Alberta

TransAlta announces plan to stop mining coal at Highvale, stop using coal in Canada

CALGARY - TransAlta Corp. says it will end mining operations at its Highvale coal mine by the end of 2021 and will stop using coal to power its generators in Canada effective Jan. 1, 2022.The company ...

Nov 04, 2020

Alberta averaged 567 COVID cases over past four days, one death in South Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Tuesday's report on COVID-19, detailing the numbers over the past four days.There was no COVID update on Monday due to a system update at AHS that...

Nov 03, 2020

Province proposes creating tolls for new highways and bridges

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta says the collection of user fees is one way to build or expand transportation infrastructure without digging too deep into their pocketbooks.The Financing Al...

Nov 03, 2020

Rail companies set record for grain and grain products

CALGARY, AB. -- Canadian Pacific moved more than three million metric tonnes (MMT) of grain and grain products in October.At 3.04 MMT, it's the first time ever that CP has moved more than three millio...

Nov 03, 2020

ALERT seeing more child exploitation, drug cases during pandemic

The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) is working through the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic like everyone else.CEO Dwayne Lakusta says that among other things, the pandemic has caused a ...

Nov 03, 2020

Letter to Alberta mayors: provincial funding likely to be cut

EDMONTON, AB - Municipalities across the province have been told to expect less money from the Government of Alberta in the coming fiscal year.A letter from Municipal Affairs Minister Tracy Allard has...

Nov 03, 2020

Multiple Alberta communities set temperature records on Monday

CLARESHOLM, AB - It was a warm Monday across most of Alberta.According to Environment Canada, multiple communities in the province saw record high temperatures for November 2. Claresholm set a new rec...

Nov 03, 2020

Collision kills pedestrian southwest of Magrath

MAGRATH, AB - A 36-year-old woman was killed in the rural Magrath area following a collision late Monday.Raymond/Magrath RCMP say at around 7:30 p.m. November 2, Mounties were dispatched to a vehicle ...

Nov 03, 2020

Premier urges Albertans to "up our game" on COVID-19, put lid on house parties

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says it's time to "up our game'' when it comes to COVID-19 by putting a lid on super-spreader house parties.Alberta reported a one-day record of 622 cases on Fr...

Nov 02, 2020

Feds announce $100 million for 'green' jobs in Alberta that fight climate change

OTTAWA, ONT. -- The Canadian government is providing a bundle of money to Alberta, during what it calls the "economically challenging time caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic." However, the money i...

Nov 02, 2020