The latest: What you need to know today in Alberta: Confirmed cases continue to climb in the province, particularly in the Calgary zone, which accounted for 128 of 138 new cases reported on Tuesday afternoon. That comes as the province has ramped up testing significantly over the past three days.  WATCH: How Alberta stockpiled medical equipment…

Whether you’re being startled awake by nightmares or watching the clock tick, if you’re losing sleep over the COVID-19 pandemic, you’re not alone.  The stress of coping with the health crisis has robbed many people of some much-needed shut-eye. From crashing stock markets and escalating infection rates to lost jobs and shuttered shops, COVID-19 has…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced more flexible rules for claiming the Canada emergency response benefit (CERB) in response to critics who pointed out the initial rules excluded students and people working reduced hours. He also announced a wage boost for essential workers who make less than $2,500 a month, including those working in long-term care facilities for the elderly.…

Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday that chief public health officers have become “this generation’s rock stars.” And as long as rock stars have existed, there have been rock critics. Those with learned expertise rightly come to the fore in a public emergency. In a world of sickness and fear, the epidemiologist is king. But challenges to that expertise…

The larger-than-life story of Peter Pocklington, the infamous former owner of the Edmonton Oilers, is being recreated on the smallest of scales. Joel Cadieux, a Red Deer salesman and father of four, is building a biopic about the maverick businessman out of Lego. He has created 100 scenes of Pocklington’s time with the Oilers and…

A Spruce Grove, Alta., woman is teaming up with Edmonton businesses to collect donated tablets and phones to help seniors stay in touch with their families during the pandemic. Emily Jenks started Project Joy, named after her grandmother, after she and her three children talked about ways to help others, such as seniors separated from their families. “Wouldn’t it be…