Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta reports 25 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday
Alberta is reporting one of its lowest single-day increases in COVID-19 cases in some time.As of Tuesday, April 7, a total of 1,373 Albertans have tested positive for the virus, according to Alberta H...
Apr 07, 2020
COVID-19 may change Alberta's court system permanently: Chief Justice
MEDICINE HAT - The Alberta judicial system is adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic with the province's Queen's Bench Chief Justice holding an extraordinary news conference Tuesday stating some changes t...
Apr 07, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Alberta RCMP warn citizens of spike in COVID-19 scams
EDMONTON - Since the beginning of the month, there has been a spike in COVID-19 related scams in Canada. The most common reports are fraudulent merchandise sales and phishing emails. The fraudulent me...
Apr 07, 2020
Wetaskiwin man charged for intentionally coughing on police officers
Wetaskiwin RCMP have laid charges against a man accused of coughing on officers following a domestic disturbance on Sunday. Mounties say it was early afternoon when they responded to a complaint of a ...
Apr 07, 2020
New visitor restrictions at Alberta's continuing care facilities
Alberta's chief medical officer of health is ordering a province-wide ban on visitors to long-term care centres, licensed group homes and other facilities as part of the ongoing work to limit the spre...
Apr 07, 2020 (Photo: CHAT News Today)
Premier Kenney predicts 25 per cent unemployment in Alberta due to COVID-19
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has a grim prediction for workers in his province.He says there may well be 25 per cent unemployment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.He has told an energy i...
Apr 07, 2020
Amendments coming to Alberta's Emergency Management Act
The provincial government says amendments to the Emergency Management Act will make things easier and more clear between different levels of government during the COVID-19 pandemic.The province will g...
Apr 07, 2020 Government House Leader Jason Nixon (CHAT News File Photo)
Alberta minister says patience running short for federal energy industry aid
Alberta's energy minister says patience in her province is wearing thin for a promised aid package from the federal government for the oil and gas sector.Sonya Savage, speaking at the Canadian Associa...
Apr 07, 2020 Minister of Energy Sonya Savage (Photo: The Canadian Press/Amber Bracken)
Canadian farmland values continue to soften amid uncertainty: FCC
The average value of Canadian farmland increased by 5.2 per cent in 2019, the smallest increase over the past decade, according to the latest Farmland Values Report from Farm Credit Canada. FCC says t...
Apr 06, 2020 (farmnewsNOW file photo)
Alberta announces temporary employment standards changes
The provincial government says it is taking immediate action to allow employers in Alberta to appropriately respond to public health measures while allowing employees to remain attached to jobs and ha...
Apr 06, 2020