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Health experts criticize Canada vaccine deals, call for international funding

OTTAWA - More than 100 Canadian heath and policy experts say the federal government has succumbed to "vaccine nationalism" because it has pre-purchased tens of millions of vaccine doses from private c...

Sep 11, 2020

Health Minister says surgical backlog to be cleared by 2023

EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government has promised to clear the surgical backlog caused by COVID-19 by the year 2023.Beginning back on March 18, all scheduled surgeries were put on hold until May 4...

Sep 11, 2020

Alberta hiring staff for feasibility study of replacing RCMP with new force

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is looking to hire a contractor to study the benefits and costs of a proposed provincial police force that could replace the RCMP.Online job postings show the provinc...

Sep 11, 2020

COVID-19 test results now available through text message

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Albertans can now choose how they want to receive their COVID-19 test results - through an automated phone call, a personal phone call from an AHS team member, or by SMS text message....

Sep 10, 2020

Only three of Alberta's 113 new COVID cases are in South Zone

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released Thursday's report on COVID-19, detailing the numbers over the past 24 hours.113 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 15,304. Of th...

Sep 10, 2020

Researching benefits of precision irrigation on potato fields

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- No matter what crop is put in the field, farmers are always looking for production efficiencies while maintaining or even increasing crop yields. That includes Alberta`s potato grow...

Sep 10, 2020

Canadian athletes hopeful Tokyo Games can still happen if no vaccine

Some Canadian athletes feel confident the Tokyo Games can happen next summer without a COVID-19 vaccine, but not necessarily because the head of the organizing committee and the International Olympic ...

Sep 10, 2020

Wild weather hikes Alberta insured damages above national average at nearly $2B

EDMONTON - A series of severe weather events in Alberta this year has led to insured damages of nearly $2 billion.The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the industry is working to process nearly 100,000 ...

Sep 10, 2020

Activist voices opposition of health care service privatization in Alberta

LETHBRIDGE, AB - An Alberta activist is voicing concerns with changes to Alberta's health care system.Sandra Azocar, the executive director of Friends of Medicare, presented to the Southern Alberta Co...

Sep 10, 2020

Full parole revoked for Lethbridge woman convicted of killing her mother

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge woman will return to custody after having her full parole status stripped away.In 2016, then-29-year-old Jessica Lee Ann Praill was found guilty of manslaughter in connec...

Sep 10, 2020