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Pet policy and traffic noise impede Calgary townhouse sale
Done Deal, 49 Nolan Hill Blvd., N.W., Calgary, Alta
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Western Canada: Alberta expects to post $5.5-billion surplus this fiscal year
Alberta finance minister Nate Horner speaks to the media at a news conference in Calgary, Thursday, June 29, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta’s fiscal fortunes buoyed by higher income tax revenues and strong oil and gas royalties
The Alberta government is promising changes to reduce high auto insurance premiums, including a cap tied to inflation for those with good driving records. Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner speaks to media at a news conference in Calgary, Thursday, June 29, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta set for $5.5-billion budget surplus, despite allocating $1.2 billion for fires, floods and drought
Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner speaks to the media at a news conference in Calgary on Thursday, June 29, 2023. Alberta’s budget surplus is growing but will be offset by more than $1 billion this year to pay for floods, forest fires and drought. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Dow Chemical announces $11.5-billion project in Alberta
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks at the Dow Chemical announcement, that will finalized plans to construct the world's first net-zero carbon emissions ethylene and derivatives complex, in Fort Saskatchewan Alberta, on Wednesday November 29, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Alberta details new multibillion-dollar carbon capture support program
FILE PHOTO: Pipes run through Shell's new Quest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo
opinion
Alberta’s sovereignty act looks increasingly like a sham
Andrew Coyne
opinion
Danielle Smith isn’t all wrong on the Liberals’ clean electricity regulations
Kelly Cryderman
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Morning Update: Alberta deploys sovereignty act, floats its own power corporation to defy federal clean-energy plan
Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith makes a keynote speech at the LNG 2023 energy conference in Vancouver, July 13, 2023. Chris Helgren/REUTERS
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Carbon capture project for Alberta’s oil sands making significant progress, Pathways Alliance CEO says
FILE PHOTO: Pipes run through Shell's new Quest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo
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Alberta Indigenous groups allege children have been denied a federal benefit for 30 years
Alberta's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. The panel hearing feedback on whether Alberta should quit the Canada Pension Plan heard multiple callers tell them Thursday it’s time to embrace a “no-brainer” provincial program. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Central kitchen linked to E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares reopens to serve meals
A daycare at the centre of an E. coli outbreak at several daycares is seen in Calgary, Alta., Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Domestic abuse shelters in Alberta report 10-year high in number of calls for help
The Alberta Council of Women's Shelters says domestic violence is on the rise in the province. A person uses a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, July 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
done deal
Local employment provisions pose challenge for sale of Canmore one bedroom
Done Deal; 176 Kananaskis Way, Unit 304, Canmore, Alta.
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Western Canada: News of two more Canadians killed in Ukraine fighting comes to light this week
Brad Stratford a Canadian volunteer killed in Ukraine.
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Alberta to unveil new carbon capture program ahead of COP28
An oil rig drills a well under moon light near Cremona, Alta., Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. Canada has the third largest oil reserves in the world and is the world's fourth largest oil producer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Case adjourned in alleged Alberta high school locker room assault
There was another court appearance Wednesday for four members of an Alberta high school football team charged with the sexual assault of a teammate last month. Lethbridge Police Headquarters is shown in Lethbridge, Alta., on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Rossiter
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Western Canada: Daycare chain pleads not guilty to bylaw charges in Calgary E. coli outbreak
A daycare at the centre of an E. coli outbreak at several daycares is seen in Calgary, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023.
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Fewer than 5,000 bottles of Turkish children’s medication purchased by Alberta made it to pharmacies
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith addresses the children’s medication shortage in Edmonton, on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. The province has secured five million bottles of children’s acetaminophen and ibuprofen for Alberta families. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Alberta government won’t say if it will hold December in-person CPP-exit town halls
Alberta Minister of Labour, Christina Gray is sworn in as a new cabinet minister in Edmonton Alta, on Monday February 2, 2016. More than two years after Alberta passed legislation mandating new safety rules for farms, Labour Minister Christina Gray says the province is still consulting and has no specific timeline to enact the regulations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
energy and resources
TransAlta going greener as it maps out $3.5-billion in spending, mainly on renewables
Alberta's largest power generator says more than two-thirds of its profits will come from renewable electricity production by 2028 — marking a major transformation for a company that once was one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the country. TransAlta wind turbines are shown at a wind farm near Pincher Creek, Alta., Wednesday, March 9, 2016.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Australian company revives its push for a controversial coal mine in Alberta
A section of the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies is seen west of Cochrane, Alta., Thursday, June 17, 2021. A joint federal-provincial review has denied an application for an open-pit coal mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, saying its impacts on the environment and Indigenous rights aren't worth the economic benefits it would bring. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta COVID-19 panel chair urges federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings
The chair of a taxpayer-funded panel reviewing Alberta’s COVID-19 response is urging the federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s governing coalition in the next election. Preston Manning takes part in a panel discussion during the Canada Strong and Free conference in Ottawa on Friday, May 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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The Manning report is part and parcel of Danielle Smith’s promised reckoning
Kelly Cryderman
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University of Alberta replaces sexual assault centre director over letter questioning Hamas rape reports
<div>The president of the University of Alberta says the school has replaced its sexual assault centre director over the centre's endorsement of an open letter that questions the validity of sexual assault claims against Hamas during its deadly incursion into Israel last month. A jogger runs past the University of Alberta Butter Dome in Edmonton, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson</div>
done deal
Unseasonal market slowdown mars sale of Canmore house
Done Deal, 321 Casale Place, Canmore, Alta.
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Western Canada: Alberta’s first steps in overhauling health-care delivery
Medical tools are pictured in an exam room at a health clinic in Calgary, Friday, July 14, 2023.
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Study finds Alberta underestimates methane emissions by 50 per cent
A study from one of Canada's premiere climate labs says methane emissions from Alberta's natural gas industry are underestimated by almost 50 per cent. Flares burn off methane and other hydrocarbons at an oil and gas facility in Lenorah, Texas, on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-David Goldman
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Alberta police watchdog says RCMP justified in 2021 shooting of man armed with bow
Alberta's police watchdog says RCMP officers were justified in shooting an armed man outside a hospital in 2021. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force's 'E' division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Support for the carbon tax is collapsing. An agreeable climate policy? Clean power
The Editorial Board
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‘No-brainer’: Alberta panel hears callers urge split from Canada Pension Plan
University of Calgary Chancellor Jim Dinning looks on during fall convocation ceremonies in Calgary, Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. The panel hearing feedback on whether Alberta should quit the Canada Pension Plan heard multiple callers tell them Thursday it’s time to embrace a “no-brainer” provincial program. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Two people dead, three badly hurt after head-on highway crash in southeast Alberta
RCMP police car.
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Alberta COVID-19 panel calls for consideration of ‘alternative scientific narratives’ for future health emergencies
A panel reviewing Alberta’s COVID-19 response is calling for rule changes to ensure the premier and cabinet have the last word in future crises, with help from a new senior science officer. Former prime minister Stephen Harper, left, and Reform Party leader Preston Manning speak at a conference in Ottawa, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Western Canada: The unmentioned costs of building thousands of new homes. Who pays for it?
Houses in Burnaby, B.C., on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Cities such as Calgary and those in the Metro Vancouver region have stuck with a formula in which new growth pays for new growth.
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Three white wine styles to enjoy on the cool nights ahead
Christopher Waters