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“To lose five buildings over three years is a hard loss for our community."

Church in Northern Alberta destroyed by Friday night blaze

“Logging rules in Alberta are pretty antiquated – companies have a lot of sway,” Villeneuve said. “The rules they created 60 years ago are probably not sound, scientifically.”

The device (whose acronym expands into Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor) is essentially a 4.4-metre long, 200 lb. mechanical snake that is 10 centimetres in diameter. 

Parks Canada fears some wolves may have been fed human food or garbage.

The letter used coarse language, describing the Sooke, B.C., house as 'the joke of the neighbourhood' for using so many Christmas decorations.

It’s been a stressful four months for Mark Oostlander and his wife Kendall since the morning she woke up in a burning house after he had left for work.

Parks Canada warns of hazardous avalanche conditions from a weak, shallow snowpack in Banff, Yoho and Kooteney national parks where the avalanche rating is currently considerable.

In speaking with other dog theft victims, Foss noticed they were all rural dog owners living between Edmonton all the way to her own property west of Airdrie.

Surplus Alberta Summer Games funds were distributed to the two host communities and to numerous charities and organizations around the Foothills.