[unable to retrieve full-text content] The latest COVID-19 numbers for Alberta show another spike in positive cases over the past 24 hours. This as the Alberta government introduces new measures to help the province’s most vulnerable. Source link…

Alberta reported 247 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths from the illness on Sunday.  The latest update posted to the province’s website Sunday afternoon brings the total number of cases in the province to 4,480. Here is how the cases breakdown by zone:  Calgary zone: 3,104 Edmonton zone: 479 Central zone: 83 South…

Arwyn Sallegue, an employee of Cargill’s meat-packing plant in High River, Alta. — where 558 workers have confirmed cases of COVID-19 — said he’s noticed an upsetting trend online. Cases connected to the Cargill meat plant outbreak have increased dramatically over the past two weeks. As of Friday, there were 558 cases in workers from the plant, with 798 total cases…

Mandatory evacuations and a secondary state of local emergency have been declared in Wood Buffalo on Sunday after rising water levels created a high risk of flash flooding. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in northern Alberta declared a secondary State of Local Emergency because of high water levels along the Athabasca, Snye and Clearwater Rivers.…

Mandatory evacuation notices were issued for some communities in Wood Buffalo on Sunday morning due to rising water levels and a high risk of flash flooding. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in northern Alberta issued a mandatory evacuation notice for Draper, an unincorporated community of around 215 people. The municipality also issued a mandatory evacuation for…

Energy projects like an LNG Canada export terminal and the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion may face short-term setbacks but the pandemic and oil price crash shouldn’t threaten their long-term viability, economists say. Andrew Leach, an energy economist at the University of Alberta, said the long-term forecast for both natural gas and oil remains steady, even…