Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta announces increased measures for airports and returning travellers
Alberta is strengthening public health measures for international travellers arriving at the province's two major international airports.Travellers arriving at the Calgary or Edmonton international fr...
May 20, 2020
Alberta investing $170M to help seniors, long-term care facilities with COVID-19
The provincial government is investing more than $170 million aimed at keeping residents and staff in long-term care, designated supportive living facilities and seniors lodges safe from COVID-19.Heal...
May 19, 2020
Active COVID-19 cases in Alberta nearly down to 1,000
The number of people in hospital in Alberta because of COVID-19 continues to go down. As of Tuesday, 61 people in the province are in hospital due to the virus, four fewer than Monday, including eight...
May 19, 2020
Alberta officials share COVID-19 update for May 19
Alberta's chief medical officer of health and other officials will give an update on the COVID-19 situation in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak at a media conference scheduled to begin at 3:3...
May 19, 2020
Alberta hotels can keep tourism levy for the rest of the year, says province
Hotels in Alberta will be able to keep tourism levy fees collected for most of this year to help weather what's expected to be a slower-than-usual time for tourists due to COVID-19.Hotels and other lo...
May 19, 2020
Paul Brandt to chair Alberta's Human Trafficking Task Force
Alberta is stepping up its fight against human trafficking.The province has appointed a seven-member task force to find ways to prevent human trafficking and empower survivors.Canadian country music s...
May 19, 2020
Young girl fatally stabbed in Edmonton home, one person in custody
EDMONTON- Homicide detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a child in Edmonton.Police say officers responded to a report of a stabbing at a home in the southeastern part of the city just ...
May 19, 2020
Province defends Keystone XL pipeline
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Keystone XL pipeline will have major sway on the economic and national security of North America.Over the weekend the campaign of presumptive Democratic nominee Joe B...
May 19, 2020
Alberta Mountie loses consciousness after reviving suspected overdose victim
JANVIER, Alta. - Mounties say an officer in northern Alberta was found in medical distress and later lost consciousness while assisting a man believed to have overdosed on drugs.RCMP say the Wood Buff...
May 18, 2020
Alberta reports just 39 new COVID-19 cases on Monday
Alberta's COVID-19 hospitalization rates remain low as of Monday with 65 people currently in hospital, nine of whom are in intensive care. In total, 5,519 Albertans have recovered from COVID-19. One m...
May 18, 2020