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New funding will help address driver shortage: Alberta Transportation minister

New funding will help address driver shortage: Alberta Transportation minister

Funding is being provided by the Province through the Driving Back to Work program in part to encourage more women to enter the trucking industry and for online and simulator training.
Alberta senior dealt rare hand of 29 points in crib game

Alberta senior dealt rare hand of 29 points in crib game

A southern Alberta senior won the crib lottery when she was dealt the one in 216,580 hand of 29 points while playing the popular card game at a friend's house Monday.
Canadian Indigenous delegation heading to the Vatican

Canadian Indigenous delegation heading to the Vatican

An Alberta Métis man who is part of a 30 member delegation representing Canada’s Indigenous community said he is hopeful ahead of a visit to the Vatican to meet with the Pope next week.
Grizzly bears emerging from winter dens in Southwestern part of the province

Grizzly bears emerging from winter dens in Southwestern part of the province

Banff National Park has reported its first bear sighting of spring and it is suspected to be a well-known grizzly, known as "The Boss".
Daughter-in-law died: Calgary man warns of rockfall on Trans-Canada Highway in B.C.

Daughter-in-law died: Calgary man warns of rockfall on Trans-Canada Highway in B.C.

Alan Tennant and his wife, Rona, were driving and talking to their daughter and her partner on the phone when the unthinkable happened.
Red Deer-Mountain View MP defends blockades

Red Deer-Mountain View MP defends blockades

Red Deer-Mountain View MP Earl Dreeshen says invoking the Emergencies Act to clear the blockades was "overreach" while speaking at an town council meeting in Olds, Alberta.
Roam transit, Parks Canada sign five-year $12.9 million deal, new electric buses to be purchased

Roam transit, Parks Canada sign five-year $12.9 million deal, new electric buses to be purchased

A $12.9 million five-year agreement between the Bow Valley Regional Transit Service Commission and Parks Canada will help purchase electric buses as part of the overall goal to reduce car use and road emissions.
Rejection of provincial police by municipalities not a surprise: expert

Rejection of provincial police by municipalities not a surprise: expert

There are good reasons why Alberta Municipalities rejected a government plan for a provincial police forces says policing expert.
Ousted candidate 'very disappointed' with UCP appeal denial

Ousted candidate 'very disappointed' with UCP appeal denial

Tim Hoven says a decision last week by United Conservative Party  (UCP) officials to reaffirm an earlier party decision prohibiting him from seeking the nomination in the Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre constituency is unreasonable.
Angel Cardinal's family seeking answers about her death

Angel Cardinal's family seeking answers about her death

“We have two children who deserve an answer to what happened to their mother,” said Skylene Gladue in an appeal to the public to provide information about the death of her niece in a hit-and-run just north of Edmonton.
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