Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta posts 129 new recoveries from COVID-19 while adding 50 new cases
The province added 50 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, while one new case was found in the North Zone.Recoveries continued to climb on Thursday in Alberta, with 129 new recoveries since the day befo...
May 14, 2020
Reassurances emerge after second oilsands mine work camp outbreak
CALGARY - Observers say the second outbreak of COVID-19 at an oilsands mine work camp in northern Alberta is concerning but the industry is dealing with the risk in an appropriate way.Oilsands analyst...
May 14, 2020
Judge finds Calgary man not guilty in death of four-year-old daughter
CALGARY- A judge has ruled there's not enough evidence to prove a Calgary man murdered his daughter in 2014.Oluwatosin Oluwafemi put his face in his hands and sighed deeply as Justice Suzanne Bensler ...
May 14, 2020
Trudeau announces reopening of national parks in June
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced some national parks will reopen on as the summer season gets into full swing.National parks and historic sites will remain closed through the May long weekend, ...
May 14, 2020
No new COVID-19 cases in North Zone Wednesday, Alberta adds 62
Alberta added 62 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, while no new cases were identified in the North Zone. As of May 13, 1,211 cases of COVID-19 are active in Alberta while 5,076 people have recovered...
May 13, 2020
Stage one of economic relaunch to go ahead Thursday
Premier Jason Kenney says the province will be going ahead with stage one of its economic relaunch strategy from COVID-19 on Thursday, May 14, while taking a slower approach in the communities of Calg...
May 13, 2020
Driver arrested for going over 200 km/hour near Leduc
Leduc RCMP took a male driver into custody after his BMW X5 was captured travelling in excess of 200 km/hour on the QEII Highway.At 4:00 a.m. on May 12, Leduc RCMP responded to a complaint of a BMW X5...
May 13, 2020
Norway's wealth fund excludes oilsands investments over greenhouse gas emissions
OSLO, Norway - One of the world's largest investment funds says it will exclude four Canadian oilsands producers after concluding they produce unacceptable levels of greenhouse gas emissions.The decis...
May 13, 2020
Final decision “yet to be made” on potential start to relaunch on May 14
Less than 48 hours before some parts of the economy could reopen, the Government of Alberta cannot say for sure whether that will be happening this Thursday.In Alberta's Economic Relaunch Strategy ann...
May 12, 2020
Alberta's COVID-19 recoveries continue climb as province adds 45 new cases
Alberta added 45 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday while the North Zone saw no change in total case numbers from Monday.Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, made the announceme...
May 12, 2020