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Alberta criminalizes hospital protests, fines start at $1,000

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta Government is taking steps that it says will keep healthcare workers and patients safe.Premier Jason Kenney says there have been several anti-vaccination protests outside ...

Sep 28, 2021

Alberta making up 40% of all new COVID deaths in Canada, 36% of cases

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Monday, covering statistics from the past three days (Friday-Sunday).In that time, 5,181 cases were confirmed across the pr...

Sep 27, 2021

Kenney tells radio host that lockdown would punish people already vaccinated

EDMONTON, AB - Premier Jason Kenney rejected calls for a "hard lockdown'' during an appearance on a radio program Sunday, the same day that his province's former top doctor signed a letter calling for...

Sep 27, 2021

Special council meeting called to send complaint about ambulance dispatch consolidation

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Members of Lethbridge City Council have one last chance to do something about 911 EMS dispatch services being consolidated.Mayor Chris Spearman has called for a Special Meeting of Cou...

Sep 24, 2021

Alberta doctors call for more drug-use sites to reduce strain on acute care resources

EDMONTON, AB. -- A group of Edmonton physicians says the Alberta government's overhaul of harm reduction supports for people who use drugs is needlessly straining acute care resources as COVID-19 dema...

Sep 24, 2021

Even with surge spaces, ICU beds nearing capacity in Alberta, mostly with COVID patients

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Thursday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.1,660 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to ...

Sep 23, 2021

More COVID patients hospitalized now in Alberta than at any other point of the pandemic

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Tuesday, covering statistics from the past three days.1,336 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to...

Sep 22, 2021

Regulatory group warns several Alberta doctors about sharing COVID-19 misinformation

EDMONTON, AB. -- A group that oversees the practice of medicine in Alberta says it has told at least seven doctors who were spreading misinformation about COVID-19 that their behaviour was unprofessio...

Sep 22, 2021

Tyler Shandro removed as Alberta's Health Minister, now Labour & Immigration Minister

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Premier Jason Kenney announced a significant cabinet swap.At a ceremony in Edmonton Tuesday afternoon, Jason Copping was sworn in as the province's new Minister of Health.That means t...

Sep 21, 2021

BREAKING: Liberals projected to form government

The Canadian Press is projecting that the Liberal party will win the most seats in the 2021 federal election, giving them the best chance to form the next government.It is not yet clear whether Prime ...

Sep 20, 2021