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The head of Precision Drilling Corp. says higher oil and gas prices are boosting business, as the company works to reduce debt and climb back into the black after its 11th straight quarter of net losses.

COUTTS, Alta. — A woman says her family members couldn't say goodbye to their dying mother because of protesters blocking the main U.S. border crossing in southern Alberta. Megan Allan of Medicine Hat, Alta.

Alberta's health minister said the QR code-reading app used in the Restrictions Exemption Program will no longer be available for download

Automakers in Canada are scaling back production and bracing for continued disruptions as trucker blockades at U.S. border crossings worsen an industry-wide parts shortage.

RCMP say one person is in serious condition after he was shot by an officer outside a courthouse in Ponoka, Alta. Cpl. Troy Savinkoff says police were called about 9:30 a.m. to the Ponoka courthouse.

An Alberta senior has received a rare 50-years of service badge at an Edmonton Woolco turned Walmart. "A lot of shoppers have been coming here since I've been here," said 77-year-old Donna Batiuk has seen decades of change and said the key to keeping a job is a good attitude.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says a recall has been issued for Hampton House brand chicken nuggets due to a possible salmonella risk. The nuggets distributed by JD Sweid Foods were sold in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Alberta schools, municipalities and businesses are expressing dismay, relief and confusion as they scramble to adapt to the province lifting COVID-19 public health rules with what they say was no consultation and little advance notice.

‘Being a first responder – whether that's law enforcement, military, ambulance, fire – there's a price to be paid,’ says Dan Heney, regional fire chief with the Bonnyville Regional Fire Authority, responding to additional mental health funding announced by the Province.

A long line of trucks is building at Alberta's main crossing into the United States as protesters against pandemic restrictions once again block the highway leading to the border village of Coutts.