Alberta

Province gives more details on lower child-care fees next month

Starting in January, $16.5 million in transition funding will be available for licensed child-care providers.Those providers will receive a one-time transition grant of $211 per enrolled space.This fu...

Dec 23, 2021

Missing B.C. pair believed to be in Alberta

Dawson Creek RCMP are asking for help from the public in locating two individuals who may have traveled to Alberta. Police say 18-year-old Asha Oliver and 19-year-old Tristin Pryor were reported missi...

Dec 22, 2021

NDP says UCP must bring in paid sick leave as workers face Omicron

In the face of an Omicron-driven fifth wave, the Alberta NDP Caucus is renewing its call for the UCP government to bring in paid sick leave legislation to support Alberta workers.The party says while ...

Dec 22, 2021

Alberta registered nurses to vote on four-year deal with pay hike of 4.25 per cent

EDMONTON - An Alberta nurses' union is asking its members to sign off on a proposed four-year collective agreement that amounts to pay increases of 4.25 per cent.The increase is among the recommendati...

Dec 22, 2021

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek says Flames intend to pull plug on Event Centre project

CALGARY, AB - Mayor Jyoti Gondek says it appears the Calgary Flames intend to pull out of the multi-million dollar Event Centre arena complex project.The mayor said in a series of tweets that Murray E...

Dec 22, 2021

NDP MLA resigns from caucus after RCMP searches home

EDMONTON - A member of the Alberta Opposition has left caucus after reporting he is involved in a criminal investigation.NDP Leader Rachel Notley says Edmonton-South legislature member Thomas Dang has...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 21, 2021

Kenney suggests reintroducing flat tax, but Phillips says it only benefits the rich

Alberta's Premier is mulling the possibility of reimplementing a tax system that used to be utilized in the province, but the suggestion is not sitting well with one of Lethbridge's MLAs.In an intervi...

Dec 21, 2021

AHS announces enhanced limits to visitation for close contacts of a confirmed case of COVID-19

AHS is taking additional precautions to limit transmission of COVID-19 at acute and continuing care sites, in light of the emergence of the Omicron variant.Beginning Tuesday Dec. 20, these precautions...

Dec 21, 2021

Alberta expands eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots

Alberta is opening up COVID-19 booster shot eligibility to anyone 18 and older.Starting immediately, anyone 18+ who has received a second dose at least five months ago can book a third one.The governm...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 21, 2021

High prices and cattle producers calling it quits; ranchers reflect on tough year

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Rancher Darby Delorme prepares his cows for the annual Beef Pen Show at the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede groundsThis year has been a tough one for the rancher from Robsart, ...

Dec 20, 2021