Alberta

Parks Canada opens online campsite bookings this week

EDMONTON -- Parks Canada will launch reservations for campsites over the summer starting Jan. 7 in Alberta, with Jasper National Park online bookings being the first. Other park bookings will open thr...

Jan 05, 2020 Parks Canada photo

Vaping related illness confirmed in Alberta

Medicine Hat -Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health has confirmed the first vaping-related illness in the province. The person has received treatment and is recovering home. To protect privacy, no...

Olivia Thorington Jan 02, 2020 Vaping items - File

Changes coming to Alberta’s medical services in 2020

EDMONTON -- Alberta's medical system is getting prepped for some major surgery in 2020.Health Minister Tyler Shandro says one critical piece will be the release in January of a third-party report on A...

Dec 30, 2019 Health care items

‘Take our province back:’ Notley wants to try again for Alberta premier in 2023

EDMONTON - In the last five years, Rachel Notley has gone from third-party leader, to government leader to Opposition leader, but says she will try again for Alberta's top job in 2023.The reason, she ...

Dec 30, 2019 Rachel Notley - The Canadian Press

The top stories and trends that defined the past decade in Canada

TORONTO -- The last decade in Canada has been one of seismic social changes. We've changed how we talk about gender, global politics, drugs and what it means to be a Canadian.Here's how the discourse ...

Dec 29, 2019 Toronto crowd scene after Raptor's win NBA Championship -- The Canadian Press

Taxpayers Federation wants Kenney to reverse course on ‘bracket creep’

RED DEER -- The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling out Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and the UCP government for what they call a "sneaky, backdoor tax grab."The CTF says Kenney is reaching deep i...

Dec 29, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney -- The Canadian Press

Feds, Alberta set to clash over cash for new rent supplement

OTTAWA - Alberta is pushing back against the Trudeau Liberals' expectation that provinces and territories pick up half the cost of a new rent supplement, asking instead to substitute federal funding f...

Dec 26, 2019 Alberta Legislature -- LNN

Feds hurried to spend $50M social-finance cash, documents show

OTTAWA - Internal government documents show that federal officials moved quickly before the fall election campaign to dole out $50 million aimed at transforming the delivery of social services.The ide...

Dec 26, 2019 Prime Minis Justin Trudeau -- The Canadian Press

Autonomous snow-clearing robot hits Grande Prairie streets

Grande Prairie - The city of Grande Prairie has introduced a new pilot project, in the form of an automated snow-clearing robot.The robot, called a R-T-1000 from Left Hand Robotics, is now clearing th...

Dec 24, 2019 Photo courtesy of city of Grande Prairie

Father involved in Hinton Amber Alert charged

BRULE, AB - Cody Shane Armstrong, the 41-year-old father accused in relation to an Amber Alert last week, has been formally charged by RCMP.It was in the early morning hours of Friday, Dec. 20 when RC...

Dec 24, 2019