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Alberta’s repeatedly-delayed inquiry into alleged foreign funded anti-energy campaigns says it has sent out dozens of notices to organizations asking for them to respond to its potential findings.

An RCMP police service dog was shot and killed in the line of duty Thursday during an ongoing police search in northern Alberta for a suspect considered to be armed and dangerous.

Almost all COVID-19 public health restrictions will be lifted in Alberta on Canada Day as the province prepares to enter the final stage of its COVID-19 reopening plan. 

Almost all COVID-19 public health restrictions will be lifted in Alberta on Canada Day as the province prepares to enter the final stage of its COVID-19 reopening plan. 

Albertans eager to know if the province has reached the vaccination target needed to trigger the final phase of the province’s COVID-19 reopening plan will get an update today. 

The municipality of Jasper, Alta., is launching a paid parking pilot project this summer. The goal is to reduce congestion, increase turnover and generate funds to help pay for infrastructure. Officials say the focus will be on compliance rather than enforcement but those who are ticketed can expect a $65 fine.

There is something oddly fitting, even symbolic, about the Alberta government offering exotic vacation packages as part of its vaccine lottery.

Looking for stuff to do in and around Edmonton this weekend? We’ve got you covered.

A key government adviser for Alberta’s new elementary social studies curriculum says people are overreacting to the discovery of 215 children’s remains found in an unmarked burial by a Kamloops residential school site.

Sexual assault charges have been against a northern Alberta man in relation to an incident that took place more than a decade ago.

Alberta reported 150 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, and two more deaths, as Dr. André Corriveau, Alberta’s deputy chief medical officer of health encouraged more Albertans to get vaccinated to limit the spread of the more transmissible delta variant.

The former British Prime Minister is routinely lionized by Canadian politicians as one of the great statesmen of the 20th century. But his leadership through World War II often overshadows his well-documented stance on white supremacy and British imperialism. 

Alberta is now a hot spot of a potentially deadly tapeworm passed from wild canines to humans — and many cases of the parasitic infection could be going undetected, warns an infectious disease specialist.

The rush to get initial doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the Prairies appears to be weakening — not stalling but definitely slowing down — with the rate of the eligible population getting a first shot hovering around 70 per cent in the three provinces.

A citizen-led advisory board has developed key recommendations designed to make Edmonton’s transit system more inclusive and safe for riders who are Black, Indigenous and people of colour.

The pandemic has been devastating for Alberta continuing care facilities, with outbreaks at some locations leading to dozens of deaths. Others, though, have remained relatively COVID-free for the past 15 months.

Some rural pharmacists say they’re surprised vaccine uptake has been low in some rural areas in Alberta, as they see continued demand for second doses.

Alberta reported 153 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as the province’s hospitalizations and active cases continue to decline. 

The complaints director for Alberta’s College of Physicians and Surgeons is seeking a one-year licence suspension for a white Grande Prairie surgeon who tied a noose and taped it to an operating room door. 

Alberta has added travel prizes to its vaccine lottery, including week-long stays at all-inclusive luxury resorts in Mexico.

The federal government will step in to conduct an environmental review of any new coal project that could possibly release the contaminant selenium.

The program teaches Indigenous hunting practices and distributes the meat in the community.

A swastika symbol was discovered Tuesday on the wall of the Baitul Hadi Mosque in the Ottewell neighbourhood.

Baitul Hadi Mosque in east Edmonton was recently tagged by vandals with a symbol of hatred.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is denying he supported a ban on niqabs even though he issued a directive in 2011 banning women from wearing them during citizenship ceremonies when he was the federal minister of citizenship and immigration.

A Grande Prairie nurse told a sanction hearing Tuesday a white surgeon taped a noose to an operating room door after a conversation about dysfunction in the hospital and it was neither racist nor meant to target any individual.

Logan, Hemla and Philip Wilson are all charged with defying public health orders at the Countryside Service gas station near Tofield, Alta.

Dr. André Corriveau, the deputy chief medical officer of health who is filling in this week for Dr. Deena Hinshaw, will hold the news conference at 3:30 p.m. MT. You can watch it live here.

The 2,804 active cases of COVID-19 in the province as of Tuesday marks the lowest total since Oct. 15, Dr. André Corriveau, Alberta’s deputy chief medical officer of health, told a news conference.

The CFL confirmed Monday that a shortened season would go this year after the last season was cancelled due to COVID-19. Training camp will begin in July and the official season should be underway by the first week of August.

An expert in sustainable food systems says the province — and the nation — need to refocus on self-reliant food production in the wake of COVID-19.

Marshall Stone, 46, has pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Ashley Ames, the sister of his former common-law partner. Ames was shot twice in the head in July 2019.

For the first time the Buddy Up campaign is running in Fort McMurray, Alta. The campaign is meant to encourage men to check in with each other, in an effort to prevent suicides.