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Ottawa man arrested in Alberta, facing charges for grandparent scam

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Okotoks RCMP arrested an Ottawa man on Thursday for allegedly defrauding a Foothills County resident of a large amount of money in a grandparent scam. The woman received a call from a person claiming to be a lawyer, saying her great nephew …

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Syncrude charged in death of worker in northern Alberta

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 4, 2023 10:46 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Oilsands giant Syncrude Canada Ltd. has been charged in the death of a worker north of Fort McMurray, Alta. The Alberta government says on June 6, 2021, in Fort McKay a …

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‘Proper recognition’: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario Métis sign self-governance deal

Three Métis groups signed a deal Friday with the federal government that recognizes them as Indigenous governments, putting them on equal constitutional standing with First Nations and opening the door to further negotiations such as compensation for land lost. Read more: All Métis residential school survivors must be recognized, MNC …

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B.C. wolf allegedly found choking on tracking collar in rural Alberta

WARNING: Some details of this story may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised. B.C.’s controversial wolf management program is under fire again with some troubling news from Alberta. Shane Ramstead lives in the city of Spruce Grove, a bedroom community just west of Edmonton, and is a former …

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Alberta First Nation to sign child welfare agreement with feds without the province

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 1, 2023 10:03 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Alberta First Nation is to sign an agreement today with Ottawa giving it the autonomy to administer its child welfare. Louis Bull Tribe at Maskwacis, Alta., south of Edmonton, would …

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Arctic Winter Games a family affair for siblings on Team Alberta North – Edmonton

The Arctic Winter Games are a family affair for siblings Brooklyn and Jordan Wills of Team Alberta North. Mother Ashleigh is a mission staff member for the team and father Cory previously competed and coached at the Games. Two of the teens’ aunts were also competitors and their grandmother is …

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Arctic Winter Games a family affair for siblings on Team Alberta North – Edmonton

The Arctic Winter Games are a family affair for siblings Brooklyn and Jordan Wills of Team Alberta North. Mother Ashleigh is a mission staff member for the team and father Cory previously competed and coached at the Games. Two of the teens’ aunts were also competitors and their grandmother is …

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Drug poisoning deaths down in Alberta compared to 2021, proportion of opioid deaths up

Drug poisoning deaths in Alberta have once again surpassed the 1,300 mark for a third year in a row. Data updated this month from the Alberta substance use surveillance system show there were 1,443 drug poisoning deaths in the province from January to November 2022, 1,347 of which were caused …

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A former Alberta justice minister claims videos of him are ‘fake.’ Not everyone agrees

Near the end of September, a series of videos were posted to social media that purported to show some familiar figures in Calgary’s political and legal worlds taking turns performing racist Indigenous caricatures. One video appeared to take place at a barbecue, and another around a table with open bottles …

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Lithium extraction could be a boon for Alberta, but it comes with environmental uncertainties

The word mining conjures up visions of environmental destruction and ecosystem disruption, like mountain-top removal coal mining, or the surface mining in the Athabasca oil sands. But lithium brine mining is quite different, at least as envisioned for Alberta’s still-undeveloped industry. The provincial government and the private sector have for years …

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