Category Archives: Alberta

Shippers say Canadian grain in demand
Canadian grain is in high demand as shippers try to feed a growing appetite from mills and governments seeking to shore up staple reserves amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chamber of Marine Commerce sa...
Apr 3, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta anglers have more opportunities this year
The solitude of fishing may be just the sort of physical distancing activity Albertans will be looking for in the coming months.Alberta has increased the amount of sport fishing opportunities for recr...
Apr 3, 2020 CHAT News File Photo

COVID-19 outbreaks at nine continuing care centres in Alberta: Hinshaw
Alberta's chief medical officer has announced 97* new cases of COVID-19 in the province, bringing the total to 968.Dr. Deena Hinshaw says there has also been two more deaths in the province, a man in ...
Apr 2, 2020

Alberta shares COVID-19 update for April 2
Alberta's chief medical officer of health will provide an update on COVID-19 and the ongoing work to protect public health.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak at a news conference scheduled to begin at 3:30 ...
Apr 2, 2020

Parking at Alberta hospitals made temporarily free
Starting Friday, April 3, there will be no fee for healthcare workers or the general public to park at Alberta Health Services (AHS) facilities.Many health-care workers and physicians are working from...
Apr 2, 2020 Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Second-degree murder charges in shooting deaths of two Alberta men on rural road
BONNYVILLE - Police have laid charges in the fatal shooting of two men on a rural road in eastern Alberta last week.Anthony Bilodeau, who is 31 and from Glendon, Alta., is accused of second-degree mur...
Apr 2, 2020

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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 2020 RCMP sketch of a stabbing suspect in Maskwacis March 23. (Maskwacis RCMP)