Alberta

Edmonton hospital stops admitting patients due to COVID-19 outbreak

EDMONTON- The Misericordia Community Hospital in west Edmonton is tightening restrictions as COVID-19 cases continue to increase at the facility.An outbreak at the hospital was first declared by Alber...

Jul 07, 2020

Float plane touched down briefly before fatal crash

LEDUC COUNTY- The Transportation Safety Board says an amateur-built plane with amphibious floats was being used in training when it went down last week south of Edmonton, killing three people on board...

Jul 07, 2020

Ethics commissioner finds Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer broke no ethics rules

EDMONTON- Alberta's ethics commissioner says Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer did not break ethics rules when he hired Steve Allan to run the public inquiry into who funds oil protesters.Marguerite Tr...

Jul 07, 2020

Alberta announces sandhill crane hunt for this fall

EDMONTON - Alberta has announced there will be a sandhill crane hunting season this fall a hunt that's been opposed by an environmental group and was previously rejected by the provincial government t...

Jul 06, 2020

'Divine event:' Surgeon who helped man after hike operates on him days later

CALGARY - A Saskatchewan man who had a heart attack after a hike in the Rocky Mountains says it was divine intervention that the same cardiac surgeon who helped resuscitate him near the trai...

Jul 06, 2020

Alberta updates COVID-19 numbers for July 6

Alberta has released updated COVID-19 numbers that include results from tests completed over the past three days. The province is reporting a total of 130 new cases since Friday. That includes 29 that...

Jul 06, 2020

Province tables bill to improve Alberta’s health care system

EDMONTON - The provincial government has introduced legislation aimed at boosting the public health care system in Alberta.The province says Bill 30, the Health Statutes Amendment Act, will strengthen...

Jul 06, 2020

Global oil demand rebound from pandemic's lows prompts price spike forecasts

CALGARY - Oil analysts say a rebound in the world's hunger for oil has already started after demand destruction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic fell far short of what many experts had expected.Amrita ...

Jul 06, 2020

Siksika First Nation imposes curfew due to COVID-19

SIKSIKA FIRST NATION- Clusters of COVID-19 cases on the Siksika Nation east of Calgary have prompted the community's leaders to impose a curfew.Chief Ouray Crowfoot says in a video message that as of ...

Jul 06, 2020

After prior rejections, Alberta announces sandhill crane hunt in September

EDMONTON- There will be a sandhill crane hunting season this fall.It is a hunt that's been opposed by an environmental group and was previously rejected by the provincial government three times.The pr...

Jul 06, 2020