Alberta

Province, Feds reach agreement to boost meat inspector capacity

The Government of Alberta is partnering with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to increase food inspector capacity.Training to allow provincial meat inspectors to be deployed into high-priori...

Apr 02, 2020 Canadian Press File Photo

Alberta suspends environmental reporting requirements over COVID crisis

EDMONTON - Alberta has suspended environmental reporting requirements for industry. The move comes in a ministerial order signed on Tuesday by Environment Minister Jason Nixon. It says the suspension ...

Apr 02, 2020

Woman charged in Maskwacis area stabbing

A 41-year-old man is recovering in hospital following a stabbing near Maskwacis on Tuesday night.RCMP say a 37-year-old female is facing a charge of aggravated assault, and add the two people are know...

Apr 02, 2020

Maskwacis RCMP seeking stabbing suspect

The Maskwacis RCMP Community Response Unit is looking for help from the public to identify a suspect in an aggravated assault.On Mar. 23, RCMP say a member on patrol located a young male who had been ...

Apr 02, 2020 RCMP sketch of a stabbing suspect in Maskwacis March 23. (Maskwacis RCMP)

Alberta expands child care for essential workers

EDMONTON, AB. -- The province is expanding eligibility for selected licensed child care centres to offer child care for all essential service workers. Along with previously eligible front-line health-...

Apr 01, 2020 LNN file photo

Alberta reports 117 new COVID-19 cases as province clears testing backlog

Premier Jason Kenney announced Wednesday that COVID-19 cases in Alberta have jumped by 117 since Tuesday to a total of 871. Kenney says the increase - the largest single day jump in Alberta to date - ...

Apr 01, 2020

Dr. Hinshaw gives COVID-19 update for April 1

Alberta's chief medical officer of health will provide her daily update on COVID-19 in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak at a media conference scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.You can watch it l...

Apr 01, 2020

Hinshaw continues to encourage acts of kindness during pandemic

The province's chief medical officer of health continues to encourage Albertans to do acts of kindness during the COVID-19 crisis."We are all in this together and now more than ever, kindness matters,...

Apr 01, 2020 (Photo: The Canadian Press)

Farmers can still bring in temporary foreign workers, but may need locals more than ever

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Farmers across Southern Alberta and Canada have expressed their concerns about whether or not they will be able to get enough workers for this year.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the f...

Apr 01, 2020 (Supplied by Glenn Miller)

Education minister will not reverse decision on layoffs amid COVID-19 pandemic

Alberta's education minister, in her first public comments since laying off more than 20,000 people in an email on the weekend, resisted Opposition calls to reverse her decision.Adriana LaGrange also ...

Apr 01, 2020