'We did our best': Three teens help evacuate St. Albert, Alta. retirement home
Three St. Albert, Alta. teens put the safety of others ahead of their own as they ran into a burning retirement home to help evacuate seniors.
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Another 1,633 new COVID-19 cases reported in Alberta, new record for ICU admissions
Alberta set a new record for ICU admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic with 155 people admitted.
No active demonstrations at Whistle Stop Café Sunday: RCMP
After a large anti-lockdown protest at a closed restaurant in Mirror, Alberta, on Saturday, RCMP said there were no active demonstrations on Sunday.
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St. Albert community rallies to support displaced seniors from massive fire
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Firefighters douse Saturday grass fire north of Fort McMurray
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ASIRT investigating RCMP arrest after man dies in Lloydminster
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St. Albert RCMP seeking missing teen
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Family and friends say a woman from Edmonton has died after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine in late April.
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Within a week, all Albertans aged 12 and older will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.
City of Edmonton approves alcohol consumption in select parks
By a vote of eight to three, the city approved a pilot project to permit alcohol consumption at 47 designated picnic sites, in select parks in the river valley.
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Red Deer Restaurant owners are calling on the provincial government to provide additional supports to help them through the upcoming restrictions.
Red Deer College to become polytechnic instead of university
The largest post-secondary institution in Red Deer will become a polytechnic school instead of a university after a provincial government review.
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Arbitrator finds government violated single-site rules at Michener Centre denying workers proper compensation
Employees at a home for persons with developmental disabilities are celebrating after an arbitrator found the provincial government was not meeting its own policies on compensation.
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Nearly 60 per cent of people in Japan want the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled, an opinion poll showed on Monday, less than three months before the Games are due to begin.
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For a view of a COVID-19 future, Canadians should look across the pond
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Queen's first cousin allegedly trading on links to Putin and monarchy: U.K. report
Prince Michael of Kent, Queen Elizabeth's first cousin, said Sunday that he 'has no special relationship' with Russian President Vladimir Putin after an undercover journalistic investigation claimed he and a close friend were 'secretly trading on their links' with Putin for profit.
This machine can help turn used PPE into almost anything
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