Alberta reports lowest daily COVID-19 case count since October
Alberta reported 456 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the lowest it had since Oct. 28.

Alberta reported 456 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the lowest it had since Oct. 28.
Calgary high school student Tate McRae found a way to defeat the January blues: she's performing Tuesday on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
As public outcry grows over the dramatic expansion of coal leases along the previously protected foothills in Alberta, Energy Minister Sonya Savage tried to ease tensions this week.
Rat sightings in Alberta spiked in 2020, but it may not be as bad as it sounds
Five mobile skateparks will continue to be used in Calgary after the city was able to find separate non-profit organizations to take them over.
The sound of wood chippers is resonating near Prince's Island Park as the city is removing dozens of trees ahead of the start of several construction projects.
Youth hockey players in southern Alberta scored this week thanks to an assist by Scotiabank and the Calgary Flames Foundation.
Calgary International Airport has changed its terminal access policy, limiting it to travelers and airport employees being able to enter the building.
The Lethbridge Hurricanes have reduced staff wages and expenses ahead of the upcoming season that will be played without fans in the stands, resulting in a significant loss in ticket and concession revenue.
After weeks of public pressure, Alberta has cancelled 11 coal leases and is pausing future sales in former Category 2 lands, Energy Minister Sonya Savage announced Monday.
Theoretically, Alberta should have seen a spike in flu cases in September when schools went back in session.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is urging United States President-elect Joe Biden to reconsider his reported decision to block the Keystone XL pipeline extension when he takes office on Wednesday.
Personal services such as hair, aesthetic and tattoo businesses were allowed to reopen in Alberta — by appointment only — on Monday as easing health restrictions came into place across the province.
A Toronto woman says the numbers she used to win a $60M lottery jackpot came to her husband in a dream two decades ago.
Neighbours are coming together to support a Regina woman in her battle with cervical cancer.
'I used common sense': A 17-year-old describes building a snow cave to stay safe after getting separated from his father and brother while out snowmobiling.
U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of his White House term that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, ex-members of Congress and other allies of him and his family.
Conservative members of Parliament will vote Wednesday on whether one of their own can remain on the party's benches.
Canada will not be receiving any shipments of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses next week, which the federal government says will be the hardest hit the country gets during a month-long shortage in deliveries from the drug giant.
A group of long-term care workers in rural Quebec have taken extreme measures to keep COVID-19 from entering their facility: they have each decided to move in with the residents.
More variants of the novel coronavirus are being detected worldwide, ramping up fears in Canada around the increased transmission some of these variants could bring.
Citing the evolving situation with the identified COVID-19 variants from other countries, the prime minister is strongly urging Canadians not to travel because federal travel rules could change very quickly.
Twelve U.S. National Guard members have been removed from securing U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration after vetting by the FBI, including two who made extremist statements in posts or texts about the Wednesday event, Pentagon officials said.
As big cities see a record loss of people during COVID-19, smaller cities and bedroom communities are seeing an influx of first-time buyers competing for properties.
Hours from inauguration, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden paused on what might have been his triumphal entrance to Washington Tuesday evening to mark instead the national tragedy of the coronavirus pandemic with a moment of collective grief for Americans lost.
As Donald Trump prepares to leave office, a monumental task await U.S. President-elect Joe Biden.
Ontario racing to increase critical care spaces in hospitals
Police are reviewing a video that shows a man without a mask criticize a health-care worker for getting a vaccine.