Alberta

Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson announces he's not running for re-election next fall

Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson says he won't seek re-election next fall.Iveson, who is 41 and was first elected mayor in 2013, says in a social media post that he had only ever hoped to serve two terms in ...

Nov 23, 2020

EE Football Team raises almost one million dollars for Joey Moss Memorial Fund

EDMONTON - A memorial fund created for the late Joey Moss, a longtime locker-room attendant for the Edmonton Oilers and the EE Football Team, raised nearly one million dollars through a 50/50 raffle.T...

Nov 23, 2020

Alberta Liberal Party says leader, David Khan, stepping down to accept new job in law

CALGARY - The Alberta Liberal Party says its leader, David Khan, is stepping down.A news release from the party on Sunday evening says Khan is accepting a new job in law.It says the party's board of d...

Nov 23, 2020

Hinshaw: “The average age of people experiencing hospitalization is dropping"

As COVID-19 numbers across Alberta continue to see a sharp rise, so do hospitalizations and deaths. This week Alberta reported one of its deadliest weeks yet as a result of COVID-19. From November 13-...

Nov 20, 2020

Drilling forecast calls for 14 per cent rebound in 2021 from depths of 2020 activity

CALGARY - The organization that represents Canadian drilling contractors is forecasting a 14 per cent increase in the number of oil and gas wells to be drilled in Canada in 2021 compared with the hist...

Nov 20, 2020

New testing deal will allow Canadian passengers to avoid quarantine in Hawaii

People seeking sunny days and hot temperatures for the holidays are being offered a new opportunity by Canada's major airlines.Calgary-based WestJet and Air Canada have signed an agreement with the st...

Nov 20, 2020

ASIRT investigating after suspect strikes Edmonton officer with vehicle, takes own life

EDMONTON - Police say a driver who hit and injured an officer with a stolen vehicle on a major freeway through Edmonton shot and killed himself.Officers were assisting with traffic control for the tra...

Nov 19, 2020

AIMCo chief executive to exit from Alberta’s embattled fund manager by June 2021

CALGARY - The chief executive of Alberta Investment Management Corp. is expected to leave the post by next June a few months earlier than planned before the Alberta fund manager's investment track rec...

Nov 19, 2020

Alberta bans practice of police "carding", sets new rules around street checks

The Alberta government has put a province-wide ban on the police practice of "carding", while also establishing new rules around street checksThe changes to provincial policing standards now prohibits...

Nov 19, 2020

Alberta expecting 680,000 COVID-19 vaccines in early 2021

EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical health officer says the province is expecting to receive approximately 680,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine early in the new year.But Dr. Deena Hinshaw cautions there a...

Nov 18, 2020