Alberta

Rural AHS sites move to appointment-only lab collections

EDMONTON - Rural hospitals and urgent care facilities are moving to appointment-only lab work for outpatients starting Monday, May 4, to control traffic in and out of healthcare facilities.Alberta Hea...

Apr 30, 2020

Stats Canada: How businesses have been impacted by COVID-19 pandemic

LETHBRIDGE, AB - It may not come as a surprise to most, but the majority of Canadian businesses have been hit hard in the last two months.Representatives from 12,600 companies across the country took ...

Apr 30, 2020 The Ross Street Patio has been closed during the COVID-19 pandemic (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Hundreds protest COVID-19 restrictions at Alberta legislature

Around 200 people attended an "End the Lockdown" protest Wednesday at the Alberta legislature.The crowd called on the province to increase the limit on the number who can gather due to COVID-19 and to...

Apr 30, 2020

One man dead amid flooding in northern Alberta

One person has died as a result of flooding in northern Alberta.Officials with the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo said the death occurred near the Athabasca River near Fort McKay, about 60 kilo...

Apr 30, 2020

Ice jam that caused flooding in Fort McMurray melting

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - An ice jam on the Athabasca River is nearly half the size it was earlier this week when it caused major flooding in Fort McMurray and forced 13,000 people from their homes. The ...

Apr 30, 2020

Ice jam intel: How the Athabasca River ice buildup is flooding Fort McMurray

Ice jams can stretch for kilometres, reach several metres in height and cause rivers to rise in a matter of hours, says one river ice expert. An ice dam roughly 25 kilometres long&...

Apr 29, 2020

COVID-19 cases hold steady in Red Deer, Central Zone

Based on 5025 new test results, Alberta is reporting 315 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday for a total of 5165.There have now been 1953 recoveries among the province's confirmed cases. Seven addition...

Apr 29, 2020

Alberta officials share COVID-19 update for April 29

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...

Apr 29, 2020

Cargill beef plant to reopen next week after COVID-19 outbreak forced closure

CALGARY - Workers are to return Monday to a beef processing plant south of Calgary that was closed for two weeks because of a COVID-19 outbreak. Cargill says its High River facility will restart ...

Apr 29, 2020

Four arrested after shots fired at Ermineskin First Nation residence

Four males between the ages of 16 and 20 have been arrested with firearms-related charges pending following a complaint of shots fired on the Ermineskin First Nation. It was at about 2 a.m. Wednesday ...

Apr 29, 2020