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Office safety concerns grow as border restrictions ease, possible COVID-19 wave looms

Office safety concerns grow as border restrictions ease, possible COVID-19 wave looms

Some Canadian workers are raising concerns about a full return to office and work travel as Ottawa lifts all remaining border restrictions and experts warn of a potentially large wave of new COVID-19 cases this fall.
Travel restrictions removed as medical professionals reiterate the risk of COVID-19

Travel restrictions removed as medical professionals reiterate the risk of COVID-19

OTTAWA — The removal of mask mandates and vaccine requirements has medical professionals and front-line workers reiterating that COVID-19 is still a threat. The federal government announced on Monday that starting Oct.
Bergen-area tornado victims getting some grant support

Bergen-area tornado victims getting some grant support

Municipal Affairs denies a Mountain View County application to the Disaster Recovery Program to help tornado victims cover property damage
Bear expert presents to Bragg Creekers on peaceful human-bear coexistence

Bear expert presents to Bragg Creekers on peaceful human-bear coexistence

De Ruyter’s central message was that humans and bears can only coexist if sacrifices are made by humans to make bears’ decisions easier.
Home, adventure in new graphic novels

Home, adventure in new graphic novels

“I know first hand as a graphic novel publisher, what we have here with that talent. Alberta punches above its weight nationally in terms of comic creators.”
How is cannabis legalization going? Feds launch overdue review to find out

How is cannabis legalization going? Feds launch overdue review to find out

The federal government has launched a long-awaited review of how legalizing marijuana has affected the health of Canadians, the domestic cannabis industry and the black market.
After the storm: residents of Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec survey damage

After the storm: residents of Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec survey damage

A day after post-tropical storm Fiona left a trail of destruction through Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec, residents of a coastal town in western Newfoundland continued to pick through wreckage strewn across their community, easily the most damage
Driver who led police on 90-minute chase gets conditional sentence

Driver who led police on 90-minute chase gets conditional sentence

30-year-old Edmonton man sentenced to three months of strict house arrest, followed by three months under a curfew.
Calgary man gets substantial fine for hunting on Vancouver Island

Calgary man gets substantial fine for hunting on Vancouver Island

The man was fined $2,875 and handed a two-year hunting ban for using a B.C. resident licence to hunt, despite living in Alberta.
Mountie injured after knife incident at Edmonton's airport

Mountie injured after knife incident at Edmonton's airport

EDMONTON — RCMP say one of their officers was injured after chasing down a person at Edmonton International Airport who was allegedly brandishing a knife.
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