It may be a cliché, but what was supposed to be a dream day for many couples has indeed become a nightmare, as the wedding industry scrambles to comply with COVID-19 regulations.  Edmonton couple Stephanie Parsons and Garrick Des Lauriers were planning on getting married April 4. They realized mid-March that their 80 guests wouldn’t…

It was a week unlike any oil markets have seen before. On a day some oil investors are now calling Black Monday, the benchmark price for North American crude — West Texas Intermediate — went negative for the first time as oil traders panicked over a lack of storage and the expiring May futures contract, which are agreements…

The union representing 27,000 front line health-care workers says it is not happy with Alberta Health Services’ handling of casual workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. AHS offers some casual workers 89-day contracts in order to avoid providing the benefits required after three months of full-time employment as stipulated in their collective agreement, says the Health Sciences Association of…

Alberta’s Court of Appeal has quashed approval of an oilsands project north of Fort McMurray after deciding the interests of the Fort McKay First Nation were not dealt with appropriately. In June 2018, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) ruled Prosper Petroleum Ltd.’s proposed Rigel project to be in the public interest and recommended the provincial government issue…

A resident in the long-term care unit of Edmonton’s Kensington Village died on Thursday of COVID-19, the first reported death in that part of the facility, which has dealt with an outbreak over the past month. The woman, aged 72, was swabbed on Tuesday and confirmed positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. She later died that same day.…

The Alberta government is making concessions on how rural physicians are compensated in a bid to keep them from leaving or giving up their hospital privileges in communities across the province.  On Friday, Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced measures aimed at preventing rural physicians, who all practice in constituencies represented by United Conservative MLAs, from leaving…