Category Archives: Alberta
Environmental groups keep fighting KXL despite Biden's promise to block pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Critics of Canada's most controversial cross-border pipeline projects aren't taking their demise for granted under president-elect Joe Biden. A new report from the U.S.-based Rainfo...
Dec 08, 2020
Alberta removing licence plate sticker requirement as transition to reflective plates begins
Starting in 2021, Albertans will no longer be required to have expiry stickers on their licence plates, as the province begins moving toward adopting reflective plates.The province first required regi...
Dec 07, 2020
Anglers seek protection for Alberta river they say is threatened by gravel plan
One of Alberta's largest grassroots conservation groups is to plead this week for the protection of a much-loved river from gravel mines it fears would damage a world-class trout fishery and undo year...
Dec 07, 2020
Suspect in Alberta doctor's death wants trial as soon as possible
RED DEER, Alta. - A trial date is to be set today for a man accused of killing a family doctor at a medical clinic in central Alberta. Deng Mabiour, who is 54, is charged with first-degree murder in t...
Dec 07, 2020
Alberta set to retire coal power by 2023
An environmental think-tank says Alberta will meet its goal to eliminate coal-fired electricity production years earlier than expected thanks to recent conversion announcements by utility companies.Th...
Dec 04, 2020
Hinshaw says rural COVID-19 rising, but Kenney says cities focus of any new rules
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says tougher health restrictions likely aimed at Calgary and Edmonton are coming if the current round of rules don't bend the curve on COVID-19.Kenney, taking q...
Dec 04, 2020
Prairie provinces becoming hardest hit by COVID-19 in Canada
EDMONTON - The three Prairie provinces have become the epicentre of COVID-19's second wave in Canada -- surpassing Ontario and Quebec, the two most populous provinces that were initially the hardest h...
Dec 03, 2020
Public opinion sought on changes to policing in Alberta
The province wants to hear what the public thinks about the future of policing in Alberta.An online survey is open until January 4, 2021.The role of police in the community, processes for handling com...
Dec 03, 2020
Province announces COVID-19 vaccine task force, distribution plan
Though he stressed they would not be mandatory, Premier Jason Kenney announced the creation of a provincial COVID-19 vaccine task force which has the mandate to execute the distribution of the vaccine...
Dec 02, 2020
Organizers of Calgary anti-mask rally handed charges
CALGARY - Police in Calgary have ticketed three organizers of an anti-mask rally held over the weekend.The province has banned outdoor gatherings of more than 10 people in order to slow the spread of ...
Dec 02, 2020