Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

“I won’t sugar coat reality– the truth is we still face the most severe economic conditions since the Great Depression of the 1930s, and it will take heroic effort and determination to get Alberta working and growing again,” said Alberta Premier Jason Kenney.

Councillors vote to close municipal campgrounds until May 19

Alberta has now 5,355 confirmed cases of COVID-19 throughout the province

Part II of a story on the traces left by pandemics on local healthcare

Athabasca bakery wants to help the hungry

New COVID-19 public health order allows up to two people at a time to visit a person who is dying

From new to experienced, teachers are adapting to teaching in an online world

Later this week, officials will begin announcing measures to “gradually, prudently” move toward more “economic and social activity,” Kenney said.

Temporary closure of Cargill’s beef plant at High River and reduction in processing at the JBS pant at Brooks could create a shortage of retail beef products and problems for producers with cattle at or ready to market weights

Fire ban in Athabasca, with restrictions in Westlock and Barrhead