Alberta

WATCH: COVID-19 in Alberta update for April 2

Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw and other provincial officials will provide an update on COVID-19 in Alberta at 3:30 p.m. ThursdayThe province added 117 confirmed cases on ...

Apr 02, 2020

Province suspends parking fees at hospitals beginning Friday

Starting Friday, parking fees at the QEII hospital and others around the province will be suspended amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The province made the announcement Thursday afternoon, citing a desire to...

Apr 02, 2020

Grande Prairie Salvation Army to create food assistance program for school kids

The Grande Prairie Salvation Army has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Province, to develop and run a program that supplies vulnerable students and their families with food and/or meals during t...

Apr 02, 2020

Man charged in Glendon roadside double homicide

BONNYVILLE, Alta. - Police have laid charges in the fatal shooting of two men on a rural road in eastern Alberta last week.Anthony Bilodeau, who is 31 and from Glendon, Alta., is accused of second-deg...

Apr 02, 2020

Fort Macleod company helping to build temporary hospitals in New York

FORT MACLEOD, AB - New York City is among the most afflicted by COVID-19 in the world right now, but a company in Southern Alberta is helping to build the proper facilities.CNN reported Wednesday that...

Apr 02, 2020 A shipment of panels gets ready for transport to New York. (Supplied by Delcan Building Materials)

Alberta suspends environmental reporting requirements over COVID crisis

EDMONTON - Alberta has suspended environmental reporting requirements for industry.The move comes in a ministerial order signed on Tuesday by Environment Minister Jason Nixon.It says the suspension is...

Apr 02, 2020

Cenovus Energy suspends dividend, cuts capital spending plan, salaries

CALGARY - Cenovus Energy Inc. is temporarily suspending its dividend and cutting its capital spending plan by an additional $150 million on top of a reduction announced last month.The company says the...

Apr 02, 2020 Cenovus CEO Alex Pourbaix (Canadian Press File Photo)

Premier Kenney salutes truckers while calling on public to offer support

Premier Jason Kenney took time during Wednesday's COVID-19 press conference to thank and salute truck drivers, while at the same time calling on businesses and individuals to make life easier by helpi...

Apr 01, 2020 Canadian Press File Photo

Province, Feds reach agreement to boost meat inspector capacity

The Government of Alberta is partnering with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to increase food inspector capacity.Training to allow provincial meat inspectors to be deployed into high-priori...

Apr 01, 2020 Canadian Press File Photo

Canadian grain in demand

Canadian grain is in high demand as shippers try to feed a growing appetite from mills and governments seeking to shore up staple reserves amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chamber of Marine Commerce sa...

Apr 01, 2020