Alberta

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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2020

Province to give out another 20 million free masks

Alberta Health is distributing another 20 million non-medical masks through fast food chains A&W, McDonald's and Tim Horton's.The free masks, which come in packs of four, will be given out startin...

Jul 5, 2020

Three dead after float plane crashes near Edmonton airport: Mounties

LEDUC COUNTY, Alta. - RCMP say three people have died in a plane crash south of Edmonton. Mounties say they were alerted Friday morning that a float plane went down in a field in Leduc ...

Jul 3, 2020

Alberta updates COVID-19 numbers for July 3

Alberta has reported another 57 cases of COVID-19 while the number of active cases in the province has risen by 30 to 572. Friday's updated numbers from the province show 7,532 people in Alberta have ...

Jul 3, 2020

Three dead in plane crash near Leduc

Three people have died following a plane crash Monday morning near Leduc. It was at about 11:00 a.m. when Leduc RCMP were alerted to a float plane crash onto a field near Range Road 232 and Highway 62...

Jul 3, 2020

Biden could be swayed to supporting Keystone XL: Kenney

OYEN, Alta. - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he believes United States presidential hopeful Joe Biden can be swayed to supporting the Keystone XL pipeline. The presumptive Democratic...

Jul 3, 2020