Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta updating guidelines for continuing care facilities, casinos
As daily new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta continue to be in the triple digits, Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced changes to the public health guidance on casinos and continuing care facilities.Hinshaw says ...
Sep 03, 2020
Oilsands tailings ponds leaking; federal enforcement unclear: report
An international environmental watchdog says there's convincing evidence that oilsands tailings ponds are leaking. The body set up under the original North American free-trade agreement also says Albe...
Sep 03, 2020
Push on for Alberta bottle depots to accept cannabis containers for refunds
EDMONTON - The group that oversees bottle depots in Alberta says people should be allowed to drop off cannabis containers and get a small refund just as they do for bottles and cans. The Alberta Bottl...
Sep 03, 2020
Crown withdraws $1,200 tickets against legislature protestors
EDMONTON - Two people who were given $1,200 tickets when they took part in protests at the Alberta legislature during the COVID-19 pandemic in May will not have to pay the fines.The Justice Centre for...
Sep 03, 2020
Southern Alberta man charged with alleged 3D-printing of firearm parts
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Picture Butte man has been charged and is suspected of 3D-printing firearm parts.A joint investigation between ALERT Lethbridge's organized crime team and the RCMP's National Weapon...
Sep 03, 2020
Province to spread federal school re-entry funding on per-student basis
The province has announced how the money from the federal Safe Return to Class Fund will be doled out.Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says the near $262 million in federal funding, promised last w...
Sep 02, 2020
Imperial Oil's Kearl oilsands mine stops output due to diluent pipeline shutdown
CALGARY - Imperial Oil Ltd. says it has stopped production at its Kearl oilsands mining operation in northern Alberta because of the partial shutdown of the Polaris diluent pipeline following a spill ...
Sep 02, 2020
COVID-19 in schools inevitable, cost to reduce class sizes unrealistic: Kenney
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he's accepted all along that COVID-19 infections in schools are inevitable and that's no reason to keep classrooms shuttered.His remarks come after a school in Okotok...
Sep 01, 2020
Lethbridge residents hold “die-in” protest following SCS closure
Over 100 people gathered outside of Lethbridge City Hall to call for the Government of Alberta to reinstate funding to ARCHES.Named a "die-in" event, the protest saw several people give speeches, prot...
Sep 01, 2020
ASIRT investigating after fatal police-involved shooting near Entwhistle
ENTWISTLE, Alta. - RCMP say a man is dead following a police pursuit and a shooting with officers west of Edmonton.Mounties say they received a notice Sunday afternoon to be on the lookout for a perso...
Aug 31, 2020