Category Archives: Alberta
Calgary Stampede a calculated risk, potential example for post-COVID behaviour: mayor
EDMONTON - The Calgary Stampede, increasingly touted by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney as the brass ring for defeating COVID-19, won't look like the whoop-up of years past if it goes ahead, says the cit...
May 27, 2021
Abandoned oil and gas wells will be cleaned up despite backlog: Alberta regulator
EDMONTON - There's lots of life in Alberta's conventional oil industry and plenty of resources and political will to clean up the mess it leaves behind, says the head of the province's energy regulato...
May 27, 2021
Kenney says reopening plan a response to vaccine science; Hinshaw calls it prudent
Premier Jason Kenney is defending the province's Open For Summer plan, calling it a safe and cautious plan to reopen Alberta and get back to normal.And the chief medical officer of health calls threw ...
May 27, 2021
Third man charged in Maskwacis stabbing death
A third man has now been arrested and charged in relation to a stabbing death last month at Maskwacis. It was just after 6 a.m. on April 11 when RCMP responded to a call about a stabbing at a home on ...
May 27, 2021
Kenney, Dr. Hinshaw to discuss Alberta's reopening plan
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw will provide an update this afternoon the province's efforts to contain COVID-19 and fully reopen by mid-summer. A ne...
May 27, 2021
Calgary mayoral candidate arrested in connection with an anti-masking incident
A Calgary mayoral candidate has been arrested in Edmonton in connection with an anti-masking incident at a shopping centre earlier this month.Officers arrested Kevin J. Johnston, 49, without incident ...
May 27, 2021
Supreme Court of Canada won't hear challenge of 2015 Alberta election call
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear a challenge of the former Alberta government's decision to call an election in 2015. A general election was held in Alberta in 2012 and based on the pro...
May 27, 2021
Alberta RCMP processed 121 impaired drivers over Victoria Day long weekend
EDMONTON - This Victoria Day long weekend, from May 21 - 24, Alberta RCMP removed 121 impaired drivers from provincial roadways. In participation of National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day on Saturd...
May 26, 2021
Additional relief for Alberta’s tourism industry
The Alberta government is allowing accommodation providers to keep the tourism levy amounts they collect for an additional three months.To ensure money stays in the pockets of Alberta's job creators, ...
May 26, 2021
Kenney eyes full capacity at CFL games this summer
EDMONTON - Alberta's premier is expressing hope for full capacity crowds at CFL games this summer. Jason Kenney says the Edmonton Football Team and Calgary Stampeders could sell as many seats as possi...
May 26, 2021