Category Archives: Alberta
Bow Island woman, children found safe after being reported missing
Mounties who were looking for a woman and her three children in southern Alberta say the family has been found safe.Bow Island RCMP asked for help Tuesday in finding the 41-year-old woman and her chil...
Dec 02, 2020
“Beam me app”: Star Trek’s Capt. Kirk urges Alberta to adopt federal COVID tracer
EDMONTON - Capt. James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, in violation of Starfleet's Prime Directive, is questioning the intelligence of Alberta-based life forms over their COVID-19 contact tracing ...
Dec 02, 2020
Hinshaw encourages Albertans to "prepare for a much different holiday season”
As the calendar hits December 1, for most Albertans the countdown to the holidays begins.While the holidays are nearing closer, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, stressed t...
Dec 01, 2020
Weather Network forecast calls for colder than average winter across the prairies
The prairies are in for a cold winter, says The Weather Network.The weather service's winter forecast was released on Monday. For the prairies, mild weather is expected for the first half of December....
Dec 01, 2020
Alberta premier says hospitals stressed by COVID-19, more surgeries may be cancelled
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta's largest hospitals are at 91 per cent capacity due to COVID-19 cases and widespread cancellation of more non-urgent surgeries may be necessary."Our top 15...
Dec 01, 2020
Alberta RCMP taking education-first approach with violations of new COVID-19 health measures
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Alberta won't be cracking down on violations of the new enhanced public health measures issued by the Alberta Government right away, and will instead first focus o...
Dec 01, 2020
Public health must balance science and society: former top doctor
EDMONTON - A retired top doctor says public health orders have to balance science with society if they are to be effective. "(Measures) will only work if you have a majority of the population that sup...
Dec 01, 2020
Peace Region residents able to participate in provincial budget telephone town hall
The Provincial Government is holding three telephone town halls this week so that Albertans can have their say in the planning of Budget 2021.The first town hall goes on Monday, November 30, and will ...
Nov 30, 2020
Ecojustice injunction to pause Alberta's "energy war room" denied
CALGARY - An environmental law group has lost its bid to pause Alberta's inquiry into where critics of its oil and gas industry get their funding.Ecojustice sought an injunction in the summer to suspe...
Nov 30, 2020
New impaired driving rules in effect across Alberta Dec. 1
Starting this Tuesday, there will be different, and in some cases, more severe penalties for drivers getting behind the wheel impaired.As of December 1, 2020, Bill 21, the Provincial Administrative Pe...
Nov 30, 2020