Category Archives: Alberta
Feds announce $100 million for 'green' jobs in Alberta that fight climate change
OTTAWA, ONT. -- The Canadian government is providing a bundle of money to Alberta, during what it calls the "economically challenging time caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic." However, the money i...
Nov 2, 2020
Alberta's quarantine pilot project for international travellers now underway
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Those entering the province through one of two ports of entry will be able to reach their destination much sooner thanks to a new quarantine pilot project.The provincial and federal g...
Nov 2, 2020
Canadian soldier killed in Netherlands in Second World War identified
OTTAWA - The Defence Department says it's identified remains of a Canadian soldier buried in a cemetery in the Netherlands near the end of the Second World War. Trooper Henry George Johnston's identit...
Nov 2, 2020
Parks Canada plans first captive breeding program for Jasper National Park caribou
EDMONTON - Caribou herds in Canada's Rocky Mountains are now so precarious that Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up females from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding progr...
Nov 2, 2020
Soldier dies after live fire exercise at CFB Wainwright
A Canadian soldier has died during a training exercise at a military base in Alberta. The Department of National Defence offered more details Sunday following next of kin notification, saying that 29-...
Oct 31, 2020
AHS releases season’s first flu stats
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has posted the first weekly data update for the 2020-21 influenza season.The report includes data for each of AHS' five Zones, as well as provincial totals, from Septembe...
Oct 29, 2020
Alberta panel recommends no-fault auto insurance to address rising, costly premiums
A government panel is recommending a fundamental overhaul of automobile insurance in Alberta to move away from costly, protracted court fights to a collaborative no-fault model.Chris Daniel, who heads...
Oct 29, 2020
Alberta changes COVID-19 symptom list for school-aged children
Alberta Health has updated its list of COVID-19 symptoms for children.Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, said the changes take effect starting Monday and include the daily c...
Oct 29, 2020
Alberta looks to update child care programs, accessibility
Changes to the provincial Early Learning and Child Care Act being proposed by the government will improve transparency for parents, encourage digital record-keeping and allow for overnight child care....
Oct 29, 2020
Inquiry into Alberta oil and gas critics extended to Jan. 31
EDMONTON - A public inquiry into who is funding environmental opposition to Alberta's oil and gas industry has been granted an extension until the end of January.Alberta's United Conservative governme...
Oct 28, 2020