Alberta

Alberta escalates pay fight with doctors, asks regulatory college to intervene

EDMONTON- Health Minister Tyler Shandro is escalating his pay dispute with doctors, asking the College of Physician and Surgeons to make rules stopping doctors from withdrawing services en masse.Shand...

Jul 16, 2020

Premier’s former campaign manager gets senior post with Alberta Energy Regulator

EDMONTON- Premier Jason Kenney is dismissing accusations that the appointment of his former campaign manager to a senior post with the Alberta Energy Regulator is a patronage plum.Kenney says he wasn'...

Jul 16, 2020

Bertha armyworm infestations low in Central Alberta

Alberta Agriculture says infestations of Betha armyworms are low in all of the spots it is monitoring in the central part of the province.Anything from zero to 300 is considered "low," which means inf...

Jul 15, 2020

Nature Conservancy of Canada working to Keep the Beaver Hills Wild

Nature Conservancy of Canada working to Keep the Beaver Hills WildEDMONTON - The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) says it is showing major progress in its campaign to expand and connect the Beaver H...

Jul 15, 2020

U of Lethbridge researchers part of group to develop COVID-19 treatment

LETHBRIDGE, AB- University of Lethbridge researchers, in partnership with scientists at Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API), have received funding from MITACS to develop a drug to treat the SARS-C...

Jul 15, 2020

Alberta to build five "recovery communities" for mental health and addictions

EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has announced the next step in their plan to address issues surrounding mental health and addictions.An investment of $25-million will support the creation of ...

Jul 15, 2020

Target of Lethbridge police surveillance stunned at revelations

BANFF - A well-known conservationist who met with an Alberta cabinet minister at a diner says he's stunned two police officers did unauthorized surveillance before one followed his vehicle.Harvey Lock...

Jul 15, 2020

Feds urged to do own review of proposed Alberta coal mine expansion

OTTAWA - A lawyer at the centre of a lobbying effort to stop a coal mine from expanding in Alberta says the federal government's refusal to do its own environmental review of the project is ...

Jul 15, 2020

Calgary murder suspect arrested in B.C.

CALGARY- A 58-year-old man from B.C. has been arrested in a killing in Calgary last year.Police say 66-year-old Harry Vincent Jones died in an altercation at a hotel in March of of 2019 in what they b...

Jul 15, 2020

Body of suspect in Edmonton woman's death found dead in B.C.

SICAMOUS B.C.- RCMP says officers from Sicamous have located the body of a man near a suspect vehicle in the suspicious death of a woman in Edmonton.Police say an officer spotted the vehicle shortly a...

Jul 14, 2020