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Canada to receive 2.9M vaccine doses this week as Pfizer-BioNTech increase deliveries

Canada to receive 2.9M vaccine doses this week as Pfizer-BioNTech increase deliveries

The arrival of more Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna shots comes after Health Canada's Saturday decision to extend the expiry date of tens of thousands of AstraZeneca doses by one month.
Grizzly believed to have killed Alberta woman is caught and will be euthanized

Grizzly believed to have killed Alberta woman is caught and will be euthanized

Bear attacks are infrequent in Alberta, rarely totalling more than one a year, although there were three in 2005.
Two killed in avalanche on Banff, Jasper border

Two killed in avalanche on Banff, Jasper border

Parks Canada confirmed two people have died in an avalanche on the Banff and Jasper national parks border.
Parks Canada says two dead following avalanche on Alberta mountain

Parks Canada says two dead following avalanche on Alberta mountain

The slab avalanche occurred Sunday morning on Mount Andromeda in the Columbia Icefield.
Bear captured following fatal mauling at Water Valley

Bear captured following fatal mauling at Water Valley

Due to the "unusually large number of bears still in the area, residents are urged to observe bear safety rules, guidelines"
Alberta Health Services drops contempt of court application against Calgary pastor

Alberta Health Services drops contempt of court application against Calgary pastor

The Justice Centre, a Canadian legal organization, says that three of its lawyers representing Stephens discovered that AHS never served the pastor with the court order he was accused of having violated.
Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia

Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia

"Given the size of the school, with up to 500 students registered and attending at any one time, we understand that this confirmed loss affects First Nations communities across British Columbia and beyond."
'Have a heart:' Advocate says Alberta has to follow science to treat opioid crisis

'Have a heart:' Advocate says Alberta has to follow science to treat opioid crisis

"These deaths are preventable," she said. "This needs to end. We cannot allow for this to go on."
Liberal MP caught on camera during virtual House of Commons, again

Liberal MP caught on camera during virtual House of Commons, again

Liberal MP William Amos said he is temporarily stepping away from his role as parliamentary secretary to Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne and from his work as a member of the House of Commons veterans' affairs committee so he can get help.
Abandoned oil and gas wells will be cleaned up despite backlog: Alberta regulator

Abandoned oil and gas wells will be cleaned up despite backlog: Alberta regulator

A recent report from the University of Calgary found more than half the province's wells no longer produce, but remain unreclaimed.
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