Alberta

Alberta's Toews says final bill on defunct Keystone XL not 'materially' above $1.3B

EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says taxpayers won't be on the hook for much more beyond $1.3 billion already committed to the defunct Keystone XL pipeline. Travis Toews did not provide specific...

Mar 09, 2021

Preliminary data shows Alberta's suicide rates declined in 2020

Preliminary data from medical examiners in Alberta shows there were fewer suicide deaths in the province in 2020 than in the past nine years.The data shows 468 Albertans took their own lives in 2020, ...

Mar 09, 2021

Alberta RCMP reminds motorists to buckle up this March

EDMONTON - The best defense against serious injury in the event of a motor vehicle collision is wearing a properly fastened seatbelt. The simple practice of buckling up before putting your vehicle in ...

Mar 09, 2021

Olds College group makes semi-finals for UFA Student Pitch Competition

Olds College students Daniel Stefner, Kenneth Deocampo, Lauren McKamey, Styn Nieuwenhuis and Tristen Norman have been named semi-finalists in the second annual UFA Student Pitch Competition.As part of...

Mar 08, 2021

Women’s shelter staff shouldering essential work throughout pandemic, association says

To mark International Women's Day, the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters (ACWS) has unveiled a campaign to highlight the essential work done by shelter staff across the province. The 'Shelter Supers...

Mar 08, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Alberta Appeal Court orders 3rd trial for parents in toddler's death

CALGARY - Alberta's top court has ordered a third trial for a couple originally convicted then found not guilty in the death of their ill son. The Alberta Court of Appeal has granted a request by the ...

Mar 08, 2021

Provincial and federal governments team for carbon emissions reduction working group

EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government is teaming with Ottawa on a new working group that will explore ways to reduce emissions, diversify the economy and create jobs.The group will comprise of offi...

Mar 08, 2021

Alberta seeks ideas to improve COVID vaccine capacity

EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta is looking for proposals on how it can better understand and explore opportunities related to its vaccine capacity.The province says they are looking for a lon...

Mar 08, 2021

300 new COVID-19 cases identified in Alberta

Due to system upgrades, Alberta Health is only offering preliminary COVID-19 data today.Alberta added 300 new cases, including 54 of concern variant cases, in the last day. That gives Alberta a total ...

Mar 07, 2021

Red Deer down to 288 active cases of COVID-19

Alberta added 341 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday with a positivity rate of 4.2 per cent and 8,142 tests completed.The number of active cases in the province is 4,649, up 10. Recoveries are up 330 t...

Mar 06, 2021