Alberta

'Discovery by little Nathan:' 12-year-old makes fossil find in southern Alberta

Aspiring paleontologist Nathan Hrushkin speaks with pride about his "killer resume." The Grade 7 student from Calgary discovered a rare dinosaur skeleton earlier this year at Horseshoe Canyon in the B...

Oct 15, 2020

Research on animal health at University of Calgary receives financial boost

CALGARY, AB - The governments of Canada and Alberta are teaming up on a boost to animal health research at the University of Calgary.The $3.44 million deal was finalized in March and will help staff a...

Oct 14, 2020

Alberta finance minister expects cuts in all departments, asks for budget input

EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says he expects all provincial departments to make recommendations similar to cuts recently announced by the health ministry for next year's budget. Health Minist...

Andrew Snook Oct 14, 2020

Albertans invited to share thoughts for Budget 2021

EDMONTON, AB - Albertans have an opportunity to share their thoughts on the upcoming Budget 2021.Minister of Finance Travis Toews spoke Wednesday morning on how residents can have their say on the gov...

Oct 14, 2020

WestJet cutting flights to Atlantic Canada, laying off staff

CALGARY - WestJet says it is indefinitely suspending operations to Moncton, N.B, Fredericton, Sydney, N.S., and Charlottetown, while significantly reducing service to Halifax and St. John's, N.L.The a...

Oct 14, 2020

Notley: UCP health plans are cruel, irresponsible, stupid

NDP Leader Rachel Notley is blunt in her assessment of the health-care plan introduced by Health Minister Tyler Shandro on Tuesday morning. "These plans are cruel, they are irresponsible and they are ...

Andrew Snook Oct 13, 2020

Alberta makes diploma exams optional for October, November

Alberta Education is making diploma exams optional for the months of October and November due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some school boards in the province have moved to a quarterly approach to the 202...

Oct 13, 2020

WATCH: Health minister to detail 11,000 job cuts at Alberta Health Services

EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government is making major changes to Alberta Health Services.It was announced Tuesday morning that about 11,000 jobs will be cut at AHS. There will be no job losses for ...

Oct 13, 2020

Late Humboldt Broncos head coach, Darcy Haugan, honoured with statue in Peace River

For those who live in the Peace River area, the name Darcy Haugan is very well known.Haugan was born and raised in Peace River and was a main reason the North Peace Navigators became a franchise in th...

Oct 11, 2020

Alberta conducts record high number of tests as active cases rise

Active case numbers of COVID-19 in Alberta continued their rise on Friday.The province is reporting 277 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, with active cases rising by 128 to 2,225. The bulk of new activ...

Oct 09, 2020