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Cochrane RCMP are seeking public assistance in locating a missing 22-year- old male named Marcus Coulombe, who was last seen in Cochrane on Oct. 26. He also frequents Nelson, B.C.

CALGARY — Alberta's education minister says she will take advice from the province's new chief medical health officer on whether to allow school boards to bring in mask mandates in schools with respiratory illness outbreaks.

“They appear to have adapted quickly to the mountain habitat, and they remained, for the most part, within the park."

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Loblaw Companies Ltd. reported its third-quarter profit rose about 30 per cent compared with a year ago. The grocery and drugstore retailer says its net earnings available to common shareholders totalled $556 million or $1.

OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate held steady at 6.9 per cent last month. After declining for several months, Statistics Canada said the rate of inflation was unchanged in October from September as gas prices went up.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Wednesday, bringing the U.S.

SLAVE LAKE, Alta. — RCMP say two workers have died in an explosion at an oil and gas site in northern Alberta. Officers and emergency crews were called Saturday to the site near Slave Lake, about 250 kilometres north of Edmonton.

HALIFAX — Drugstore shortages in Canada are now extending beyond the children's pain and fever medication aisle into other over-the-counter and prescription drugs as supply problems worsen across the country.

EDMONTON — Alberta's second-largest school district is asking the provincial government for clarity on whether it can require masks when a school has a respiratory illness outbreak.

The cost of lettuce is spiking amid a shortage that's leading some restaurants to temporarily stop offering leafy greens on their menus.