Alberta

Energy-efficient lighting coming to Taber’s Aquafun and Community centres

TABER, AB - Taber's Aquafun Centre and Community Centre are receiving some lighting upgrades.Thanks to grant funding from Farm Credit Canada's AgriSpirit Fund and the Municipal Climate Change Action C...

Nov 23, 2020

Blood Tribe Police and EMS respond to 15 overdoses in 24-hour period

STANDOFF, AB - The Blood Tribe is warning community members of a "highly concentrated batch of drugs".On Saturday, November 21, officials said the Blood Tribe Police Service and EMS have responded to ...

Nov 23, 2020

New record 1,584 COVID-19 cases reported Sunday

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Just one day after breaking Alberta's daily COVID-19 case record, that number has been broken once again.Alberta Health Services has released Sunday's report on COVID-19, covering sta...

Nov 22, 2020

"Our current situation is grim," says Dr. Hinshaw after another record-breaking COVID day

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Friday's report on COVID-19, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.1,155 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 43,9...

Nov 20, 2020

Funding for Alberta School Councils' Association cut by 75% mid-school year

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Four months into the school year, the Alberta School Councils' Association (ASCA) is losing nearly $500,000 in annual grants.A letter dated November 12 from Education Minister Adriana...

Nov 20, 2020

Record 1,105 COVID cases in one day in Alberta

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Thursday's report on COVID-19, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.A new daily record for COVID-19 has been set with 1,105 cases confirmed ...

Nov 19, 2020

Alberta bans 'carding' for interactions between police and public

EDMONTON, AB- Alberta's government is banning carding immediately, which sees police officers randomly and arbitrarily stopping members of the public and asking for personal information.The practice o...

Nov 19, 2020

Alberta expecting 680,000 COVID-19 vaccines in early 2021

EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical health officer says the province is expecting to receive approximately 680,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine early in the new year.But Dr. Deena Hinshaw cautions there a...

Nov 19, 2020

STARS busier with respiratory disease patients

STARS says it has been busier than usual moving patients with respiratory illnesses lately.The air ambulances chief medical officer Dr. J-N Armstrong says these calls usually make up seven per cent of...

Nov 19, 2020

Mark Jensen, 51, of Foremost reported missing

FOREMOST, AB- Bow Island RCMP received a report of a missing male on November 11, 2020. 51-year-old Mark Jensen was last seen Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, near his residence in Foremost. All of Jensen's ve...

Nov 19, 2020