Alberta

AHS partners with Canadian company for rapid COVID-19 testing

Alberta Health Service says Albertans will soon have faster, more convenient access to COVID-19 testing through a new partnership with Canadian technology company.AHS says Spartan Bioscience Inc. is i...

Mar 30, 2020 Spartan Bioscience rapid-testing device for COVID-19

Alberta doctors send letter asking government to delay health-care restructuring

Hundreds of Alberta doctors have signed an open letter asking the provincial government to delay its proposed health-care restructuring.The changes, which are to take effect Wednesday, include cancell...

Mar 30, 2020

Survey reveals Albertans concerned about debt, job loss, personal finances amid COVID-19 pandemic

New survey results indicate Albertans are more concerned about their finances than ever before. Officials with MNP LTD. have released their latest Consumer Debt Index Update, and it shows six in 10 Al...

Andrew Snook Mar 30, 2020

Province reports 40 more confirmed cases of COVID-19, one new death

In the last 24 hours, Alberta Health has identified 40 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province. This brings Alberta's total to 661 cases, up to 60 of which may be from community transmission.T...

Mar 29, 2020

Waits for non-urgent surgeries continue as Alberta hospitals prepare for COVID-19 patients

Red Deer County resident Stacie Kropodra says delayed surgeries for her and her son are a tough pill to swallow."My hysterectomy is very important to me, as I'm in a lot of pain, but the surgery my so...

Mar 29, 2020

PM Trudeau announces more help for Canadian youth and seniors

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced more money to help Canadian children and seniors.He says Kids Help Phone, which has experienced an increase in demand for its 24/7 confidential services, wi...

Mar 29, 2020

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)