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Gagné dismissed several arguments from the owners seeking an injunction, including the notion of irreparable harm from not being able to use specific firearms for hunting or shooting.

Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes said the province should take a more regional approach to restrictions, as was done for a while last year.

Bill C-7 proposed an explicit, blanket prohibition on assisted dying in cases involving only mental illness.

Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the tests will screen asymptomatic staff at all long-term care and supportive living facilities.

University of Calgary resource law professor Nigel Bankes pointed ous Savage's promise to block mountaintop removal mines doesn't affect one proposal to do exactly that near the Crowsnest Pass.

Council hopes to move on from mayor's controversial lasagna lunch

Bulldogs Saloon reopened in violation of restrictions on Jan. 29 and 30

The Alberta government reinstated the province's 1976 coal policy on Feb. 8 in the face of mounting public backlash, but Banff town council doesn't believe the announcement went far enough.

"(The bill) makes it more accessible for people with mental health disabilities to kill themselves as a form of treatment without making mental health supports free."

Jason Klaus and Joshua Frank must now serve a minimum 50 years in prison before they can apply for release, following the murders of Klaus' father, mother and sister.