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EDMONTON — Standing in front of a freezer where some of the COVID-19 vaccines will be stored when they arrive in Alberta Tuesday, Health Minister Tyler Shandro said another 25,000 doses will be shipped next week. Nearly 4,000 health-care workers in Edmonton and Calgary will begin to be vaccinated on Wednesday, a week after Health

EDMONTON — While readying freezers for the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, Alberta confirmed 1,887 new cases of the disease — the most it had ever counted in a 24-hour period.  On Monday, the province’s chief medical officer of health reported 20,000 tests had been done on Sunday. Of 716 people in hospital with

EDMONTON — For the first time in more than 20 years, property taxes in Edmonton are not going up. City council completed budget deliberations on Friday and approved the freeze for 2021. “I’m pleased to say that today, city council passed a budget that strikes the right balance between finding efficiencies during these trying economic

Canada is on track to reach between 531,300 and 577,000 total COVID-19 cases by Christmas Day, and up to 14,920 deaths, according to the latest national modelling released on Friday. The federal projections show that Canada is on a “rapid growth trajectory” and is not at all flattening the curve of the second wave of

EDMONTON — Alberta is banning all social gatherings, closing restaurants, gyms and hair salons, and making masks mandatory across the province to curb the spread of COVID-19. Premier Jason Kenney introduced the new restrictions along with Health Minister Tyler Shandro, Jobs, Economy and Innovation Minister Doug Schweitzer and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena

The Alberta government will order the closure of all casinos and gyms, ban dine-in service at restaurants and bars, and impose a mandatory provincewide mask requirement under new restrictions aimed at curbing the province’s soaring COVID-19 infection rates, a leaked internal government document obtained by CBC News shows. The province will also ban all outdoor

 Alberta will receive 3,900 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next week, an Alberta government official confirmed to CTV News on Monday. Because each vaccine requires two separate doses, the 3,900 will be enough to immunize close to 2,000 people. The number of doses earmarked for Alberta was up from the 1,000 that the province

Albertans will no longer have to put an expiry sticker on their licence plate when renewing vehicle registrations beginning Jan. 1, 2021, as technology now allows law enforcement to read them automatically. And Alberta will begin transitioning to highly reflective plates next fall, which are more easily scanned by automated licence plate readers. “Alberta’s government

Actions to protect Albertans and prevent the spread of novel coronavirus. Mandatory restrictions are in effect to protect the health system and slow the spread of COVID-19. info curtesy www.alberta.ca https://www.alberta.ca/coronavirus-info-for-albertans.aspx

To manage the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Prime Minister announced travel restrictions that limit travel to Canada. Health authorities also issued guidance and restrictions that limit our ability to process applications normally. Find out how these restrictions affect immigration, refugees, citizenship and passport applications. information curtesy www.canada.ca follow the link for for