Category Archives: Alberta
Province looking to improve K-12 student transportation
The provincial government is creating a team to improve K-12 student transportation in Alberta.Officials say the first phase of province's K-12 student transportation action plan begins immediately. A...
May 10, 2021
Opposition, Ottawa, media looking for COVID disaster: Alberta justice minister
EDMONTON - Alberta's justice minister says a COVID-19 disaster is what the provincial Opposition, the federal government and the media "were looking for and want" in the province.Kaycee Madu, in Faceb...
May 10, 2021
Alberta introduces new technology for detecting, managing wildfires
The provincial government says it is implementing new technology for detecting and managing wildfires across the province.Alberta Wildfire uses drones to help detect hot spots on the landscape, plan a...
May 10, 2021
RCMP investigating after Alberta woman found dead on B.C. highway
RADIUM HOT SPRINGS, B.C. - The B.C. RCMP is asking for the public's help after an Alberta woman was found dead on Thursday, May 6 in Kootenay National Park.The body of 35-year-old Brenda Ware was foun...
May 10, 2021
Five years since the Fort McMurray wildfire
FORT MCMURRAY - It has been five years since a wildfire destroyed large parts of Fort McMurray. Here is a look back at how events unfolded:May 1, 2016 - A fire starts in a remote part of forest southw...
May 10, 2021
Several provinces bring in new restrictions as high COVID-19 case numbers persist
Several provinces are gearing up to tighten public health measures once again as COVID-19 infection rates remain stubbornly high in parts of Canada. Beginning at midnight, bars and restaurants in Albe...
May 9, 2021
Alberta Crop Report -- Conditions as of May 4, 2021
The first Alberta Crop Report for 2021 is now out.Data -- up to date as of May 4 -- was released to the public this weekend by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) in partnership with the Agriculture...
May 9, 2021
Dozens gather at Whistle Stop Cafe to rally against health orders
MIRROR, Alta. - RCMP ticketed protesters leaving an anti-lockdown rally outside a central Alberta caf Saturday, after the establishment was closed by health officials earlier in the week.Despite pouri...
May 8, 2021
Red Deer over 900 active COVID-19 cases, Alberta surpasses 25,000
After a one-day drop on Friday for the first time since April 7, Red Deer's active COVID-19 case count rose on Saturday from 886 to a record 911. In the last week, the active caseload in the city has ...
May 8, 2021
'Why we survive': B.C. boundary towns struggle without Albertans during pandemic
Jennifer Coffman didn't expect to get hit with a double whammy at her restaurant in the tiny community of Field just west of the Alberta-British Columbia boundary this year. Coffman has been running t...
May 8, 2021