Category Archives: Alberta
AHS launches webpage to provide information on bed reductions throughout Alberta
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has launched its new webpage, which provides information to Albertans on short-term and temporary bed reductions in their community. According to AHS, the vast majority o...
Jul 30, 2021
Michèle Audette, commissioner of MMIWG inquiry, among five named to Senate
OTTAWA - Michle Audette, one of the commissioners for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, is among the five newest members of the Senate.Audette was named as a s...
Jul 29, 2021
Seven post-secondary institutions create ag and food research collaboration
Several Alberta colleges and polytechnics have created a new Agriculture and Food Research Collaborative.The joint effort is between Olds College, Lethbridge College, Medicine Hat College, Grande Prai...
Jul 29, 2021
Calgary mayor says lifting remaining COVID-19 health orders 'height of insanity'
Calgary's mayor says it's the "height of insanity" that Alberta is moving ahead with removing almost all of its remaining COVID-19 public health orders.As of today, close contacts of people who test p...
Jul 29, 2021
Calgary mayor says lifting remaining COVID-19 health orders 'height of insanity'
Calgary's mayor says it's the "height of insanity" that Alberta is moving ahead with removing almost all of its remaining COVID-19 public health orders. As of today, close contacts of people who test ...
Jul 29, 2021
UCP backbencher fined $15K by Elections Alberta for funding violations
EDMONTON - A United Conservative backbencher has been fined $15,000 by Elections Alberta for a variety of offences including filing false financial statements.Devinder Toor, the legislature member for...
Jul 29, 2021
Cold Lake man wins $1-million on Lotto Max
Brian Hayes of Cold Lake, Alberta, has won $1,000,000 with Lotto Max.Speaking with the Western Canadian Lottery Corporation (WCLC), Hayes said he was shocked to discover he had won."It took a little w...
Jul 28, 2021
Officials say 71 cases of COVID 'likely acquired' at Calgary Stampede
CALGARY, AB - Alberta Health says 71 cases of COVID-19 were likely acquired at the Calgary Stampede, where hundreds of thousands attended the 10-day rodeo and festival.Government officials say so far ...
Jul 28, 2021
Biofuel plant near Lethbridge to expand, include more types of farm waste
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The provincial government has announced $4.7-million in funding to expand a key biofuels processing facility just south of Lethbridge.Coming from the Technology Innovation and Emissio...
Jul 27, 2021
K-Bro to take over linen, laundry service from AHS in September
Beginning in September of 2021, laundry and linen services at Alberta Health Services (AHS) will transition to K-Bro Linen Systems. The transition will begin in the rural parts of the Calgary Zone, fo...
Jul 27, 2021