Category Archives: Alberta
Cold Lake man wins $1-million on Lotto Max
Brian Hayes of Cold Lake, Alberta, has won $1,000,000 with Lotto Max.Speaking with the Western Canadian Lottery Corporation (WCLC), Hayes said he was shocked to discover he had won."It took a little w...
Jul 28, 2021
K-Bro to take over linen, laundry service from AHS in September
Beginning in September of 2021, laundry and linen services at Alberta Health Services (AHS) will transition to K-Bro Linen Systems.The transition will begin in the rural parts of the Calgary Zone, fol...
Jul 27, 2021
Voluntary recall issued for Frank's RedHot Buffalo Ranch Seasoning
A voluntary recall has been issued for Frank's RedHot Buffalo Ranch Seasoning over a possible Salmonella contamination.McCormick & Company, Inc. says the recall covers 153g bottles with a best bef...
Jul 27, 2021
Urgent need in Alberta to address potent drug supply, overdose crisis: health experts
EDMONTON - Alberta needs to create an emergency program similar to ones in other provinces to address a toxic drug supply that is killing people, an emergency room doctor and public health professor s...
Jul 27, 2021
Alberta judge to sentence trucker found guilty in the death of a woman in hotel room
EDMONTON - An Ontario trucker found guilty for killing a woman in his Edmonton hotel room a decade ago is to learn his sentence today. Bradley Barton was convicted in February in the manslaughter of C...
Jul 27, 2021
Province expands child care subsidy program
Alberta's minister of children's services provided more details on child care investments in the province today, but they didn't include $10 per day child care.The province is increasing subsidy avail...
Jul 26, 2021
NDP, Grande Prairie parents and child care providers call for $10/day child care
The Opposition NDP visited Grande Prairie parents and child care providers Friday to call for Alberta to work with the federal government in implementing $10/day child care.Just before the official op...
Jul 23, 2021
Alberta Health Services says 98 per cent of beds open, closures no cause for alarm
Alberta Health Services says the current spate of hospital bed closures is minimal, not unusual and isn't affecting patient care.Deb Gordon, who is the chief operating officer for AHS, says more than ...
Jul 23, 2021
Alberta, feds extend child care agreement, providing $290M over four years
Alberta and the federal government have struck a deal to extend the Canada-Alberta Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.Funding over the course of the four-year extension will be more than $290 mil...
Jul 23, 2021
Slave Lake residents charged after lengthy drug investigation at Bowden Institution
Charges have been laid after a year and a half of investigation into drug activity at Bowden Institution.RCMP say institution staff began looking into suspicious activity in Nov. 2019.A search was con...
Jul 23, 2021