Alberta

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 9, 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 9, 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 8, 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 8, 2021

Alberta “well on its way” to meeting red tape reduction promise

EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta Government says it's living up to its promise to reduce red tape. Minister of Red Tape Reduction Grant Hunter introduced Bill 62: Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021...

Apr 8, 2021

Proposed legislation aims to improve Alberta’s health care system

EDMONTON, AB - The province has proposed legislative changes aimed at strengthening the health care system.Bill 65, the Health Statutes Amendment Act, Spring 2021, focuses on increasing system efficie...

Apr 8, 2021

Alberta adds 1,429 new COVID-19 cases, including 717 variants

Variant cases of concern are now the main concern when it comes to COVID-19 in Alberta.A total of 1,429 new cases of COVID-19 were announced for the province on Thursday, including 717 variant cases. ...

Apr 8, 2021