Alberta

Search taking place west of Nordegg for overdue hiker

locateUPDATE - 1:45 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13A hiker not heard from since embarking on a day trip Saturday in the Nordegg area has been located.Rocky Mountain House RCMP say Keith Morris, who is 45, is ...

Dec 13, 2020

Alberta records 13 new COVID-19 deaths, active cases decline

Alberta Health identified 1,590 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.With 1,666 recoveries, this marks the second straight day of a decline in active cases. Today's drop was 89 to 20,072, after it declin...

Dec 12, 2020

COVID infection rate low in Alberta pilot project for international travellers

CALGARY - The number of positive COVID-19 tests in a pilot project for international travellers at the Calgary airport and a United States border crossing in southern Alberta has been reasonably low a...

Dec 12, 2020

Nixon: Carbon tax increases an 'attack on Alberta's economy and jurisdiction'

EDMONTON - Alberta's parks and environment minister says the federal government's plan to meet its climate change commitments is an attack on Alberta's economy and jurisdiction."The prime minister con...

Dec 11, 2020

NDP calls for more COVID-19 mental health supports

EDMONTON - Alberta's NDP Opposition is calling on the government to increase mental health supports of Albertans as the province heads into a COVID-19 induced shutdown over the holiday season.The NDP ...

Dec 11, 2020

Province accepts all 19 recommendations from affordable housing panel

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta says they are taking "bold steps, new direction for affordable housing" in the province.The Affordable Housing Review Panel presented their 19 recommendation...

Dec 11, 2020

Alberta investing $20M to accelerate COVID-19 and disease research at U of A

Alberta's government is investing $20 million to accelerate world-class science to help combat COVID-19 and related diseases.The Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute (AVI) at the University of Alber...

Dec 11, 2020

Goose saved from fishing line, chilly waters of South Saskatchewan River

MEDICINE HAT, AB - The goose got loose but only after a rescue from two members of the public and treatment and care from APARC (Alberta Pound And Rescue Centres) Medicine Hat.Dallas Lansdown and Torr...

Dec 10, 2020

Fires destroy two homes at Montana First Nation, Mounties investigating

An arson investigation is underway after two homes at the Montana First Nation were destroyed by fire last week. Maskwacis RCMP says it was at about 3 a.m. on Dec. 3 when they were called to investiga...

Dec 10, 2020

ASIRT investigating officer involved fatal shooting in Grande Prairie

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has been called into investigate an officer involved shooting on the city's north end Tuesday night that has left one person dead.Officers were calle...

Dec 09, 2020