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Canadians can expect to pay more at the pump as Russia's attack on Ukraine puts even greater pressure on an already surging oil price environment. Roger McKnight, chief petroleum analyst at En-Pro International Inc.

The Province announced it will increase health operating expenses by 2.4 per cent, or $515 million, from the 2021 budget.

“There is no doubt rising energy prices have improved the balance sheet and the bottom line," Alberta Minister of Finance Travis Toews said Thursday.

The golden girl factor - female friendships, whether forged in childhood or found in later decades, are critical to health and well-being.

It's budget day in Alberta, and Premier Jason Kenney says there will be a massive infusion of money for the health-care system.

The Canadian government has signed an agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to procure 100,000 doses of a COVID-19 antibody therapy that's still under review by Health Canada.

At a COVID 19 update press conference Feb. 23, Health Minister Jason Copping said surgical volume is at 95 per cent, and cancer treatment is returning to pre-pandemic levels.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government can revoke the Emergencies Act now that the crisis in Ottawa and at Canada's border crossings has calmed down.

One of Canada's biggest food manufacturers has halted shipments to the country's largest grocer in an extreme example of how inflation is impacting the food industry and driving a wedge between some retailers and suppliers.

A Calgary man has been charged in an alleged fraud and romance scam that targeted women in Alberta and B.C.