Alberta

Most Alberta teachers feeling stress and anxiety, struggling to maintain health guidelines

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Being a teacher is never easy, but in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic, many seem to be struggling just to make it by.A new survey from the Alberta Teachers' Association shows that 95...

Oct 21, 2020

Suspect in Bluffton gas station shooting arrested

The suspect wanted for a shooting last week at gas station in Bluffton has been arrested.Police were called at about 6:20 a.m. on Oct. 16 to the Bluffton City General Store, located in the hamlet abou...

Oct 21, 2020

Alberta government indicates to AUPE “up to 930” job cuts

EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has confirmed that hundreds of positions within the provincial government will be abolished or otherwise impacted.A letter from the Public Service Commission t...

Oct 21, 2020

Alberta pauses asymptomatic testing for COVID-19

Saying that test results are not getting back to Albertans quick enough, the province's top doctor has announced a "significant" change to testing that she called a critical step to improving COVID-19...

Oct 20, 2020

Feds approve natural gas pipeline expansion west of Rocky Mountain House

The federal government has approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline through Clearwater County, west of Rocky Mountain House.On Tuesday, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan gave the green...

Oct 20, 2020

At least 49 cases of COVID-19 linked to wedding in Calgary: Alberta Health

CALGARY - Alberta Health says 49 active COVID-19 cases have been linked to a wedding in Calgary earlier this month.The health agency says the wedding had a large number of Albertans from different hou...

Oct 20, 2020

Seeing double: Alberta man splits Lotto 6-49 win with himself

An Alberta man who won a $5-million Lotto 6-49 jackpot last month had to share the prize with himself after accidentally buying two tickets on the same draw.Andrew Burke of Calmar, Alta., used the sam...

Oct 20, 2020

UCP members pass resolution at AGM calling for privately-funded health care option

EDMONTON - Members of Alberta's governing United Conservative Party have narrowly endorsed a resolution at their annual general meeting that supports the option of a privately-funded and privately man...

Oct 20, 2020

Alberta legislature to resume Tuesday

EDMONTON - Alberta politicians are to return to the legislature Tuesday with a plan to discuss up to 20 new bills many of which are focused on the province's economic recovery.Government house leader ...

Oct 19, 2020

Alberta cuts deal on municipal oilpatch levies; not on unpaid property taxes

EDMONTON - Alberta has announced a three-year deal that it says will prevent municipal taxes and levies from harming its already battered energy industry.But the deal leaves unresolved the issue of ru...

Oct 19, 2020