Category Archives: Alberta
Allowing Rocky Mountain coal lease transfers during debate sends wrong signal: group
EDMONTON - An environmental group says an exchange of coal exploration lease applications in Alberta's Rocky Mountains suggests mining companies expect to be able to go ahead with their plans despite ...
Oct 8, 2021
WATCH: Premier Kenney to give COVID-19 update at 3:30
Premier Jason Kenney, Health Minister Jason Copping, as well as Minister Doug Schweitzer and health officials will provide an update on COVID-19 at 3:30 Thursday.They will be discussing supports for b...
Oct 7, 2021
RCMP reminds motorists to be thankful for safe drivers this long weekend
October is here, and with it comes Thanksgiving. During this time of year there is an increase of people travelling. The Innisfail Integrated Traffic Unit (ITU) wants to remind everyone using the road...
Oct 7, 2021
Dow announces plans to build 'net-zero' petrochemicals facility in Alberta
CALGARY - Dow Inc. says it has plans to expand and decarbonize its petrochemicals site at Fort Saskatchewan.The U.S.-based chemical company says it will build a net-zero carbon emissions ethylene and ...
Oct 7, 2021
Sister of pregnant Alberta woman who died of COVID-19 urges others to get vaccinated
EDMONTON - This Thanksgiving will be a tough one for Carol Charles and her family. The 50-year-old from Regina usually travels to her younger sister's house in Edmonton for the holiday. But Jennifer R...
Oct 7, 2021
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 6, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2021