Alberta

St. Albert retirement home residents displaced by large fire

ST. ALBERT, Alta. - Fire has destroyed part of a retirement complex northwest of Edmonton.Officials say three residents suffered smoke inhalation but no one has died.Flames broke out at Citadel Mews W...

May 07, 2021

Deal struck between Alberta and Montana to vaccinate truck drivers

Truck drivers crossing the Alberta-Montana border will be getting their COVID-19 vaccine thanks to a new partnership between the province and state.Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced on Friday tha...

May 07, 2021

100K Albertans book vaccine appointments in first 5 hours of eligibility expansion

Albertans were eagerly waiting Thursday morning for the opportunity to book their COVID-19 vaccination appointments.The province announced this week that, starting on May 6, all Albertans aged 30 and ...

May 06, 2021

Alberta eases security payment burden for oilsands companies

EDMONTON - Alberta is changing how it calculates the payments oilsands mines make to ensure there's enough money to clean up the mess they leave behind. The province says the decision is in reaction t...

May 06, 2021

Hospital investigating whether woman who died after AstraZeneca shot was turned away

EDMONTON - Officials with an Edmonton hospital say they're investigating what happened when a woman who would later die sought help at the emergency department after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. A fa...

May 06, 2021

Kenney under fire during Commons emergency debate on Alberta's COVID-19 crisis

OTTAWA - Alberta's legislature may have been silenced but its partisan warfare relocated Wednesday to the House of Commons as MPs held an emergency debate on the province's soaring number of COVID-19 ...

May 05, 2021

'Like a flash fire:' Rabbit owners warned about outbreak of deadly disease in Alberta

CALGARY - Janice Romick could see it coming. The rabbit breeder for 40 years in Cold Lake, Alta., says she saw the writing on the wall before a deadly rabbit virus appeared last month in the southern ...

May 05, 2021

Multi-agency partnership acting under new protocol tasked with enforcing Public Health Act

Alberta is cracking down on those who violate the Public Health Act, especially in the case of repeat offenders, through a new multi-agency collaboration operating under a new protocol.The new protoco...

May 05, 2021

Alberta health agency closes cafe that skirted COVID-19 public health orders

MIRROR, Alta. - Alberta Health Services says it has physically closed a central Alberta cafe that has been skirting COVID-19 public health orders for months.The agency says it is barring access to the...

May 05, 2021

Federal NDP granted emergency debate over Alberta's COVID-19 situation

The NDP MP for Edmonton-Strathcona has been granted an emergency debate she requested on the COVID-19 crisis in Alberta.Heather McPherson sent a letter to the Speaker of the House Tuesday, requesting ...

May 05, 2021