A group of Alberta first responders is threatening to take Alberta Health Services to court over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for frontline health-care workers, arguing that its unconstitutional.

A rising R-value for COVID-19 in Alberta coupled with a stubborn and country-leading rate of vaccine hesitancy are two signs that the provinces battle to beat back the pandemic still has hurdles to overcome, says a Calgary infectious diseases expert.

A new poll suggests Albertas governing United Conservative Party is running 11 points behind the NDP while a new threat is emerging on the right as support for the Wildrose Independence Party surges to 20 per cent.

A judge in Calgary has granted an injunction forAlberta Health Services to block a weekend rodeo that was planned in protest ofCOVID-19-related public health restrictions, dismissing the organizers' argument that it would be a political rally.

A 131-page document called the Guidebook for Great Communities, set to be given a final yea or nay at Calgary City Hall on Monday, has been stirring up a lot of debate.

While two-thirds of Canadians believe the new U.S. president'scancellationof a key permit for the Keystone XL pipeline expansion is bad for Alberta, most outside that province and Saskatchewan believe it's time to move on, a new poll suggests.

The Alberta Hospitality Association is demanding clear guidelines from the province regarding when and how businesses that are closed or restricted due to the pandemic can expect to be allowed to resume normal operations.