Alberta

Alberta's Chief Medical Officer says stocking up amid coronavirus concerns not necessary

Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health has announced that all seven cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the province. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says four of the cases are in the Calgary Zone while the...

Mar 09, 2020 Some grocery stores have run out of items such as toilet paper as the number of COVID-19 cases rise. (EverythingGP Staff)

Alberta's opioid treatment program to end in 2021

CALGARY - An Alberta pilot program meant to help some of the toughest-to-treat opioid users will end in a year.The Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment grant, announced under the former NDP government,...

Mar 09, 2020

Local oil and gas representative bracing for impact of crude oil price drop

Alberta's oil-based economy is expected to take a hit as an already reduced demand for oil caused by the coronavirus is amplified by an oil production war between Saudi Arabia and Russia.Neither oil-p...

Mar 09, 2020

Alberta hit with three new cases of novel coronavirus

EDMONTON - Alberta is facing three new potential cases of novel coronavirus.Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer, says that brings the total number of cases in the province to seven.Six...

Mar 09, 2020

Teachers preparing for contract talks, worried about cuts: ATA President

The President of the Alberta Teachers Association says teachers are very concerned about potential cuts to education after the new provincial budget.Jason Schilling says the 2019 budget already contai...

Mar 09, 2020 Photo by Shane Clausing

Province extends loan to Orphan Well Association by up to $100-million

The province announced last week that it is extending their loan to the Orphan Well Association (OWA) up to $100 million.The loan extension will help the association decommission approximately 1,000 w...

Mar 09, 2020

'Wonderful little bird': Alberta man retrieves his first plane 48 years later

CREMONA, Alta. - Richard Reid never forgot his first love. Growing up on a farm near Cremona, Alta., about 80 kilometres northwest of Calgary, he was obsessed with airplanes as a kid and became a full...

Dylan Payne Mar 09, 2020

Two new presumptive Coronavirus cases reported in Alberta

The province of Alberta has announced its third and fourth presumptive cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).One case is a male in his sixties who lives in the Edmonton Zone of Alberta Health Services...

Mar 08, 2020

Valuable haul of contraband seized at Drumheller Institution

Thanks to the vigilance of staff, a significant amount of contraband was seized at Drumheller Institution this week.Officials with the Correctional Service of Canada say the seizure took place at arou...

Mar 07, 2020 photo courtesy Government of Canada

Coronavirus may force government to ditch balanced-budget plan: Kenney

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says the novel cornonavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2023.Kenne...

Mar 07, 2020