Alberta

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

Maskwacis continues to struggle with COVID-19 outbreak

Maskwacis and its four First Nations - Samson, Ermineskin, Montana and Louis Bull - continues to be hit hard by COVID-19.Randy Littlechild, CEO of Maskwacis Health Services, says though a state of loc...

Jan 11, 2021

Red Deer hits 10 deaths from COVID-19

Ten people in Red Deer have now died because of COVID-19.The latest death was reported on Sunday and is one of just 12 more fatalities reported province-wide for a pandemic total of 1,284. The dozen d...

Jan 10, 2021

Ferintosh farmer takes top honours at Manitoba Ag Days showcase

A central Alberta farmer's inventiveness secured more accolades this month at the Manitoba Ag Days Innovation Showcase.Darcy Goossen of Ferintosh, a hamlet in Camrose County, already created the award...

Jan 10, 2021

NHLers know not everyone's happy they're playing: 'We're not blind'

Connor McDavid knows what it looks like to some. Millionaire hockey players travelling province to province for games when everyone else is asked to refrain from doing anything remotely similar as the...

Jan 10, 2021

Alberta reports 31 new COVID-19 deaths Saturday

Alberta is reporting 989 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, with active cases going up by 809 to 14,437. Sadly, 31 more COVID-linked deaths were also tallied since yesterday, pushing the provincial to...

Andrew Snook Jan 9, 2021

Alberta’s enhanced COVID-19 restrictions extended at least two weeks

Alberta's enhanced COVID-19 restrictions implemented last month will remain in place for another two weeks through January 21."The health measures that were put in place in December have helped to red...

Jan 7, 2021

Kenney to update Albertans on COVID-19 restrictions

The Alberta government is set to announce today its review of current COVID-19 rules, but Premier Jason Kenney has indicated little will change.Kenney will join Dr. Deena Hinshaw for Thursday's COVID-...

Jan 7, 2021

Kenney says he can't guarantee all COVID restrictions will be lifted next week

EDMONTON, AB - Premier Jason Kenney says he can't guarantee all of the public health measures and restrictions introduced in November and December as COVID-19 cases spiked in the province will be lift...

Jan 7, 2021

Health minister issues statement on Alberta's first physician death due to COVID-19

Another Alberta health-care worker has died of COVID-19, the first physician death in the province from the virus. The death is one of the 25 announced yesterday by the province."I'm profoundly sadden...

Jan 7, 2021