Alberta

Many East Kootenay provincial parks re-opening May 14, but B.C. discouraging non-essential travel

CRANBROOK, B.C. - The majority of provincial parks in southeastern B.C. are set to re-open Thursday, May 14 for day use, just before the Victoria Day long weekend.Recreation Sites and Trails BC will a...

May 09, 2020

Only one-third of COVID-19 cases in Alberta still active

EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its update for COVID-19 on Friday, May 8.Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw says, as the province gets closer to relaunching more p...

May 08, 2020

Employer Wage Subsidy to be extended past June

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the federal government is extending the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy beyond June, just hours after Statistics Canada's jobs report showed the Canadian economy ...

May 08, 2020

Calgary business charged with price gouging PPE and sanitization supplies

CALGARY, AB - A warning to anyone looking to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic for profit, you could face criminal charges and a fine of up to $300,000.Members of Service Alberta's Consumer Inve...

May 08, 2020

Big spike in unemployment for Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region last month

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The jobless rate for the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region took a jump last month. In April, the unemployment rate was listed at 6.8 percent, up from 5.2 percent in March. For Alberta, t...

Olivia Thorington May 08, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

COVID cases in Alberta surpass 6,000 with few new infections Thursday

EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its latest update on COVID-19 in the province.Only 54 new cases were confirmed Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 6,017.With the daily num...

May 07, 2020 Chief Medical of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw. (Government of Alberta)

Premier announces support for cattle operations facing COVID created backlogs

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Premier Jason Kenney hopes to mitigate some of the financial losses faced by those raising cattle."The Government of Alberta is standing with our agriculture workers, our farmers, and...

May 07, 2020 Premier Jason Kenney. (Government of Alberta)

Trudeau says he does not share view that oil and gas sector is beyond saving

OTTAWA, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he does not agree that oil and gas in Canada is dead.Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet and Green parliamentary leader Elizabeth May both cl...

May 07, 2020 Prime Minister Trudeau -- The Canadian Press

Canadian farmers expect to plant more wheat, oats, corn for grain in 2020

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Farmers across the country are busy getting their crops planted and have told Statistics Canada what to expect.While they are planning to plant more wheat, oats, and corn for grain th...

May 07, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta’s Colleges launch taskforce to support COVID-19 economic recovery efforts

GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB - An economic recovery taskforce has been launched by Alberta's 11 Comprehensive Community Colleges (CCC).The taskforce will help local, provincial and federal governments, and indu...

May 07, 2020 The institutions represented in the taskforce (Photo courtesy GPRC)