Alberta

Province gives update on flooding situation in the north

Flood response efforts continue for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and Mackenzie County as several northern communities face evacuation orders.A provincial update on Sunday says ice jams on...

May 03, 2020 An ice jam on the Athabasca River near Fort McMurray. (The Canadian Press/Greg Halinda)

Police searching for escapee from Maskwacis prison

MAY 6: Tyrone Emblau was arrested without incident by the Maskwacis RCMP Community Response Unit and General Investigative Section (CRU-GIS) on the evening of May 5 in Calgary. Emblau remains in custo...

May 03, 2020 (Correctional Service Canada)

Alberta parks partnership rules to be released, critics call for consultation

EDMONTON - Albertans are expected to learn Monday how they can take up to 164 provincial parks and recreation sites off the hands of a government that no longer wants them. The decision, announced in ...

May 03, 2020

Soaked walls and muddy basements: Fort McMurray residents survey their flooded homes

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - When Norm Sutton was allowed to return to his home in Fort McMurray, he could see that his wife's car had been totally submerged and floodwater had completely filled his fi...

May 02, 2020

May 2: Recoveries from COVID-19 total 175 versus 97 new cases

Alberta is reporting 97 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.Along with two new deaths, the province has now had 5,670 confirmed cases and 94 fatalities.Recoveries are also up on Saturday by 175 to to 2,...

May 02, 2020

Brooks Mayor in support of localized approach to reopening

BROOKS, ALTA - Taking to Facebook Live Friday afternoon, Brooks Mayor Barry Morishita told viewers the city is in support of the Province of Alberta's plan to look at reopening based on a more localiz...

May 02, 2020 Brooks Mayor Barry Morishita (CHAT News Today)

'Invasion of privacy': Watchdogs concerned about apps tracking COVID-19 patients

VANCOUVER - Privacy watchdogs are voicing concerns over proposals across the country to implement smartphone apps to help track COVID-19. New Brunswick, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Saskat...

May 02, 2020

Canada Day at the Alberta Legislature cancelled

Canada Day at the Alberta Legislature will not take place in 2020 following last week's announcement by the Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health that mass events for this summer are cancelled due...

May 01, 2020

Alberta launches contact tracing app for COVID-19

EDMONTON, AB - The province has announced new software it says should help lessen the number of communally-transmitted COVID-19 cases.It's called ABTraceTogether and is a free app Albertans can downlo...

May 01, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)

Kenney slams federal firearms ban

Alberta's premier says the federal government is unfairly targeting law-abiding citizens.On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that, effective immediately, it is no longer legal to buy, s...

May 01, 2020 Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer (left) and Premier Jason Kenney (right). (Government of Alberta)