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Food inflation may be easing but prices won't return to pre-pandemic levels, RBC says

Food inflation may be easing but prices won't return to pre-pandemic levels, RBC says

TORONTO — A new report from RBC says the cost of filling a grocery cart is finally stabilizing, but don't expect food prices to go back to pre-pandemic levels.
Canmorite unknowingly wins B.C. triathlon championship

Canmorite unknowingly wins B.C. triathlon championship

“I was like, ‘What? Are you kidding?’”
Canada passes 40 million population milestone amid immigration push

Canada passes 40 million population milestone amid immigration push

OTTAWA — Canada's population has reached more than 40 million, Statistics Canada said. The milestone comes amid a wave of new immigrants as part of Ottawa's promise to bring in 500,000 people a year by 2025.
UPDATE: Six seniors injured in Manitoba bus crash that killed 15 in critical condition

UPDATE: Six seniors injured in Manitoba bus crash that killed 15 in critical condition

DAUPHIN, MAN. — Six of 10 seniors who survived a bus crash in southern Manitoba that killed 15 others were listed in critical condition in hospital, health officials said Friday.
Environment Canada says 10 tornadoes confirmed in Alberta during Wednesday storm

Environment Canada says 10 tornadoes confirmed in Alberta during Wednesday storm

EDMONTON — Environment Canada confirms what it calls a "tornado outbreak" in rural Alberta earlier this week It says between 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Athabasca man wins $1 million Servus Credit Union contest

Athabasca man wins $1 million Servus Credit Union contest

Levi Ryl, 27, says he has no big purchases planned and will "invest a good chunk of it"
Recent rain may not be enough to halt the shrinking of Canada's cattle herd

Recent rain may not be enough to halt the shrinking of Canada's cattle herd

CALGARY — Anxious Alberta ranchers praying for rain got their wish this week, but it may not be enough to stop the ongoing decline in Canadian cattle production.
U of A archaeology students dig up St. Albert's Métis past

U of A archaeology students dig up St. Albert's Métis past

Students unearth Métis history in St. Albert
Evacuation orders lifted in B.C. and Alberta towns as wildfires recede

Evacuation orders lifted in B.C. and Alberta towns as wildfires recede

Tumbler Ridge resident Joline Couture feared the worst last week when she prepared to pack up and leave under an evacuation order as wildfires loomed outside the small community in British Columbia's northeast.
St. Albert LGBTQ+ community to support Westlock youth against protests

St. Albert LGBTQ+ community to support Westlock youth against protests

“We as queer adults are kind of stepping in to be like, ‘Hey, pick on someone your own size,’ and trying to wrap around these kids as much as possible,” St. Albert's Bekah Marcellus said.
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