Alberta

Two new cases of COVID-19 in Red Deer as provincial total jumps

Another 79 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Alberta since Friday, bringing the provincial total to 621. The increase marks the biggest single-day jump in Alberta since the pandemic began.There...

Mar 28, 2020

Alberta scaling back K-12 education funding during COVID-19 pandemic

The provincial government says with in-school classes cancelled indefinitely, it is temporarily adjusting education funding to reflect the cost of at-home learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fu...

Josh Hall Mar 28, 2020

Alberta Fishing Education Program now available for free

The Alberta Hunter Education Instructors Association (AHEIA) is making its eight-module Alberta Fishing Education Program available online for free.A non-profit, the organization says its program comp...

Mar 28, 2020

Province working with Indigenous government to ensure protection from COVID-19

The Government of Alberta says it continues to do everything possible to ensure Indigenous people in Alberta are included in pandemic planning and response.Rick Wilson, Minister of Indigenous Relation...

Mar 28, 2020 Grand Chief Billy Morin of the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations speaks at a press conference Saturday morning after the media heard from Rick Wilson, the Minister of Indigenous Affairs. (Government of Alberta)

Alberta MLAs to reconvene March 31

Members of Alberta's Legislative Assembly will return to their desks this week in order to debate important legislation related to the COVID-19 pandemic.Government House Leader Jason Nixon made the an...

Mar 28, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Flu-like symptoms prompt lockdown at Drumheller Institution

UPDATE (March 28 - 4 p.m.)Correctional Service Canada says a lockdown at its medium security institution in Drumheller has ended.The lockdown had been put in place as a precaution because two inmates ...

Mar 27, 2020 (Government of Canada)

More non-essential businesses to close in Alberta, effective immediately

The Government of Alberta will now enforce a greater range of mandatory closures in relation to COVID-19.As announced by Premier Jason Kenney on Friday, all non-essential retail stores must now close....

Mar 27, 2020

Alberta renters given more certainty amid COVID-19 crisis

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced Friday that no Albertans will be evicted on April 1 due to an inability to pay rent. Alberta is one of the final provinces to make that decision, and it is part ...

Mar 27, 2020

Alberta has 56 new cases of COVID-19

There are now 542 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, which includes 33 recoveries.Premier Jason Kenney and Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, revealed the new numbers on Friday a...

Mar 27, 2020

Calls for Health Minister Shandro to resign after alleged confrontation

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has rejected calls to fire his health minister for threatening to sic legislature security on a private citizen and berating a physician in front of his family....

Mar 27, 2020