Alberta

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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 7, 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 6, 2021

Turning Point officials optimistic for OPS funding extension

Officials with Red Deer's temporary Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) are hopeful their provincial funding will continue past the end of the government's budget cycle on March 31. Sarah Fleck, clinical m...

Andrew Snook Mar 6, 2021

Alberta adds 2 more COVID-19 deaths on anniversary of first case

Alberta added 411 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, and also marked one year since the first case of COVID-19 confirmed in the province.The one-day total is out of 10,559 test results for a positivity ...

Mar 5, 2021

Province plans additional 55,000 surgeries this year

More Albertans waiting to get surgeries might finally get the call.Through the new 2021 budget, the Alberta Government says there will be 55,000 more scheduled surgeries in the coming fiscal year than...

Mar 5, 2021