Alberta

Alberta ditches registration stickers on licence plates, moves to reflective ones

EDMONTON - Starting in the New Year, Alberta licence plates will start to be sticker free.The province says the stickers, which mark the year and month of a vehicle's registration, have become redunda...

Dec 7, 2020

19 more coronavirus deaths pushes Alberta past 600

Alberta climbed well past 600 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday with 19 new fatalities.The total now is 615 deaths, as the province added 1,836 new cases on Sunday, the third largest one-day total. The r...

Dec 6, 2020

More than 100 ICU admissions provincially, Red Deer surpasses 300 active cases

Alberta had another record-breaking day on Saturday with 1,879 new cases of COVID-19.The previous record was set on Dec. 3 with 1,854 cases, and Friday saw 1,828. There are now 18,806 province-wide.Re...

Dec 5, 2020

Health unions urge Albertans to start taking pandemic seriously

Health sector unions are imploring Albertans to stay home this weekend, or to mask up if they must go out.Their call comes after Alberta recorded another 1,828 cases of COVID-19 on Friday, and a one-d...

Dec 5, 2020

Fort McMurray residents still cleaning, considering options after spring flooding

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - More than seven months ago, Cora Dion and her husband fled Fort McMurray for the second time in four years as a spring flood threatened their home in northern Alberta. They retu...

Dec 5, 2020

More human trafficking charges against Edmonton couple

Police say more charges have been laid against an Edmonton man in a human trafficking investigation.The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams say they were contacted by three more victims after they ...

Dec 4, 2020

Hinshaw says rural COVID-19 rising, but Kenney says cities focus of any new rules

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says tougher health restrictions likely aimed at Calgary and Edmonton are coming if the current round of rules don't bend the curve on COVID-19.Kenney, taking q...

Dec 4, 2020

Province extends tourism levy abatement period

Tourism levy amounts collected by hotels and other lodging providers in Alberta will stay with them a little longer.The province announced today that operators can keep the levy collected until the en...

Dec 4, 2020

Alberta set to retire coal power by 2023

An environmental think-tank says Alberta will meet its goal to eliminate coal-fired electricity production years earlier than expected thanks to recent conversion announcements by utility companies.Th...

Dec 4, 2020

New $20-million fund to support civil societies in Alberta

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Applications are now open for a new fund that supports agencies benefitting the community.The Government of Alberta says the Civil Society Fund will help to leverage the existing stre...

Dec 3, 2020