Alberta

'Fiscal reckoning': Alberta to outline $20B-plus deficit in financial update

EDMONTON - Albertans are to get a look at the province's biggest deficit in history when the government releases its financial update today. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has been warning that the...

Aug 27, 2020

Dr. Hinshaw to deliver COVID-19 update for Monday, Aug. 24

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, will deliver an update on COVID-19 in Alberta on Monday afternoon, scheduled to start at 3:30.Watch the update below:rdnewsNOW will s...

Aug 24, 2020

Province to spend $15 million on CAR T-cell therapy for cancer patients

The Alberta government announced Monday morning that it will fund a $15 million cancer therapy program, accessible in Calgary and Edmonton.The treatment is known as CAR T-cell therapy, and is used on ...

Aug 24, 2020

U of L astrophysicists receive major infrastructure grant to further space exploration

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Astrophysicists at the University of Lethbridge have gotten a nice boost from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).The CFI has provided a $250,000 grant that will go toward the ...

Aug 23, 2020

New lieutenant governor to be installed this Wednesday

Salma Lakhani will be installed as Alberta's 19th lieutenant governor in a ceremony this coming Wednesday, Aug. 26Lakhani was announced as the next LG earlier this summer.An Ismaili Muslim, Lakhani wa...

Aug 22, 2020

Oilers Foundation: Delayed 50/50 draw worth $14.3 million after refunds

The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation says it is processing refunds and anticipates selecting a winner for its Aug. 7 50/50 draw early to mid next week."This week has been spent auditing and finali...

Aug 21, 2020

Central zone down to 30 active cases of COVID-19

Alberta is reporting 144 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the province's total to 12,748.The number of active cases is listed at 1,144, an increase of 60, while recoveries have r...

Aug 21, 2020

LaGrange says province won’t delay school start date, boards can set their own

Despite a request by teachers to wait until after Labour Day, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says Alberta will not be delaying the start of the school year.She does say, however, that schools boa...

Aug 21, 2020

Critics say spending on Alberta wilderness area inadequate

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it will upgrade facilities in the province's west-central backcountry where increased use has left behind garbage, damaged sites and human waste.Critics say the ...

Aug 20, 2020

Man charged in death of 15-year-old from northern Alberta First Nation

JOHN DOR PRAIRIE, Alta. - Police have charged a man in the death of a 15-year-old girl from a northern Alberta First Nation.Roderica Ribbonleg of Little Red River Cree Nation was last seen July 5 in t...

Aug 20, 2020