Alberta says no to Ontario request for health-care workers
Alberta will not be sending medical professionals to Ontario to help with its beleaguered health-care system, Premier Jason Kenney's office said Friday.

Alberta will not be sending medical professionals to Ontario to help with its beleaguered health-care system, Premier Jason Kenney's office said Friday.
A superintendent of schools in northern Alberta says the town's students and teachers are feeling confident about returning to in-person learning after dozens of youth in the community tested positive for COVID-19.
A city report says 71 per cent of the more than 15,000 responses to an online survey were supportive of allowing alcohol consumption in parks.
A fire official admits crews are "frustrated" after receiving four rescue calls for dogs wandering out onto North Saskatchewan River ice on Wednesday.
An Edmonton man and his dogs were minding their own business when they found out the hard way how territorial and aggressive geese can be.
NDP MLA Thomas Dang spoke out Wednesday night about a racist parody account that linked him to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and the Wu-Tang Clan and described him as “unintelligible.”
The mass vaccination clinic at Edmonton's EXPO Centre administered a fraction of the thousands of COVID-19 shots it is capable of on Wednesday.
A Tuesday morning fire destroyed hundreds of hay and straw bales, costing an Alberta farmer thousands.
A large structure fire swept through a commercial building in Stettler, Alta.
The trial for a man charged in the slaying of a family doctor at a central Alberta medical clinic is going ahead as scheduled.
More than 3,000 patients’ electronic health records were improperly accessed at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.
Mounties say that an investigation by the explosives disposal unit found no explosive devices in or around a vehicle at 103 Hermary Street.
A large rock was thrown through the window of Adriana LaGrange’s constituency office in Red Deer Tuesday, according to the education minister.
Local Edmonton entrepreneur and Muslim Canadian Rabiah Farhat started her company to offer Islamic holiday inflatables and decorations.
Anita McDonald from Kuhlmann’s is showing us how to get our lawns and gardens ready for spring planting!
EE Football Team veteran Ryan King has called it a career after eight seasons with the Canadian Football League club.
The 2021 Memorial Cup has been cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The Edmonton Oilers acquired defenseman Dmitry Kulikov from the New Jersey Devils on Monday in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft.
A U.S. diver stumbled upon a wedding ring while in a river, luckily for the owner who had been looking for the lost band.
Jill Macyshon has the story of a former Winnipeg grocery store worker finding popularity on TikTok sharing his satirical stories.
An eight-day period of national mourning for the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, is underway in the U.K.
A Cyclone helicopter made a precautionary landing at Nova Scotia's Rainbow Haven Provincial Park after noticing a cockpit indication.
The app, created by Indigenous Vision, shares the locations of historical Blackfoot land sites throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Montana and Wyoming.
A territorial goose attacks an unsuspecting Edmonton man and his two dogs Tuesday, April 13, 2021.
Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet is meeting today to discuss potential new measures for Ontario after another record-breaking COVID-19 case count.
Evan Solomon says 'it's unconscionable' that the U.S. continues to sit on millions of vaccine doses that they aren't using.
Dr. Alex Patel, an Ont. critical care physician, says he knows of three patients who turned down the vaccine and later ended up in ICU.
The Liberals and Bloc Quebecois voted to halt a committee investigation into military sexual misconduct.
Premier Doug Ford's government is reaching out to every single province and territory asking for help with health care resources, as the third wave of COVID-19 inundates Ontario's intensive care units and overwhelms physicians and nurses.
Alberta will not be sending medical professionals to Ontario to help with its beleaguered health-care system, Premier Jason Kenney's office said Friday.
Hong Kongers living in Canada report feeling harassed and targeted by Chinese agents on home soil, and say the federal government and law enforcement agencies aren’t doing enough to keep them safe.
The Canadian Medical Association is calling for 'extraordinary measures' to be implemented to address the surge of COVID-19 cases across several provinces.
The federal government has secured an additional eight million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine coming over the next few months, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday, just as Moderna revealed coming shipments will be smaller than promised.
The Public Health Agency of Canada has dropped their recommendation for additional screening measures applied to travellers arriving from Brazil, as a variant linked to that country spreads rapidly through Canada.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford will make an announcement Friday afternoon after cabinet considered new COVID-19 restrictions amid rising case counts and hospitalizations.
There are growing calls to prioritize early childhood educators and child care staff higher in the queues for COVID-19 vaccines, as many daycares remain open despite rising cases across the country.
A major home construction company in the Greater Toronto Area says it will be reviewing site security procedures after a party was held at one of its houses under construction last weekend.