Alberta

Province reinstates 1976 coal policy after public backlash

Energy Minister Sonya Savage announced Monday morning that after significant public pushback, the Alberta Government has reinstated the 1976 coal policy.This includes reinstating the four coal categor...

Feb 08, 2021

Union asking for two-week closure of Red Deer Olymel plant

RED DEER, Alta. - A company that operates a pork processing plant in central Alberta says a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility has grown to nearly 80 cases this weekend.Richard Vigneault, a spokesman f...

Feb 08, 2021

Step 1 of Alberta's relaunch framework begins Monday

EDMONTON - Alberta restaurants can reopen today for limited in-person dining as part of the province's four-step plan to reopen the economy.Restaurants had been closed to in-person dining after a resu...

Feb 08, 2021

Edmonton Football Team asks fans to vote on seven possible names

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Football Team says it has a shortlist of seven candidates for its new name.Elk, Evergreens, Evergolds, Eclipse, Elkhounds, Eagles and Elements are listed as possibilities on an...

Feb 08, 2021

'A blessing:' Paralyzed Humboldt Bronco finds way back on the ice during COVID-19

AIRDRIE, Alta. - Ryan Straschnitzki says there is nothing like the feel of being back on the ice. The former Humboldt Bronco junior hockey player, paralyzed from the chest down when a semi-trailer ble...

Feb 08, 2021

Limited school and team sport training allowed as of Monday

Limited school and minor sport training will be allowed once again on Monday.This is part of the province's Step 1 of Alberta's four-step framework to ease COVID-19 restrictions as pressure on the hea...

Feb 06, 2021

Edmonton police investigate two separate hate-motivated attacks against Muslim women

EDMONTON - Police in Edmonton say they are investigating two separate hate-motivated attacks against Muslim women on the same day. The first took place around noon on Wednesday at the University of Al...

Feb 05, 2021

Alberta to restore some coal-mining policy protections: government spokesman

EDMONTON, Ky. - The Alberta government plans to restore at least some aspects of a coal policy it revoked last spring, a move that has provoked provincewide protest. Government spokesman Kavi Bal says...

Feb 05, 2021

Saskatchewan NDP concerned over Alberta coal mining; asks province to intervene

REGINA - Alberta's dispute over the expansion of coal mining in the Rocky Mountains has spilled over its boundary into Saskatchewan.Saskatchewan's Opposition New Democrats say those plans could have i...

Feb 05, 2021

AHS, Hinshaw warn of vaccine-for-fee phone scam

Alberta Health Services is warning of a new COVID-19-related phone scam.The health-care administrator says it has received several reports recently of people being called by someone who claims to be w...

Feb 04, 2021