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  EDMONTON -- Kids attending school from Kindergarten to Grade 6 are shifting to online learning on Friday, and are scheduled to return to in-person learning after the May long weekend. Students from Grade 7 - 12 in some COVID-19 hot spots have been online since April 20. Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said in a news conference Wednesday that the shift to online learning for all Alberta students will help minimize the learning loss due to absences from positive COVID-19 cases that req...

  EDMONTON -- Edmontonians wearing red gathered downtown Wednesday to remember missing and murdered loved ones as part of Red Dress Day. The event started with a drumming ceremony at Churchill Square before the group marched to Beaver Hills House Park. "Im very thankful and grateful that we came out to this event today to honour and to celebrate our missing and loved ones," organizer Judith Gale told CTV News. "They are very dearly missed so we want to bring that to light and celebrate the...

  EDMONTON -- The latest public health restrictions in Alberta to curb COVID-19 cases were announced Tuesday by Premier Jason Kenney in a live televised address. The emergency management cabinet committee met earlier Tuesday to approve new measures to help protect the healthcare system in the province. Each of the measures announced will apply to Albertans, businesses, and municipalities in areas with more than 50 cases per 100,000 people and with 30 or more active cases.   Any municipa...

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced more COVID-19 restrictions Tuesday evening.

  EDMONTON -- A woman in her 50s has died from rare complications linked to receiving a COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine. This marks the second case of vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) in Canada and only related death in Alberta linked to an AstraZeneca vaccine. A 54-year-old woman in Quebec died from VITT on April 27. Dr. Deena Hinshaw reported the death in a tweet Tuesday evening. Out of respect for patient confidentiality no further case information will be provided, she...

Lloydminster RCMP seized $50,000 worth of methamphetamine and cocaine last Thursday.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced more COVID-19 restrictions Tuesday evening.

The hazardous material team found an acid in a Mill Creek Ravine after a few dogs had become sick from licking it.

Within a week, all Albertans aged 12 and older will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.

A number of rural firefighting crews were needed to extinguish a blaze in the Pigeon Lake area Tuesday afternoon.