Alberta

AMA says look after your vehicle battery as you head back out

Has your vehicle been sitting parked while riding out self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic? As the province eases into reopening, the Alberta Motor Association says thousands of Albertans will ...

May 05, 2020

Nominations wanted for Alberta’s Agriculture Hall of Fame

STONY PLAIN, AB -- You have an opportunity to nominate an outstanding individual who has made significant contribution to the agriculture and food industry. Since 1951, the Hall of Fame has celebrated...

May 05, 2020 Sun setting on flooded field -- filephoto

Alberta delays release of guidelines on parks partnerships

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is delaying the release of information on its parks partnership plan.A spokeswoman for Environment Minister Jason Nixon says staff have been too busy working on parks...

May 04, 2020

Star Wars Day promotion gone wrong leads to police incident in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE - May the fourth is widely known among fans of the sci-fi series as Star Wars Day. As such, a business in Lethbridge themed around the franchise wanted to put on a promotion to celebrate it...

May 04, 2020 The employee dressed in the Star Wars stormtrooper costumer at Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina in Lethbridge. (Supplied to Lethbridge News NOw by Bradley Whalen)

Alberta officials share COVID-19 update for May 4

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 04, 2020

Alberta expands roles for nursing home practitioners

Alberta is modifying regulations to allow nurse practitioners to provide expanded care to nursing home residents during COVID-19.The province says changes to the nursing home regulations will allow nu...

May 04, 2020

Optometry clinics opening today to provide full patient care

Alberta's optometrists are headed back into their clinics to provide full patient care as of Monday (May 4). This includes regular comprehensive eye exams, medically necessary appointments for patient...

May 04, 2020

Union rallies as Cargill meat plant reopens after shutdown due to COVID-19

HIGH RIVER, Alta. - A massive meat-packing plant in southern Alberta has reopened for business two weeks after it was shutdown due to a large outbreak of COVID-19. A long line of c...

May 04, 2020

Alberta Forest Week offers free activities for families and kids

Alberta Forest Week is May 3-9, and there are ways to mark the occasion while being cooped up due to COVID-19.In a release from the province, it's noted that about 60 per cent of Alberta, or 87 millio...

May 03, 2020

May 3: 96 new cases, one death and 179 recoveries

Alberta is reporting 96 new cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours for a total of 2,713 to date.One more person has passed away raising the death toll to 95. That case was in Calgary.Meantime, anoth...

May 03, 2020