Alberta

Ag Minister pushing for emergency funding as farmers deal with extreme heat & droughts

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta's Minister of Agriculture is pushing Ottawa for help.Devin Dreeshen spoke with officials at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada this week, asking them to activate the AgriRecover...

Jul 15, 2021

Campaign launched for $10-a-day child care in Alberta

A campaign has been launched for $10-a-day child care in Alberta.The group Public Interest Alberta announced the initiative after the federal government declared a $30 billion investment over the next...

Jul 15, 2021

Spreading wildlife disease threatens deer, elk — and maybe humans, new research says

EDMONTON - The continuing spread of a fatal wildlife disease in Alberta and Saskatchewan has a federal agency recommending a deer cull across a wide swath of the Prairies. And soon-to-be-published res...

Jul 15, 2021

Outdoor prizes such as camping and hunting added to Alberta's vaccination lotteries

The province has announced another incentive for Albertans to get vaccinated.The Outdoor Adventure Vaccine Lottery gives residents a chance to win fishing licenses, Canmore Nordic Centre ski passes an...

Jul 14, 2021

Woman walking across western Canada for residential school victims and survivors

It's been almost two months since the remains of 215 children were found on the grounds of a former residential school.That discovery is what prompted one Indigenous woman to start a healing walk as a...

Jul 14, 2021

Alberta to lift most continuing care COVID restrictions

Alberta Health Services announced Tuesday that COVID-19 restrictions are going to be eased in Continuing Care Homes across the province.There are currently only six active cases in continuing care fac...

Jul 13, 2021

Virtual wellness courses launched by AHS

A new online wellness series is available free to Albertans.Alberta Health Services is offering five different courses this summer and fall that range in topics from managing reactions to increasing c...

Jul 13, 2021

Kenney says Alberta will not bring in COVID-19 vaccine passports

CALGARY - Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta will not be following the lead of Quebec and Manitoba by implementing a vaccine passport system.Quebec intends to bring in the vaccine passports beginning i...

Jul 12, 2021

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney wants Canada to reopen to fully vaccinated visitors

OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he will advocate for the reopening of Canada's border the next time provincial leaders have a conversation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Speaking at th...

Jul 12, 2021

Unemployment & economic growth in Alberta to be slightly higher than national average

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The next year and a half will be a bit of a mixed bag for Alberta.Over the last month, five major financial institutions released their economic projections for the country as it emer...

Jul 12, 2021