Category Archives: Alberta
COVID infection rate low in Alberta pilot project for international travellers
CALGARY - The number of positive COVID-19 tests in a pilot project for international travellers at the Calgary airport and a United States border crossing in southern Alberta has been reasonably low a...
Dec 12, 2020
Nightmare on COVID street: Corona-headed party provocateur stars in new Alberta ads
EDMONTON - Alberta is rolling out ads showing a party animal with a head that looks like the novel coronavirus to warn of the dangers of COVID-19 this holiday season. The two-fisted eggnog-slurping vi...
Dec 11, 2020
Inter Pipeline announces $1 billion spending plan for 2021
CALGARY - Inter Pipeline Ltd. says it will shell out $1 billion in capital expenditures in 2021 as it pushes to finish its petrochemical plant.The Calgary-based company says it will spend $800 million...
Dec 11, 2020
Kids need media literacy education to match the rise of social networks: experts
Kids in Canada need greater access to up-to-date media literacy education to help them navigate what's real and what's fake or misleading online, experts say. The rise of social media has led to the p...
Dec 11, 2020
Canada not immune to QAnon as pandemic fuels conspiracy theories, experts say
Conspiracy theories, including those propagated by the once-fringe QAnon movement, have gained traction as the COVID-19 pandemic fuels fear, social and economic insecurity, and mistrust in authorities...
Dec 11, 2020
COVID-19 impacting child and family poverty in Alberta
EDMONTON, AB- The Alberta College of Social Workers, the Edmonton Social Planning Council and Public Interest Alberta have released their report on the state of child and family poverty in Alberta.Aro...
Dec 10, 2020
Report finds decline in shelter use for women fleeing violence during pandemic
EDMONTON, AB - Families living in violence are reaching out less to shelters during the COVID-19 pandemic than before the health crisis hit.That's according to the 2020 Shelter Snapshot from the Alber...
Dec 10, 2020
Southern Alberta MLA calls for politicians to take temporary pay cut
MEDICINE HAT AB - Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes is calling on Alberta politicians to take a temporary pay reduction to show support for small- and medium-sized businesses in the province.In a l...
Dec 09, 2020
Shandro: Alberta COVID-19 vaccinations to start next week
Health Minister Tyler Shandro says COVID-19 vaccinations in Alberta will begin on Dec. 16.The first 3,900 doses will go to ICU doctors and nurses, respiratory therapists and long-term care workers thr...
Dec 09, 2020
Man charged after targeting Somali women in parking lot of Edmonton mall
EDMONTON - A 41-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly yelled racial slurs at two Somali woman wearing hijabs in an Edmonton mall parking lot. Police say in a news release that they responde...
Dec 09, 2020