Category Archives: Alberta
Report shows more doctors registered in Alberta last year than in 2019
Alberta lost 32 physicians over the last few months of 2020, but overall there were 172 more doctors registered in the province than in 2019.The numbers are in a year-end report posted Wednesday by th...
Jan 13, 2021
Alberta firefighters ask to be added to Phase 1A COVID vaccine list
LETHBRIDGE, AB - If paramedics are being added to the top priority list for COVID-19 vaccinations, the province's firefighters say they should be as well.Earlier this week, Premier Jason Kenney announ...
Jan 13, 2021
Alberta musician Corb Lund comes out against proposed coal mines in Rocky Mountains
An Alberta musician is coming out against proposed coal mines for the province's Rocky Mountains. Corb Lund, who has sung around the world about cowboy culture and rural life for decades, has released...
Jan 13, 2021
Education ministry maintains mask contracts done without political interference
Despite newly obtained documents showing otherwise, Alberta's Ministry of Education continues to deny any ethical wrongdoing related to the procurement of face coverings for the province's students la...
Jan 12, 2021
Nominations open for Alberta Order of Excellence
Albertans are encouraged to nominate remarkable citizens, leaders and innovators for membership in the Alberta Order of Excellence.Up to 10 individuals will be inducted into the Order this year in rec...
Jan 12, 2021
Search continues for Hinton man missing since 2019
HINTON - RCMP continue to seek the public's assistance in the disappearance of 40-year-old Robert Allen Wetsch, who was last seen in Hinton, Alberta on May 19, 2019.Police say updated information in D...
Jan 11, 2021
Tiger trout now available to Alberta private pond owners
Tiger trout are being added as a licensed species of trout in 2021 for the Alberta aquaculture industry and private pond owners throughout rural Alberta, including farmers, ranchers and recreational p...
Jan 11, 2021
Alberta paramedics, emergency medical responders eligible for COVID-19 vaccines
Alberta's COVID-19 vaccination program is being expanded to include more health-care workers. "Starting right away paramedics and emergency medical responders will also be eligible to receive the COVI...
Jan 11, 2021
Kenney to give update on COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Alberta's premier and health minister will deliver an update this afternoon on the province's response to COVID-19. Jason Kenney and Tyler Shandro are to speak at a news conference scheduled to begin ...
Jan 11, 2021
Alberta RCMP reviewing whether COVID-19 death of meat-plant worker was criminal
CALGARY - RCMP in Alberta are reviewing whether the COVID-19 death of a worker at a Cargill meat-packing plant last spring is a criminal matter.Cpl. Tammy Keibel, district media relations officer for ...
Jan 11, 2021