Alberta

Alberta bill would protect health workers, care homes from some COVID-19 lawsuits

EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a bill to give legal protection to health workers and long-term care-home operators facing lawsuits over COVID-19.Richard Gotfried, a United Conservative backbencher,...

Apr 22, 2021

Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for April 22

Alberta's chief medical officer of health is set to provide her latest update on the COVID-19 situation in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak during a news conference scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Yo...

Apr 22, 2021

Alberta strikes advisory group aimed at supporting working parents

The provincial government is bringing together a new advisory group to help inform a long-term plan for Alberta to support parents who are working or getting back to work.The Supporting Alberta Workin...

Apr 22, 2021

Alberta didn't consider impact of mountain coal mining on tourism, official says

An Alberta government official says the impact of coal mining in the Rocky Mountains on the province's tourism industry wasn't considered before a policy protecting those summits and foothills was rev...

Apr 22, 2021

Prairie NDP leaders urge governments to sign on to AgriStability program

NDP leaders on the Prairies are calling on their governments to sign on to the AgriStability program that would boost compensation for losses by farmers and producers from 70 to 80 per cent. "As we co...

Apr 22, 2021

Alberta tech industry thriving during the pandemic

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The provincial government says Alberta's tech sector continues to thrive.Kristina Williams, CEO and President of Alberta Enterprise Corporation (AEC), has revealed their findings from...

Apr 22, 2021

Alberta teachers and education minister swap accusations of politicizing curriculum

EDMONTON - Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says the group representing Alberta teachers is playing politics with a proposed new kindergarten to Grade 6 curriculum and isn't sincere about real brid...

Apr 22, 2021

Alberta introducing three hours of paid leave for workers getting COVID vaccine

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A financial barrier that has kept some people from getting vaccinated against COVID-19 has been removed.Minister of Immigration and Labour Jason Copping says the government will be in...

Apr 21, 2021

RCMP lay charge after woman's body found along highway west of Calgary

STONEY NAKODA FIRST NATION - A man from the Stoney Nakoda First Nation west of Calgary has been charged with criminal negligence causing death after a woman was found on the side of a highway on Sunda...

Apr 21, 2021

Vaccination clinic at Alberta beef plant postponed

HIGH RIVER, Alta. - A vaccination clinic for thousands of workers at a southern Alberta beef-packing plant has been postponed due to a delay in a shipment of the Moderna vaccine.Cargill spokesman Dani...

Apr 21, 2021