Alberta

Calgary condo gets higher COVID-19 classification amid outbreak

CALGARY- The number of active COVID-19 cases in a Calgary highrise condo building has prompted provincial officials to change the area's regional classification on the weekend from "open" to "watch."A...

Jun 29, 2020

Airdrie Pride walkway vandalized again

AIRDRIE- RCMP are investigating a second act of vandalism to a Pride rainbow walkway in Airdrie in a week.Mounties say they received a report Saturday morning about a "black sticky substance found wit...

Jun 29, 2020

Treaty Six chiefs demand resignation of Kenney's speechwriter

Calls are becoming louder for Premier Jason Kenney to fire his speechwriter Paul Bunner after it was revealed this week he made comments in 2013 questioning the severity of the effects of residential ...

Jun 28, 2020

Active cases steady at 520 as holiday approaches

It's now been more than a week since Alberta recorded a new death from COVID-19. The number of fatalities has thankfully not climbed higher than 154 since June 20.Meantime, 39 new cases and 39 new rec...

Jun 28, 2020

Province to grant businesses, non-profits up to $5,000 for reopening

Beginning Monday at 10 a.m., small and medium-sized businesses, co-ops and non-profits in Alberta will be able to apply for funding to help them reopen their doors.The Government of Alberta issued a r...

Jun 28, 2020

Kenney says ambitious, long-term Alberta economy reboot plan coming Monday

GRANDE PRAIRIE - Premier Jason Kenney says his government's blueprint to reboot Alberta's distressed economy will be announced Monday in Calgary."It will be a bold and ambitious plan to make strategic...

Jun 26, 2020

Alberta COVID-19 numbers updated for June 26

Active COVID-19 cases in Alberta held steady Friday, rising by just three from Thursday to a total of 509. Alberta Health is reporting that the number of people in the province that have recovered fro...

Jun 26, 2020

Former Lethbridge Hurricanes players respond to abuse allegations in CHL lawsuit

Members of the 2008-09 Lethbridge Hurricanes say their "team became an extended family" over the course of that season despite abuse allegations made by a former teammate.Twenty-six players from the '...

Jun 26, 2020

Education minister confident students will be back in schools in September

MEDICINE HAT- Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says the government is confident that students will be back in school in September for near-normal operations with increased health measures in place....

Jun 26, 2020

Alberta probe into foreign funding of anti-oil groups extended to October

EDMONTON - Alberta's public inquiry into whether foreign money is bankrolling anti-oil protests in Canada is going into overtime. Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the initial findings from ...

Jun 25, 2020