Alberta

AHS launches new COVID tool to support close contact notification

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has launched a new online portal to enable automated notification of close contacts of COVID-19 cases by text message.Albertans who receive a positive COVID test are bein...

Nov 14, 2020

Calgary asks province for enforcement powers amid ‘unbelievably bad’ COVID situation

CALGARY, AB - Calgary's emergency chief is asking the Alberta government to allow city police and peace officers to enforce public health orders as COVID-19 cases climb.Chief Tom Sampson says he's ask...

Nov 14, 2020

Doctors, health-care unions call for short, sharp restrictions in Alberta amid COVID-19 spike

EDMONTON - More than 430 Alberta doctors and three major health unions are urging Premier Jason Kenney to invoke short, sharp public health restrictions to reverse a soaring rate of COVID-19.The physi...

Nov 12, 2020

Study finds climate-changing methane emissions from oilpatch twice as high as thought

A newly published study concludes that emissions of a potent greenhouse gas from oil and gas production are twice as high as previously thought.The research by Environment Canada scientists says previ...

Nov 12, 2020

AJHL Commissioner says he's excited for return of junior hockey in Alberta

For the first time since early March when the Alberta Junior Hockey League season was cancelled, the league is finally preparing to drop the puck on the 2020-21 regular season on November 13.Many wond...

Nov 12, 2020

Alberta farmers file what may be first class-action lawsuit over unpaid oil leases

CALGARY - Two Alberta landowners have filed what a lawyer says could be the first class-action lawsuit against an energy company for not making its lease payments."It's a pretty clear contract," said ...

Nov 10, 2020

Edmonton couple charged with human trafficking

Two people in Edmonton have been charged with human trafficking.ALERT'S (Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams) Human Trafficking unit alleges 51-year-old Ross Pickering and 55-year-old Anita Pickeri...

Nov 10, 2020

Experienced RCMP members now eligible for veterans’ licence plates in Alberta

The province has answered a call from the Royal Canadian Legion.Following the fatal shooting of three RCMP officers in Moncton, New Brunswick in 2014, the legion updated its definition of the term "ve...

Nov 10, 2020

Province seeks feedback on federal ‘assault-style’ firearms ban

The Canadian government banned 1,500 types of "assault-style" firearms earlier this year, but the Alberta Government wants your feedback on firearms legislation.The Alberta Firearms Advisory Committee...

Nov 09, 2020

Short, sharp economic lockdown possible amid Alberta COVID-19 case climb: Hinshaw

EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province is considering a short, but sharp economic lockdown that would act as a ``circuit breaker'' to help reverse a recent spike in COV...

Nov 09, 2020