Alberta

Alberta NDP calling on government to ramp up vaccination effort door-to-door

Alberta's NDP is proposing new actions to increase vaccine uptake as the province continues to face a devastating fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that is threatening Alberta's hospital system.In ...

Sep 28, 2021

Alberta doctors raise alarm on specialist staff shortages in intensive care wards

EDMONTON - The Alberta Medical Association says the province's high COVID-19 numbers are behind a desperate shortage of specialized staff to care for critical care patients.The association says demand...

Sep 27, 2021

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers to buy U.S. company SmartEquip for US$175 million

VANCOUVER - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers says it has signed a deal to buy U.S. company SmartEquip for US$175 million.SmartEquip helps customers with spare parts purchasing and real-time service and diagn...

Sep 27, 2021

Kenney rejects calls for "hard lockdown" amid COVID-19's fourth wave

Premier Jason Kenney rejected calls for a ``hard lockdown'' during an appearance on a radio program yesterday.Earlier in the day, Alberta's former top doctor signed a letter calling for immediate ``fi...

Sep 27, 2021

Board deemed sex offender a risk years before he was accused of killing woman, child

EDMONTON - Four years before a mother and her 16-month-old son were killed in western Alberta, police had warned the public that a registered sex offender would be released and there was a chance he c...

Sep 25, 2021

Emergency doctor says key parts of health triage have begun in Alberta

EDMONTON - The head of emergency medicine for the Alberta Medical Association says major components of triage have already begun in Alberta. Dr. Paul Parks says that in recent days some critically ill...

Sep 24, 2021

Alberta doctors call for more drug-use sites to reduce strain on acute care resources

A group of Edmonton physicians says the Alberta government's overhaul of harm reduction supports for people who use drugs is needlessly straining acute care resources as COVID-19 demands grow.Members ...

Sep 24, 2021

Alberta ICU situation continues to be dire, doctors Hinshaw and Yiu say

Alberta continues to face unprecedented challenges to its health system in the fourth wave of COVID-19, driven by unvaccinated people."100 per cent of new ICU admissions were in Albertans who did not ...

Sep 23, 2021

Natural gas prices expected to rise this winter

CALGARY - Canadians can expect to pay more to heat their homes this winter due to the rising price of natural gas. Increased global demand, tight supplies and the phasing out of coal have led to incre...

Sep 23, 2021

Daylight saving time: Yay, or nay?

With the federal election now behind us, we can turn our attention to the Oct. 18 municipal election. You'll also have the opportunity to vote for a Senate nominee, as well as answer two referendum qu...

Sep 23, 2021