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‘Previously unidentified’ landfill woes boost Trans Mountain pipeline costs

A Trans Mountain company report reveals new details about what triggered massive cost overruns within its pipeline expansion project, including problems it says were caused by an abandoned landfill site. Submitted to the Canadian Energy Regulator, the 47-page report states that construction crews encountered an “extreme risk” in the form …

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Missing Alberta teen suspected to be in Manitoba: RCMP – Winnipeg

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Search efforts continue as officials believe a missing Alberta teen may be in Manitoba. RCMP officers said 15-year-old Preston Bradstock was last seen on July 23 in Sylvan Lake, Alta. According to police, he may have headed to Manitoba. Officers are asking …

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3 Alberta siblings with rare, terminal disorder finally have hope for a treatment

A family from Evansburg, Alta., with three children who have been diagnosed with the rare and fatal Batten disease has been given a new kind of hope due to an older medication. Members of the Lamprecht family said they were told the chances of three of their four children having …

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Alberta recommits to $10-a-day daycare plan in mandate letter

The Alberta government is reupping its commitment to affordable daycare. In her latest mandate letter, Premier Danielle Smith directed Children and Family Services Minister Searle Turton to make $10-a-day daycare happen. Her letter tells Turton to start “Working with the federal government and child care providers to implement $10-per-day daycare …

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Union leaders amass as Canadian premiers gather in Winnipeg for second day

Canadian premiers and territorial leaders were at the Fort Garry hotel Tuesday, kicking off the second day of an all-premiers meeting in Winnipeg. Part of the agenda throughout the three-day conference includes discussions on health care and strategies to utilize a $46-billion funding investment from the federal government. As leaders …

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Alberta car seller hits roadblocks after VIN allegedly stolen, registered in Ontario

A Calgary man got a shocking discovery when he went into a local dealership to sell his car: he was told he wasn’t the only registered owner. Rick Barvir told Global News the CARFAX vehicle history report showed his vehicle’s identification number, or VIN, was also registered by someone in …

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Ontario, Quebec wildfire efforts unlikely to be helped by rainy weather

Mother Nature may offer a brief reprieve to smoky conditions in some areas out west this week, but likely won’t offer too much help in fighting wildfires in eastern Canada. In a briefing Monday morning, Environment Canada meteorologist Gerald Cheng told reporters that while some rain would be seen in …

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Almost 700 more international firefighters set to join Canada’s wildfire fight

Almost 700 firefighters from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the United States are set to arrive in Canada over the next two weeks to help with the unusually severe start to the wildfire season. There are already more than 500 international firefighters, incident commanders and other workers in Alberta, …

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Alberta election fact check: Fact vs fiction at the leaders’ debate

Thursday night’s debate ahead of the provincial election featured a pair of veteran politicians taking verbal jabs at each other. UCP Leader Danielle Smith and Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley addressed issues like affordability, health care, the economy, education and trust in leadership. And while both leaders appeared to land …

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Ontario sends crews to help wildfire-besieged Alberta

On the day wildfire-ravaged Alberta declared a state of emergency, Ontario was in the process of scrambling crews to head west. Forty Ontario-based firefighters were sent to Alberta Saturday to help battle blazes across the province, along with four task force leaders and two command officials, according to centralized data. …

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