Category Archives: Alberta
Premier announces support for cattle operations facing COVID created backlogs
Premier Jason Kenney hopes to mitigate some of the financial losses faced by those raising cattle.He announced what he hopes will be a $42-million shared investment into the Fed Cattle Set Aside Progr...
May 07, 2020 Photo: Government of Alberta
Recoveries in Alberta top 60 per cent as province reports 54 new COVID-19 cases
Alberta added 54 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, while the North Zone saw a decrease of three cases to its total for May 7. Cases in the North went from 229 on Wednesday to 226 for Thursday. The de...
May 07, 2020
Trudeau says he does not share view that oil and gas sector is beyond saving
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he does not agree that oil and gas in Canada is dead. Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet and Green parliamentary leader Elizabeth May both claim t...
May 07, 2020
Alberta bill will support utility providers as customers defer payments
A bill introduced in the legislature Wednesday will allow Alberta electricity and natural gas providers to apply for loans to offset some of the costs of the Utility Deferral Payment Program announced...
May 06, 2020 CHAT News File Photo
Province adds 70 new COVID-19 cases, over 300 recoveries Wednesday
One of the two active cases of COVID-19 in the City of Grande Prairie is reported to have recovered Wednesday, as the province added 70 new cases for May 6.This means there is now one active case, whi...
May 06, 2020 A case in the City of Grande Prairie is one of 333 recoveries reported in Alberta on Wednesday (Photo: Government of Alberta)
Blackfalds shooting incident ends with man dead near Leduc
A 27-year-old man is dead and a police officer seriously injured following a confrontation near Leduc that came after a bystander was shot Wednesday morning in Blackfalds.At 8:15 this morning, Blackfa...
May 06, 2020 Photo: Canadian Press
Summer wildfire risk high as researchers project a hot, dry summer
Research from the Meteorological Service of Canada, long term weather projections from Environment and Climate Change Canada, fire agencies' information on moisture conditions, and predictions from in...
May 06, 2020
In-school classes cancelled for remainder of school year, no decision yet for September
Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange confirmed what Premier Jason Kenney stated last week, in that in-school classes are cancelled for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year and at-home lea...
May 06, 2020 Photo: Government of Alberta
Police-involved shooting near Leduc
Alberta's police watchdog says it has been called in to investigate a police-involved shooting incident Wednesday morning near Leduc.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) tweeted that the...
May 06, 2020
WATCH: Alberta Education Minister to update school re-entry plan
Update: The full story on Alberta's school re-entry plan can be found here.Alberta's Education Minister will provide an update as to when in-school classes may be able to resume at a press conference ...
May 06, 2020 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange (Photo: Government of Alberta)