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Alberta announces new COVID-19 rules for workers at long-term care centres

EDMONTON — Alberta is imposing new rules on long-term care centres following rising levels and outbreaks of COVID-19 at several facilities. Dr.

Apr 2, 2020 5:43 PM Read more >

Oilpatch workers face pay cuts and layoffs as companies react to low prices

CALGARY — Budget cuts in the western Canadian oil and gas sector are hitting home for front-line workers who are facing smaller paycheques as well as an ever-increasing risk of being laid off. On Thursday, oilsands producer Cenovus Energy Inc.

Apr 2, 2020 2:52 PM Read more >

Second-degree murder charges in shooting deaths of two Alberta men on rural road

BONNYVILLE, Alta. — Police have laid charges in the fatal shooting of two men on a rural road in eastern Alberta last week. Anthony Bilodeau, who is 31 and from Glendon, Alta.

Apr 2, 2020 1:08 PM Read more >

'Inappropriate behaviour:' Alberta warns of prescription abuse during COVID

EDMONTON — Alberta's chief medical officer is warning of prescription-dispensing abuse for drugs that are possibly, but not conclusively, linked to fighting COVID-19.

Apr 1, 2020 7:09 PM Read more >

Convention centre to house homeless in Calgary during COVID-19 pandemic

Calgary's mayor says organizers have done an extraordinary job transforming a downtown convention centre into a temporary homeless shelter during the COVID-19 pandemic, but he believes hotel rooms would have been a better option.

Apr 1, 2020 6:53 PM Read more >

Police investigate COVID-19 threats to Chinese restaurant, Indigenous people

CALGARY — Police in Calgary are looking into alleged threats connected to COVID-19. Police say a Chinese restaurant received an anonymous threat on March 14 that is believed to have been motivated by the outbreak.

Apr 1, 2020 3:13 PM Read more >

Man and woman found dead in apparent murder-suicide in rural Alberta home

SUNDRE, Alta. — A man and a woman are dead in what appears to be a murder-suicide in central Alberta. Sundre RCMP responded to a report of sudden deaths at a rural home near the town, which is about 100 kilometres northwest of Calgary.

Apr 1, 2020 10:33 AM Read more >

Alberta Medical Association calls health-care changes irresponsible during pandemic

EDMONTON — The Alberta Medical Association says it's irresponsible for the provincial government to go ahead with its health-care restructuring as doctors battle the COVID-19 pandemic. Association president Dr.

Mar 31, 2020 4:32 PM Read more >

Alberta education minister resists Opposition calls to rescind mass layoffs

EDMONTON — Alberta's education minister, in her first public comments since laying off more than 20,000 people in an email on the weekend, resisted Opposition calls to reverse her decision.

Mar 31, 2020 4:06 PM Read more >

'What are the chances?' Youth worker one of Alberta's latest COVID-19 victims

Jennifer Auger wants to continue the legacy of her husband after his death from complications of COVID-19 by opening a group home for at-risk youth in their northern Alberta community. Shawn Auger, a father of three, died Monday at the age of 34.

Mar 31, 2020 4:00 PM Read more >