717 cases of COVID-19 and 15 deaths reported in Alberta on Saturday
Alberta reported 717 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday after completing 12,439 tests on Friday.

Alberta reported 717 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday after completing 12,439 tests on Friday.
One day after many in the hospitality industry called for an adjustment of Alberta’s health measures, gyms and fitness studios are also questioning why they can’t open.
There are more "sugar babies" now since the start of the pandemic and many members of an online platform that promotes the lifestyle attend Alberta universities, according to a website called SeekingArrangement.
Alberta is a much less attractive place for petroleum executives to invest in, says a new poll released this week.
The owners of an iconic building in downtown Calgary have purchased a reconstruction of the landmark made out of nearly 8,500 LEGO pieces.
For the first time in more than a decade, a new charter school has been approved in Calgary.
A man whose offences against underage girls spanned almost 15 years has been declared a dangerous offender in a Lethbridge courtroom this week.
Lots of snow combined with warm temperatures and high winds are creating dangerous avalanche conditions in the mountain parks, just as COVID-weary winter sports newcomers are visiting in large numbers.
The Blood Tribe, also known as the Kainai Nation, has seen the number of cases climb from just three cases on January 4th, to 65 as of Monday.
The woman who built a three-metre-high monolith in the southern Alberta foothills in early January said she wants to raise awareness about changes to Alberta’s coal policy.
A man whose offences against underage girls spanned almost 15 years has been declared a dangerous offender in a Lethbridge courtroom this week.
There’s finally something to celebrate for some Lethbridge small business owners with the province announcing the loosening of some COVID-19 restrictions.
The Lethbridge Police Service is helping out the environment by adding four new low-emission hybrid vehicles to its fleet.
Ruth Stryzewski has another reason to celebrate ahead of her 109th birthday after recovering from COVID-19.
A man went to great lengths to bring a young deer to safety after it fell through ice.
A Florida waitress says she knew something was wrong when an 11-year-old boy sitting at one of her tables was forbidden from ordering anything to eat.
Tika made her claim to fame with a video of all the outfits she wanted to wear in 2020 but couldn't.
Indigenous music trailblazer Shingoose passed away at 74 from COVID-19.
While critics of Canada's vaccine rollout continue to point to the more accelerated COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci says he isn't planning on American life getting back to some semblance of normality any earlier than Canadian officials are aiming for.
Some of Canada’s biggest cities are seeing an exodus of people as urbanites move to bedroom communities, according to a recent Statistics Canada report.
In his first hours as president, Joe Biden plans to take executive action to roll back some of the most controversial decisions of his predecessor and to address the raging coronavirus pandemic, his incoming chief of staff said Saturday.
Canada's procurement minister urged drugmaker Pfizer-BioNTech to get the country's COVID-19 vaccine delivery schedule back on track as soon as possible as cases of the novel coronavirus surged past the 700,000 mark on Saturday.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's former head of counter-intelligence says it fell to him to tell the RCMP about a spy in the Canadian navy, even though the Canadian Security Intelligence Service was already well aware of Jeffrey Delisle's sale of sensitive secrets to the Russians.
A city government in eastern China says the coronavirus was found on ice cream produced there, prompting a recall of cartons from the same batch.
More than seven in 10 Canadians support or somewhat support barring those who don’t have proof of vaccination from businesses where people are in close contact, according to a new Nanos survey.
Ontario has announced it is extending nearly all emergency orders under the Reopening Ontario Act for an additional 30 days.
No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw.
Before a province-wide lockdown was ordered, new data shows people flocked to malls outside of where they live.
Pfizer announced they're cutting production of their COVID-19 vaccine by 50 per cent for the next month.
As Inauguration Day approaches, D.C. is guarded by more American troops than there are in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Hospitals are seeing a rise in tobogganing and sledding injuries and doctors are warning of the dangers.
Officials in Flint, Mich. have been charged seven years after the city's deadly tainted water crisis.