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Alberta Energy Regulator approves coal exploration at Grassy Mountain
A coal mining company will be able to get a better understanding of coal deposits on a mountain in Crowsnest Pass.The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has approved three permits for Northback Holdings as it looks to potentially develop a coal mine on the Grassy Mountain.They say they are satisfied that the Australia-base...
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New water fountains installed on Lethbridge River Valley washrooms
Recreators in the Lethbridge River Valley have a new way to stay hydrated.The City of Lethbridge has installed four new public water faucets on the exteriors of the park's four washroom buildings.Parks Project Manager Craig Richter says the auto-shutoff taps are part of the City's efforts to improve park amenities and ...
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Strong start to seeding in southern Alberta, half of all crops already planted
A new provincial report states that farmers have had a good start to the season.As of May 6, 49.7 per cent of crops that are planned to be planted in the south region were already in the ground.That is up from the 10-year average of 34.8 per cent and the five-year average of 31.9 per cent.Southern Alberta's farmers are...
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River Valley fire ban lifted in Lethbridge
The City of Lethbridge is once again allowing the public to use fire pits in the coulees.The River Valley fire ban has been lifted, effective immediately.Recent changes in weather conditions, including rain and lower temperatures, have reduced the fire risk in the area.Residents are still asked to be cautious when havi...
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Alberta

Provincial Politics
Onion Lake Cree Nation to proceed with legal challenge of Alberta sovereignty act
Alberta's bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a First Nation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier's flagship sovereignty act.Danielle Smith has said her Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act is needed to push back on what the province believes is unconstitutional f...
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Alberta government amends referendum bill in effort to placate First Nations' concern
Alberta's government has made 11th-hour changes to controversial proposed legislation declaring that no separation referendum question could threaten First Nations' existing treaty rights.Premier Danielle Smith's government is working to considerably lower the threshold to allow for citizen-initiated referendums, inclu...
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Alberta's personal information protection law ruled partly unconstitutional
Parts of Alberta's personal information protection legislation have been ruled unconstitutional.But a judge is upholding an order to stop an American facial recognition company from collecting images of Albertans.The company, Clearview AI, scrapes the internet for images of people and adds them to a database, which it ...
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Alberta would see major changes
No more blue wall, red wall: How electoral reform could stop regional election sweeps
A change to Canada's electoral system would have delivered a very different House of Commons this year - one without the monolithic regional strongholds held by both major federal parties - according to an analysis for The Canadian Press.One seasoned political observer in Alberta says shattering those party fortresses ...
May 14, 2025
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Canada

Canada hasn't done enough to stop exploitation of foreign workers: Amnesty
A representative for Amnesty International Canada says the country isn't doing enough to stop the exploitation of temporary foreign workers brought in on visas that keep them tied to one employer. Ketty Nivyabandi, the group's English section secretary-general, says being at the mercy of one employer allows migrant wor...
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Conservative MP working to stop B.C. ostrich cull as farm's supporters gather
Conservative MP Scott Anderson says he's trying to stop the Canadian Food Inspection Agency from killing a flock of hundreds of ostriches on a farm in his riding, after a Federal Court ruling this week that the cull could proceed. Anderson says he visited Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood in southeast B.C. on Wednesda...
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B.C. winner of record $80M lottery jackpot quits job, vows to give back to community
VANCOUVER - The winner of what the B.C. Lottery Corp. says is the biggest jackpot ever awarded to a single person in Canada says the $80 million prize is "life-changing." Justin Simporios from Surrey, B.C., says his priority is to give back to the community, pay off his sister's medical school debt and help h...
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Prosecutors seek prison for men guilty of human smuggling in Manitoba border deaths
FERGUS FALLS - U.S. attorneys have filed sentencing submissions for two men convicted after a family froze to death while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba. A Minnesota jury found Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel guilty of human-smuggling charges after the parents and two children from India were...
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DEA threat assessment points to fentanyl 'super laboratories' in Canada
WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration's latest threat assessment says fentanyl "super laboratories" in Canada are a growing source of concern. U.S. President Donald Trump has used cross-border traffic in the deadly drug to justify hitting imports of Canadian goods with tariffs. The an...
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Partner of Quebec man who received MAID after bedsores says hospital ignored her
MONTREAL - The partner of a man who received a medically assisted death after developing a severe bedsore in a Quebec hospital says medical staff didn't listen to her. Sylvie Brosseau spoke outside the Montreal courtroom where a coroner is holding hearings into the death of her partner Normand Meunier. Brosseau says Me...
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