Category Archives: Alberta

WATCH: Premier Kenney, Dr. Hinshaw to give COVID update Tuesday at 4:30
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, alongside the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, will provide a live COVID update Tuesday at 4:30. It was originally scheduled for 3:30. There's no word ...
Feb 01, 2022

Appeal to stop ID requirements at Alberta’s SCSs dismissed
EDMONTON - Alberta's top court has dismissed an appeal from harm reduction advocates who wanted to stop a provincial policy that requires people who want to use a supervised consumption site to provid...
Jan 31, 2022

Province announces new program to attract & retain rural physicians
Alberta's rural communities could soon have hope in getting more family physicians.Health Minister Jason Copping has announced $6-million over the next three years for the Rural Education Supplement a...
Jan 31, 2022

Alberta jobs minister wants answers from caucus colleague who attended border protest
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta cabinet minister Doug Schweitzer says he wants answers from a fellow caucus member who attended a truckers protest that is snarling traffic at the United States border.Schweitze...
Jan 31, 2022

Vegreville RCMP respond to multiple collisions on Highway 16
Alongside the province's road advisory, Vegreville RCMP responded to an accident involving semi-tractor trailers and other vehicles colliding in the ditch.Vegreville RCMP and emergency crews have resp...
Jan 31, 2022

Leduc RCMP response to serious motor vehicle collision
Two separate vehicle collisions occurred in a span of one hour Monday morning in Leduc County.Traffic flow has since resumed in the area of Highway 814 and Township Road 502.On Jan. 31, at 9:36 a.m., ...
Jan 31, 2022

Alberta invests over $6 million for lab innovations
An investment of more than $6 million through Alberta Innovates will give innovators access to resources to improve patient care and outcomes."Innovation in the lab environment has put Alberta's lab s...
Jan 31, 2022

Alberta RCMP issue road advisory
Police are cautioning against travel on some highways and roadways in north and central and eastern Alberta due to weather. Drivers should expect icy, blizzard conditions with lower visibility on road...
Jan 31, 2022

Alberta opposition leader condemns Coutts blockade
Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley has issued a statement condemning the convoy at the Coutts border crossing. The event was put on in support of the Convoy in Ottawa."The Alberta NDP unequivocally cond...
Jan 30, 2022

Convoys against mandates in other Canadian cities support of Ottawa truck protest
EDMONTON - Like many of those gathered near the Alberta legislature to support a convoy of trucks that inched their way through Edmonton's downtown streets for several hours on Saturday, Kyla Keulers ...
Jan 29, 2022