Alberta

Alberta Education lays out at-home learning plan, cancels Diploma Exams

Alberta Education says it now has guidelines in place for the learning outcomes for students while classes are cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.After cancelling all in-school classes on Sunday, ...

Mar 20, 2020 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange

Crude-by-rail shipments hit record high over 400,000 bpd in January

CALGARY - The Canada Energy Regulator says crude-by-rail exports reached a record high of 403,767 barrels per day in January, the first time they've surpassed 400,000 bpd.The surge in rail movements o...

Mar 20, 2020

Ekati Diamond Mine shut down to prevent spread of COVID-19 to staff, communities

CALGARY - Canada's oldest diamond mine is being shut down to protect workers and local communities from the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.Calgary-based Dominion Diamond Mines ULC says in a message o...

Mar 20, 2020 Ekati Mine (photo provided by the Dominion Diamond Corporation)

First COVID-19 death reported in Alberta; North zone jumps to 10 confirmed cases

Alberta has recorded its first death from COVID-19.Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the man who died was in his 60's from the Edmonton zone and had underlying health conditions. ...

Mar 19, 2020 Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw (Photo: Government of Alberta)

Pharmacists to assess for COVID-19, encouraged to manage drug supply

Pharmacists across Alberta will now be able to offer screening and provide consultation on COVID-19 to their clients.A new billing code has been created by the United Conservative government to find a...

Mar 19, 2020

Province extends expiring driver’s licences, vehicle registrations, other permits & certificates until May 15

Upcoming expiry dates for Alberta drivers' licences, vehicle registrations, other permits and certificates are being extended until May 15.Albertans with surnames or company names beginning with B, D,...

Mar 19, 2020 Government of Alberta logo. Photo Credit: Government of Alberta

Alberta RCMP to limit public access to detachments, suspend non-critical services

Alberta RCMP are putting some changes in place in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Spokesman Fraser Logan says they will be limiting access to public spaces such as detachments."We're asking...

Mar 18, 2020

22 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Alberta, AHS to implement more visiting restrictions

Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health has confirmed 22 new cases of COVID-19 in the province. This brings the total to 119. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says that six of the cases are currently in hospital, ...

Mar 18, 2020

Premier Kenney announces more financial supports, predicts peak of COVID-19 infections for late spring

Premier Jason Kenney says that scientists are telling the provincial government that COVID-19 infections will peak around three to five weeks from now, and that the need for social distancing may not ...

Andrew Snook Mar 18, 2020

Man charged after theft from Edson Food Bank

Police have charged a man after $3,100 worth of goods, including 180 kilograms of ground beef - were stolen from a food bank in western Alberta. RCMP say the thief also caused more than $700 in damage...

Mar 18, 2020