth were seized in a joint investigation named "Project Motor" between Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) and RCMP...
Feb 03, 2022

Nominations now open for Minister's Seniors Service Awards
Nominations are now open to recognize the dedicated and energetic efforts of Albertans who serve seniors with a 2022 Minister's Seniors Service Award.Albertans are encouraged to nominate individuals, ...
Feb 03, 2022

Alberta adds support to children living with diabetes
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta children and youth living with diabetes are now receiving additional support for monitoring and managing their condition.Eligible Albertans younger than 18 years who are insulin...
Feb 03, 2022

WATCH: Dr. Hinshaw to give COVID update Thursday at 3:30
Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, will provide a live COVID update Thursday at 3:30.rdnewsNOW will have further coverage after the update is complete.
Feb 03, 2022

U.S.-bound trucks moving toward Coutts after brief blockade near Milk River
Trucks are again rolling south toward the main U.S. border crossing in southern Alberta.A new blockade on the highway leading to the Coutts border crossing briefly choked off traffic heading south tod...
Feb 03, 2022