Alberta

Inquiry into funding of Alberta oil and gas critics granted fourth extension

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says an inquiry into the funding of oil and gas industry critics has been given a fourth deadline extension because it needs the time.Kenney says he can't recall a publ...

May 19, 2021

Grade K-12 students to return to in-person classes on Tuesday

Students in Grades Kindergarten through 12 across most of Alberta, including the Grande Prairie area, will be returning to the classroom as planned on Tuesday, May 25 to finish out the school year.Edu...

May 19, 2021

Province, feds team up for $370 million Alberta job creation grant program

The new Alberta Jobs Now program is aiming to help private and non-profit businesses hire and train more unemployed and underemployed Albertans.Premier Jason Kenney announced the program Wednesday, sa...

May 19, 2021

S&P downgrades Alberta’s credit rating to “A”

The province's credit rating is taking a hit.Bond-rating agency S&P Global says the "fiscal shock" from the COVID-19 pandemic has further worsened Alberta's finances, which has still not yet recov...

May 18, 2021

Hinshaw believes schools are safe, return planned for next week

EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province has reached a COVID-19 vaccination milestone, with more than 50 per cent of the population over the age of 12 getting at least on...

May 18, 2021

'Absolutely beautiful': Albertans line up at U.S. border for COVID-19 vaccinations

CARWAY, Alta. - Linda Neilson had waited a long time to get her second COVID-19 vaccination and thanks to the generosity of the Blackfeet Tribe in Montana her wait ended at the Canada-United States bo...

May 18, 2021

Alberta's ICUs seeing record occupancy amid COVID-19's third wave

Alberta Health Services' President and CEO says Alberta Intensive Care Units are currently filled to the highest level they have ever seen.Dr. Verna Yiu made that claim Monday during an update on COVI...

May 17, 2021

Former federal cabinet minister Amarjeet Sohi enters race for Edmonton mayor

EDMONTON - A former federal Liberal cabinet minister has thrown his name into the race to be Edmonton's next mayor.Amarjeet Sohi, who has also served as an Edmonton city councillor, made the announcem...

May 17, 2021

U of C Masters student researching former foster kids' experiences in post secondary

Danielle Duska, a Masters student studying Counselling Psychology at the University of Calgary, is researching the experience that former foster kids have in furthering their education.The study invol...

May 17, 2021

'It was a going concern': Remaining bar and hotel in Alberta coal ghost town for sale

WAYNE, Alta. - Built during the First World War, it survived the Great Depression, the Second World War and the closure of coal mines in the 1950s. Now the historic Last Chance Saloon in the ghost tow...

May 15, 2021