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EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says she won't mandate masks in schools as Alberta fights a wave of viral illnesses that is sending thousands of students home sick and pushing hospital capacity to the brink.

EDMONTON — Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the chief medical officer of health who became the face of Alberta’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been officially removed from her post.

Alberta Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services, Jeremy Nixon says he has been given a robust mandate by Premier Danielle Smith to address inflation and affordability issues in the province for seniors on fixed incomes, those receiving AISH

Emergency supplies of pain and fever medication are expected to arrive soon at hospitals overwhelmed by respiratory illnesses but observers say more can be done to guard against future drug shortages.

Summer blockbusters gave audiences more reasons to return to the movies in the third quarter, benefitting Cineplex Inc.

Can Canada compete with U.S. in attracting private investments in decarbonization?

People may not love them but these creatures have done a lot for human civilization.

Former MP who became Canada's first Indigenous justice minister in 2015 explores what a real recognition of Indigenous rights looks like in her new book.

First-time homebuyers have traditionally accounted for more than half of all purchases, but that share has been declining, reaching a low of 46.8 per cent in June 2021.

A new report from dozens of international scientists says it's inevitable the Arctic will lose its entire summer sea cover at least once over the next generation and probably a lot more often than that.