Alberta

UCP creates ads to retort NDP claims of plan to sell parks

EDMONTON - Alberta politicians are reaching deep into pop music's memory bank hoping that their messages about the province's parks stick in people's ears.The United Conservative government released a...

Nov 02, 2020

Parks Canada is considering a captive caribou breeding program, though experts warn the plan is risky

EDMONTON - Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up female caribou from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding program to replenish others.The move is being made as a last-ditch ...

Nov 02, 2020

Soldier dies after live fire exercise at CFB Wainwright

A Canadian soldier has died during a training exercise at a military base in Alberta.The Department of National Defence offered more details Sunday following next of kin notification, saying that 29-y...

Nov 01, 2020

Provincial partnership to create 3,800 paid internships in Alberta

Post-secondary students in the province will soon have more opportunities to gain real-world experience and actually get paid for it.The Mitacs Globalink Research Internship program is a non-profit or...

Oct 30, 2020

Parking pass program to help fund Kananaskis cross-country trails

KANANASKIS, Alta. - The Alberta government says skiers will need to pay for parking to have groomed cross-country trails in the popular Kananaskis Country.Minister of Environment and Parks Jason Nixon...

Oct 30, 2020

Former MP Rob Anders accused of not reporting $750K in income for tax purposes

CALGARY - Tax authorities allege former Conservative MP Rob Anders failed to report more than $750,000 in net income over five years, court documents show. Anders faces five charges, including tax eva...

Dylan Payne Oct 30, 2020

Over 43,000 flu vaccines administered in AHS North Zone

Alberta Health Services has released the first weekly data for the 2020-21 influenza season.The report shows 597,110 influenza vaccines were administered across Alberta, 43,614 of which were given out...

Oct 30, 2020

Alberta changes COVID-19 symptom list for school-aged children

Alberta Health has updated its list of COVID-19 symptoms for children.Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, said the changes take effect starting Monday and include the daily c...

Oct 29, 2020

UCP tables changes to auto insurance model, releases full report on overhaul to insurance system

In a move to reduce red tape, address insurance costs, and increase medical benefits for those involved in collisions, the Alberta Government has tabled Bill 41, the Insurance (Enhancing Driver Afford...

Oct 29, 2020

Another "bleak" year on the horizon for oil and gas drilling: PSAC

CALGARY - The Petroleum Services Association of Canada says it expects another ``bleak'' year for Canadian oil and gas drilling in 2021.It says it expects a total of 2,600 wells will be drilled in Can...

Oct 29, 2020