Alberta News

EDMONTON — Alberta's top doctor is defending the province's decision to allow the world junior hockey championship to be played in Edmonton later this month while restrictions and cases mount during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

CALGARY — Pembina Pipeline Corp. is planning $785 million in capital spending next year as it moves to restart work on two key projects.

EDMONTON — Alberta is reporting a record-breaking 22 new deaths from COVID-19 on the first day of new province-wide measures meant to slow the spread of the virus. The deaths occurred between Dec. 1 and Dec.

CALGARY — The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating a police involved incident that left two people dead in Calgary Saturday evening. City police say they received a report of an erratic driver in southwest Calgary around 7 p.m.

RED DEER, Alta. — A peace officer in central Alberta was seriously injured when an SUV allegedly veered into oncoming traffic and collided with the officer's vehicle.

Alberta is reporting 1,590 new COVID-19 cases and 13 additional deaths. Nine of the deaths were in the Edmonton zone, and five of them are linked with an outbreak at the Hardisty Care Centre.

Gretzky retired from the NHL in 1999 with a record 894 goals, 1,963 assists and 2,857 points.

CALGARY — The number of positive COVID-19 tests in a pilot project for international travellers at the Calgary airport and a United States border crossing in southern Alberta has been reasonably low after its first six weeks.

EDMONTON — Alberta, seeking to heal with hard-edged humour, has launched a COVID-19 advertising campaign starring a fashion-challenged, hard-partying, virus-headed Freddy Kruegeresque super-spreader.

EDMONTON — Alberta's COVID-19 cases continue to climb ahead of a further shutdown of some businesses and services. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, chief medical officer of health, reported 1,738 new infections and 18 additional deaths from the virus.