Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Saskatchewan shipping 100,000 COVID-19 rapid tests to schools provincewide
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is shipping 100,000 rapid antigen tests to schools across the province as concerns grow over the number of more infectious COVID-19 strains, particularly in the capital. Last week, some school divisions in the Regin...
Alberta nixes further easing of COVID-19 health rules, blames federal government
EDMONTON — Alberta’s health minister says the province won’t further ease COVID-19 health restrictions for now — and he says it’s Ottawa’s fault. Tyler Shandro says if the federal government had negotiated a better deal for vaccines, Alberta and other ...
Another Alberta union rejects province’s request for more bargaining delays
EDMONTON — The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees says its nursing care members and general support workers in health care have rejected a request from the province's health delivery agency to extend a delay on contract talks until the end
Alberta reports almost 700 new COVID-19 cases for the first time since January
EDMONTON — Alberta is dealing with a sharp rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. Officials reported 696 new cases on Friday, including 130 variants of concern. The number of new daily cases has not been that high since the middle of
COVID-19 variant spread prompts Regina school divisions to switch to online learning
REGINA — Concerns about a growing number of more infectious COVID-19 cases in the Regina area have prompted some school divisions to restart online learning. Regina Public Schools, the city's largest division, announced Friday that it will start transi...
United Nurses of Alberta calls finance minister hypocritical in contract talks
EDMONTON — The union representing registered nurses in Alberta says it's "grossly insulting" and hypocritical for Finance Minister Travis Toews to accuse them of putting their needs first during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Normally when we’re in negotiatio...
Cullen commission money laundering report due in May gets extension to December
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government has granted a commission into money laundering an extension to produce its final report and make recommendations. The report was due in May, but the commission now has until Dec. 15 to produce its final
No plans for water changes in southwestern Alberta: environment minister
EDMONTON — Alberta's environment minister says there's no plan to change water allocations in the province's southwest. Jason Nixon was responding to Opposition Leader Rachel Notley in the legislature after she brought up an Alberta Environment informa...
No plans for water changes in southwestern Alberta: environment minister
EDMONTON — Alberta's environment minister said Thursday there's no plan to change water allocations in the province's arid southwest."There is no proposal that has been put forward to change the allocation for water to go to coal mines," said Jason
Data looks good to further ease COVID-19 restrictions: Alberta premier
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says COVID-19 data looks promising as his cabinet committee prepares to meet Monday to decide whether to further ease public health restrictions. Kenney says the key metric is the hospitalization rate, which has ...
