Thursday, March 28, 2024

Alberta’s 2021 Budget Squeezes Out $ 66M Off The Income Support Program

Although funds will not be affected for those classified as Severely handicapped under the AISH program, Alberta is keen to cut funding off the income support program, which currently...

Edmonton’s Oliver Square Picks New Name Following Consultations With Local Community

Oliver Square has had a name change after deliberations with the local community. The retail hub located along the 104th Avenue will, going forward, be known as the Unity Square....

Alberta Hospitals To Shift Patients Elsewhere To Make Room For Others With COVID-19

Alberta says it will shift patients elsewhere from acute care beds to create room for other patients with COVID-19, Tyler Shandro, health minister, says. Those who are taken out of...

Alberta’s Minimum Childcare Subsidy Raised To $90K Per Home

Alberta says it plans to raise the minimum income subsidy cut-off so that more parents can qualify for day-care support. Starting the beginning of September, all families that earn up...

About $444m Investment Set Aside To Assist Over 35000 Low-Income Earners Afford Lease

Alberta’s provincial and federal governments have said they are setting aside a $444m investment fund to assist nearly 35500 households keep up with rent payments. Last Tuesday, Ahmed Hussen, the...

Edmonton and Calgary Churches Go Against Public Health Orders as Alberta Records 328 New...

Churches in Edmonton and Calgary continued to hold services that contravene social distancing orders, while Alberta recorded 328 new cases of COVID-19 plus 9 additional deaths on Sunday. That took...

More Albertans In The ICU With Coronavirus Than Before, Situation Likely To Worsen

The 4th wave of COVID-19 is straining Alberta’s health system, and the situation is likely to get out of hand in the weeks ahead if the 200 persons in...

Pilot Dies After Chopper Fighting Fire Goes Down In The Evansburg Neighborhood, Alberta

The pilot flying the plane that went down Monday evening as it fought wildfire west of Edmonton is confirmed dead. His body was recovered from the plane’s wreckage on Monday...

Edmonton’s Waste Cart System Faces Even More Challenges

The new waste collection system that was set up to serve the people of Edmonton is facing new challenges each day. Many residents say the bins they were allotted...

Edmonton High School Administrators And Hate Crime Unit Investigate Racist Scona White Student Alliance

School administrators at one of Edmonton’s high schools are working with hate crime police to unite to investigate an online group urging students to rise against black supremacy. The...