Category Archives: Alberta
Discount carrier Flair Airlines adds 13 Boeing 737 Max planes to fleet
EDMONTON - Discount carrier Flair Airlines says it will add 13 new Boeing 737 Max aircraft to its fleet.The Edmonton-based airline will lease the planes from one of its investors, 777 Partners, which ...
Jan 27, 2021
ScienceUpFirst campaign to combat misinformation regarding COVID-19, vaccinations
An independent coalition of scientists, researchers, science communicators, health care providers, and scientific bodies in Canada has launched a social media campaign to help combat misinformation an...
Jan 26, 2021
UCP caucus rejects motion to publicize KXL deal details
EDMONTON - Members of Premier Jason Kenney's caucus have refused an Opposition NDP bid to make public details of Alberta's $7.5-billion investment in the failed Keystone XL pipeline project.The eight ...
Jan 26, 2021
Alberta cuts crop insurance premiums by 20% for 2021
Alberta farmers will see a 20 per cent reduction in crop insurance premiums this year.Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Devin Dreeshen says the move by the provincial government and Agriculture Fin...
Jan 26, 2021
Central Alberta café opens for dine-in service despite provincial restrictions
Despite being ordered to close for violating the province's public health measures, a central Alberta caf continues to be open to in-person dining.The Whistle Stop Caf, which also operates as a gas st...
Jan 25, 2021
RCMP officer in Alberta charged with off-duty sexual assault in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Alberta's police watchdog says an RCMP officer has been charged in a sexual assault of a woman in Edmonton.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says in a news release that it was dire...
Jan 25, 2021
Two Edmonton high schools moving classes online amid spiking COVID-19 cases
EDMONTON - Two Edmonton high schools have moved classes online after both reported large numbers of COVID-19 infections in the past week.There have been 20 confirmed cases at M.E. LaZerte School, wher...
Jan 25, 2021
Contaminant from coal mines already high in some Alberta rivers: unreported data
EDMONTON - Some Alberta rivers and streams have already been heavily contaminated by coal mining, unreported government data suggests. The province's plan for large-scale expansion of the industry is ...
Jan 25, 2021
Man charged in Pigeon Lake kidnapping
A man from the Louis Bull First Nation is facing multiple charges following the abduction of a woman from the Cree Nation community of Pigeon Lake this week.Maskwacis RCMP say it began on Jan. 19, at ...
Jan 23, 2021
Alberta premier wants direct compensation from U.S. if KXL pipeline dead
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is making another demand of Justin Trudeau over the Keystone XL pipeline ahead of the prime minister's call today with new U.S. President Joe Biden.In a letter to Trudeau,...
Jan 22, 2021