Why Alberta's path to recovery is so dependent on COVID-19 vaccine
Budget 2021 predicts Alberta's economy will return to pre-pandemic levels by 2022 – if one thing goes according to plan.

Budget 2021 predicts Alberta's economy will return to pre-pandemic levels by 2022 – if one thing goes according to plan.
Canada should prepare for the next pandemic by investing in the necessary infrastructure to be able to produce vaccines domestically, says Canadian stem cell biologist and Moderna co-founder, Derrick Rossi.
A new study out of Toronto suggests that shorter, but more frequent lockdowns could lead to fewer cases of COVID-19.
A personal support worker at a long-term care home in Barrie, Ont. said dealing with one of the largest COVID-19 variant outbreaks in Canada was ‘total hell.’
The CEO of Canada's largest pension fund says in a memo to employees that he received a COVID-19 vaccination while on a 'very personal' trip to Dubai.
Highly-contagious COVID-19 variants are expected to make up about 40 per cent of all cases by the second week of March, new modelling data suggests, leading to a likely increase in daily infections and hospitalizations.
The federal government announced it will extend the Canada Recovery Benefit eligibility period by an additional 12 weeks, as some recipients face a cut-off by end of March.
Canadians will soon be filing their 2020 taxes, an unprecedented tax year that experts say will have several moving parts to consider, such as loss of income and government financial aid.
Experts say filing taxes now will help clear up whether you owe the government money if you accidentally received both employment insurance and CERB.
Data from Employment and Social Development Canada show that 6.5 million people received the $500-a-week CERB during the first four weeks it was available in a largely rural-urban split, with higher proportions of populations relying on the CERB in cities compared to rural parts of the country.
The federal government says some ineligible self-employed Canadians who received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit won't be forced to repay the money due to the Canadian Revenue Agency's unclear messaging in the application.
Police have issued a warning about a dangerous offender in the Edmonton area who they say has removed his monitoring bracelet.
Police are investigating after a dead dog was found frozen in a plastic tote box in southeast Edmonton.
Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson says he's "confounded and disappointed" after hearing what Alberta's provincial government has planned for the new fiscal year.
Alberta’s first pandemic budget places more stock in vaccines than pipelines, spends more on health care, pecks at public sector workers, with ‘balance’ a long way off.
Three Albertans under the age of 50 are among the eight deaths the province is reporting on Thursday along with 399 new cases.
Budget 2021 predicts Alberta's economy will return to pre-pandemic levels by 2022 – if one thing goes according to plan.
A government pledge to increase or maintain spending in some areas is happening, at least in part, at the expense of an ongoing mission to reduce the size of Alberta’s public sector.
Hundreds of seniors lined up outside of a north Edmonton COVID-19 vaccination site Thursday - with many waiting two hours past their appointment time.
We're learning more about the fireball so many Albertans saw streak across the dark sky early Monday morning.
Hours before stepping down as Canada’s chief of defence staff, Admiral Art McDonald invited members of the Canadian Armed Forces to come forward if they have information about military misconduct, vowing to lead the culture change from inside.
Canada should prepare for the next pandemic by investing in the necessary infrastructure to be able to produce vaccines domestically, says Canadian stem cell biologist and Moderna co-founder, Derrick Rossi.
A New Brunswick teen's family says better access to mental health care could have saved their daughter who died by suicide after two unsuccessful visits to a Fredericton hospital.
The CEO of Canada's largest pension fund says in a memo to employees that he received a COVID-19 vaccination while on a 'very personal' trip to Dubai.
A personal support worker at a long-term care home in Barrie, Ont. said dealing with one of the largest COVID-19 variant outbreaks in Canada was ‘total hell.’
Celina Caesar-Chavannes explores her childhood and life as a Black politician in her new book, 'Can You Hear Me Now?'
A dog in Mass. left paralyzed in her two back legs after a vicious attack is looking for a forever home
An Arizona teen admitted to police that he faked his own kidnapping to get out of going to work.
She also posts dance-offs with her husband, and has since gained a large following
One of the world’s oldest, and most famous, captive elephants passed away at 72
Dashcam video captured the moment a dump truck collided with a barrier along the I-405 north of Renton, Wash.
Technology solved the mystery behind a tiny cryptic message in one of the world's most iconic paintings that stumped experts for over a century.
Six bison have been transferred back to a national park in Alberta after their paddock was destroyed in a 2017 wildfire.