After producing more than 200 records, Stew Kirkwood has closed Sound Extractor Studios, the recording studio he ran in west Edmonton for the past 18 years. Kirkwood said the closure has been months in the making and is not related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  In an interview with CBC’s Radio Active, he said changes in…

The inability to access protective gear during self-isolation is a growing fear for Robin Acton. She lives with her adult daughter, who has Down Syndrome, and her husband, who uses a wheelchair. Acton resorted to having cloth masks made for their support worker, who helps out in their Lloydminster, Alta. household. “As families who are…

K-12 students in Alberta have been out of school since March 16. We asked them to send us videos, showing us what they’ve been up to — and what they miss most. K-12 students in Alberta have been out of school since March 16. We asked them to send us videos, showing us what they’ve…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada and the United States have struck a deal to extend current border restrictions between the two countries by an additional 30 days. “This is an important decision and one that will keep people on both sides of the border safe,” Trudeau said at the top of his daily COVID-19…

Western Canada’s largest private-sector union is proposing that people be limited to one trip to the grocery store each week to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among customers and workers. Tom Hesse, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers 401, which represents 32,000 workers, said governments should also bring in regulations that allow only…

The Alberta government is appealing a temporary court injunction that has prevented hundreds of young adults from losing benefits meant to help them transition out of the child intervention system. On March 19, a ruling by the Court of Queen’s Bench suspended the province’s decision to roll back the cutoff age of the program from…