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Prime Minister Mark Carney was expected to deliver the decision in Fort McMurray alongside Premier Danielle Smith, meeting an October 1 deadline set under an earlier energy pact.
Sources: Lethbridge News Now, rdnewsNOW, CHAT News Today, EverythingGP
Federal and provincial officials announced the funding during a visit to CFB Edmonton, tying the Suffield project to a wider plan to modernize military infrastructure across the province.
Source: CHAT News Today
The province says the funding supports culturally specific mental health programs through Family Resource Networks across Alberta.
Source: rdnewsNOW
A new national report ranks Medicine Hat behind only Fort McMurray among tracked mid-sized Canadian rental markets, even as local rents rose from a year earlier.
Source: CHAT News Today
The city ranked 52nd among 60 Canadian markets for rent, with one- and two-bedroom units both slightly cheaper than a year ago despite the monthly uptick.
Source: rdnewsNOW
Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services says fires have broken out inside city collection trucks after batteries were tossed in with recycling or garbage.
Source: Lethbridge News Now
A weekend of warm temperatures easing into cooler, sunny days brings high school football, junior hockey and family nature programs across the city.
Source: CHAT News Today
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EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the fact the provincial election authority is helping voters correct errors in about 3,000 mail-in ballot packages shows the system is working.
Read at Rocky Mountain Outlook ↗REGINA — The premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan are shutting down a suggestion from U.S. tech titan Elon Musk that the two provinces should split from Canada. Musk, the trillionaire tech businessman and former adviser to U.S.
Read at Rocky Mountain Outlook ↗EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Wednesday brushed off a court battle launched by the Opposition NDP over her government's changes to voter list rules.
Read at Rocky Mountain Outlook ↗Strathcona County RCMP are warning residents to stay vigilant following reports of a sophisticated scam involving wallet thefts and fraudulent phone calls.
Read at Rocky Mountain Outlook ↗Following the massive success of its Indigenous Canada program, the University of Alberta is introducing a 12-module course focused on developing meaningful Indigenous partnerships.
Read at Rocky Mountain Outlook ↗EDMONTON — A lawyer for the Alberta government argued Tuesday that temporary restrictions on what voter information can be provided to political parties won't affect the upcoming referendum.
Read at Rocky Mountain Outlook ↗EDMONTON — With less than two weeks to go until Alberta's referendum, the province's election administrator says more than 3,000 mail-in ballots have been returned with errors that make them invalid.
Read at Rocky Mountain Outlook ↗A quirky Alberta roadside attraction that has delighted travellers for decades with its stuffed rodents in tiny costumes is closed until further notice.
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