Alberta

Variants now make up more than half of active COVID-19 cases in Alberta

More than 50 per cent of all active COVID-19 cases in Alberta are now variants of concern.Alberta added 1,183 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday with a positivity rate of ~8.0 per cent and 14,861 tests c...

Apr 11, 2021

Grizzly bears prefer walking on gentle slopes at a leisurely pace like humans: study

VANCOUVER - Grizzly bears seem to favour gently sloping or flat trails like those commonly used by people, which can affect land management practices in wild areas, says an expert who has written a pa...

Apr 11, 2021

Red Deer up to 226 active cases, outbreak confirmed at temporary shelter

Red Deer added 30 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, and now sits at 226 active cases, up 10 from Friday.There have also now been 3,056 recoveries, an increase of 20.The city has recorded a total of 3...

Apr 10, 2021

240,000 more health care workers eligible for vaccine April 12

Alberta is once again expanding its vaccine rollout, this time to more than 240,000 eligible health care workers.As part of Phase 2C, nurses, doctors, dentists and any health care workers in patient c...

Apr 10, 2021

440,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits going to 300 Alberta schools

The Government of Alberta is ramping up its in-school rapid screening test program, expanding to 300 schools in Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Grande Prairie. Four hundred and forty thousand rapid ...

Josh Hall Apr 10, 2021

WATCH: Premier and Education Minister give update on rapid testing in schools

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Education Minister Adriana LaGrange will provide an update today on the COVID-19 rapid testing program in schools.A livestream is set to begin at noon, which you can w...

Apr 10, 2021

More than 1,500 new cases of COVID-19, nearly 700 of them variants

Alberta added 674 new variant COVID-19 cases Friday, pushing the current active total of confirmed variant cases to 5,937. Variants now make up 45.5 per cent of all active cases, which number 13,059, ...

Apr 09, 2021

Alberta leaders pay tribute to the late Prince Philip

Statements have been coming in from Alberta representatives on the passing of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghAlbertans can share messages of sympathy and support for the family thr...

Apr 09, 2021

Political scientist says latest Alberta restrictions a "double-edged sword"

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Albertans seem to be divided when it comes to having more or less COVID-19 restrictions.A political scientist at Medicine Hat College says division in the province is nothing new, b...

Apr 08, 2021

Alberta meat plant, site of COVID-19 outbreak last year, to get vaccination clinics

HIGH RIVER, Alta. - Alberta Health Services says plans are underway to set up COVID-19 vaccination clinics at a meat-packing plant that was the site of a major outbreak last year.Nearly half of the 2,...

Apr 08, 2021