Category Archives: Alberta
‘No More Lockdowns Rodeo’ organizers charged for public health violation
The organizers of an anti-lockdown rodeo held earlier this month near Bowden have been charged for violating public health orders.Ty and Gail Northcott are to appear in Red Deer provincial court May 1...
May 11, 2021
Alberta-based truck driver gives rave review to vaccine rest-stop in Montana
CONRAD, MT - Dennis Wickliffe is feeling great.The Alberta-based truck driver was one of the first the receive his COVID-19 vaccine at a rest-stop in Conrad, Montana on Monday, May 10.The roadside cli...
May 11, 2021
Suncor Energy and Atco working together on potential hydrogen project
Suncor Energy and Atco Ltd. are working together on a potential hydrogen project near Fort Saskatchewan that would help reduce the province's carbon dioxide emissions.The companies say the project wou...
May 11, 2021
Alberta to stop giving first doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot as supply dwindles
OTTAWA - Alberta says it won't give out more first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for the time being.A spokesman for the provincial health department says the decision was made because there ...
May 11, 2021
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