Alta

Lifestyle

Cochrane, Alta. sculptors Don and Shirley Begg, married 54 years, keep carving

It’s been a relationship forged in bronze. Don Begg and his wife Shirley have worked side-by-side for 54 years at…

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Tech

Coal mine contaminants blown onto snowpack in Alta., B.C.: study

Cancer-causing chemicals are being blown downwind from coal mines in southern British Columbia in concentrations that rival those next to oilsand mines,…

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Politics

Next G7 leaders’ summit to be held in Kananaskis, Alta.

Politics·New The federal government has chosen Kananaskis, Alta. as the location for the G7 leaders’ summit next year. Prime Minister…

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Health

More than 20% of Alta. daycares serving food haven’t been inspected in more than a year, documents reveal

At a time when Canada is vastly expanding its child-care system, and just eight months after a major E. coli…

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Canada

Firefighters battle out-of-control wildfire near Edson, Alta., after natural gas line rupture

A natural gas pipeline rupture Tuesday morning in west-central Alberta has sparked an out-of-control wildfire.  TC Energy activated its emergency…

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Entertainment

‘Space for us to be who we are’: Cree musician from Maskwacis, Alta., wins first Juno

Plains Cree musician Joel Wood cracks up his wife as he describes how he emerged from his mother’s womb. “I…

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Canada

Fracking site shut down after earthquake shakes Fox Creek, Alta.

A hydraulic fracturing operation near the community of Fox Creek in northwestern Alberta has been shut down after an earthquake…

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Canada

Ousted mayor fights to get his job back in Chestermere, Alta.

The lawyer for Jeff Colvin, the former mayor of Chestermere, has argued once again that Colvin and three other dismissed…

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Sports

Hannah Schmidt, Reece Howden capture ski cross gold on home snow in Nakiska, Alta.

Hannah Schmidt of Ottawa won the women’s big final in World Cup ski cross action on Saturday in Nakiska, Alta.,…

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Tech

Paleontologists discover rare fossils of a Cretaceous-era lizard near Grande Prairie, Alta.

Not far from the bank of Wapiti River, just 11 kilometres from Grande Prairie, there’s a paleontological goldmine: an ancient…

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