Alberta

High River meat packing plant shutting down due to COVID-19 outbreak

CALGARY - The Cargill meat-packing plant in southern Alberta is temporarily shutting down as the result of COVID-19.The High River plant, which employs more than 2,000 workers, has been linked to over...

Apr 20, 2020 (Photo: Facebook / Cargill)

Negative oil price plunge a short term anomaly: analyst

CALGARY - A Calgary energy analyst says the plunge by benchmark U.S. crude oil prices into negative territory for the first time on Monday is a short-term anomaly that likely won't have a lasting effe...

Apr 20, 2020

Doctors in at least 44 rural Alberta communities to reduce services; survey

A group made up of rural doctors says 44 Alberta communities will be directly affected by recent government changes to the way doctors can bill for service.The Rural Sustainability Group says it was c...

Apr 20, 2020

Orphan Well Association looking to keep momentum going with newly announced federal loan

The Federal government announced last week that $1.7 billion is being given to western provinces to help with the clean up of orphan wells. "We've been planning already for a large program in 2020 wit...

Apr 20, 2020

Oilpatch company cuts capital spending plan for a second time, reduces production guidance

CALGARY - Crescent Point Energy Corp. cut its capital spending plan again and reduced its production guidance for the year as cuts in the oil patch continued amid lower oil prices in the wake of the p...

Apr 20, 2020

Companies continue cuts in the oilpatch amid low oil prices in wake of pandemic

CALGARY - The cuts in the oil patch are continuing as companies adjust to lower oil prices in the wake of the pandemic.Cathedral Energy Services Ltd. and McCoy Global Inc.both announced job cuts, redu...

Apr 20, 2020

Sixth resident of McLennan care home dies from COVID-19

UPDATE (5:00 p.m. April 19): The reported fatality in the North Zone Sunday was a male in his 90's from the Manoir du Lac continuing care home in McLennan. He is the sixth resident at that facility to...

Apr 19, 2020 Photo: Government of Alberta

Off-highway vehicle restrictions being eased in in Forest Protection Areas

The provincial government now says those who would like to take their off-highway vehicle into a Forest Protection Area are permitted to do so, for the time being.On Tuesday Minister of Agriculture an...

Apr 18, 2020 EverythingGP File Photo

Two new cases of COVID-19 in the North Zone Saturday as province tops 2500 cases

Two newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 are being reported in the North Zone Saturday, while the province as a whole has added 165 new cases for April 18, bringing Alberta's total number of cases to 2,5...

Apr 18, 2020 Though there were two active cases reported in the City of Grande Prairie Friday, the province's aggregate data reporting website says there is just one active case as of April 18 (Photo: Government of Alberta)

WATCH: Provincial officials provide COVID-19 update for April 17

Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, and other provincial officials will provide an update on the COVID-19 situation in Alberta Friday afternoon. The press conference is sched...

Apr 17, 2020