Category Archives: Alberta

Bowden rodeo event defies health restrictions
Despite a one-day record of 2,433 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, a large crowd of people, reportedly more than 2,000, showed up at a rodeo event near Bowden.The event, dubbed the No More Lockdowns Ro...
May 02, 2021

Banff, Fort McMurray await details before deciding on COVID-19 curfews
EDMONTON - COVID-19 hot spots in a Rocky Mountain tourist town and northeastern Alberta's oilsands hub want more details from the provincial government before deciding to request curfews.Alberta Premi...
May 01, 2021

Hot spot town expecting J&J COVID-19 vaccine says officials seeking other sources
The mayor of a COVID-19 hot spot in Alberta says she's disappointed that Johnson & Johnson vaccines earmarked for her community are delayed, but values the work Health Canada is doing to ensure ev...
May 01, 2021

Carolina Panthers take Canadian RB Chuba Hubbard in fourth round of 2021 NFL draft
Chuba Hubbard's patience was finally rewarded Saturday. The Oklahoma State running back from Sherwood Park, Alta., was taken by the Carolina Panthers in the fourth round, No. 126 overall, of the NFL d...
May 01, 2021

'Relatively bleak:' Post-secondary students face rising debt and few summer jobs
CALGARY - Michelle Benz thought she was playing it smart when she went back to school after being laid off from the oil and gas sector six years ago. She completed her bachelor of urban planning at th...
May 01, 2021

New rent support announced for Albertans between jobs
The provincial government is launching a new Temporary Rent Assistance Benefit for eligible Albertans on May 1.Under the redesigned Rent Supplement Program, the province says the new temporary benefit...
Apr 29, 2021

Alberta highway cleanup goes this weekend
The 45th annual highway cleanup will take place cross Alberta on Saturday.Between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on May 1, volunteers wearing bright orange safety vests will be collecting trash along the province'...
Apr 29, 2021

Albertans 50+ eligible for COVID-19 vaccines starting Friday
The Alberta government's COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan has been expanded to allow the final two groups in Phase 2 to access their shots.Starting Friday, April 30, all Albertans aged 50 and older will ...
Apr 29, 2021

Alberta, B.C. caribou lose twice as much habitat from fire, industry as they gain
A newly published paper says threatened caribou herds have lost twice as much habitat as they've gained over the last twenty years. Researchers used satellite photos to demonstrate that wildfires, for...
Apr 29, 2021

$1-million worth of drugs seized in Calgary drug bust
On April 16, Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) Calgary searched two homes as part of an ongoing investigation to disrupt the opioid market, where officers discovered and seized approximat...
Apr 29, 2021