Category Archives: Alberta
CMA president says health-care workers feel gaslighted by governments over COVID
OTTAWA - The president of the Canadian Medical Association says provinces like Alberta are "gaslighting" health-care workers over the toll the COVID-19 crisis is taking on the health-care system.Dr. K...
Oct 06, 2021
Province announces new steps to combat COVID-19
Contact tracing will return to Alberta schools as the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and put the health system under pressure.The province will also ramp up rapid testing and...
Oct 05, 2021
Mental Illness Awareness Week starts with Champions Awards Gala
October 3 marked the start of Mental Illness Awareness Week. As a member of the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH), officials with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherap...
Oct 05, 2021
Alberta NDP calling for military help with COVID contact tracing in schools
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition is urging Premier Jason Kenney to use the military to do contact tracing for COVID-19 in schools.NDP education critic Sarah Hoffman says positive cases are increasing a...
Oct 05, 2021
Canada invokes pipeline treaty with U.S. in dispute over Line 5 pipeline
OTTAWA - Canada is formally invoking a 1977 pipeline treaty with the United States in a bid to prevent Michigan from turning off the taps to Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline.The dispute stems from a nearly ...
Oct 05, 2021
Oil prices could hit US$100 per barrel this winter: experts
CALGARY - Experts say the price of crude oil could hit US$100 per barrel this winter.The return of travel and the easing of pandemic restrictions around the globe has sent demand for oil skyrocketing....
Oct 05, 2021
No need for federal involvement in Alberta coal mine review, First Nation says
An Alberta First Nation says it continues to doubt the need for a federal environmental review of a proposed thermal coal mine expansion in the province. And the Ermineskin band from central Alberta s...
Oct 04, 2021
Defence minister says Operation LASER nurses will help Alberta battle COVID
EDMONTON - A military contingent is expected to be in position today to decide where to deploy eight critical care nurses who will help Alberta fight COVID-19. Public Safety Canada says the Canadian R...
Oct 04, 2021
'Doing what I want': Injured Humboldt Bronco achieving independence in his recovery
CALGARY - Three years after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash claimed the lives of 11 of his teammates, Ryan Straschnitzki is well on his way to reaching a major goal - the ability to live an independent...
Oct 04, 2021
Alberta elk ranchers want province to OK hunt farms despite disease, ethical concerns
Alberta game ranchers are lobbying governments in the province in a renewed attempt to legalize hunt farms. They say it's an industry that could bring millions of dollars to rural communities, but the...
Oct 03, 2021