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Opening schools should be a priority, but Omicron requires extra safety: experts

Opening schools should be a priority, but Omicron requires extra safety: experts

Alberta students are heading back to in-person learning this week, and experts are urging them to take precautions.
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Provinces to receive large shipments of rapid tests this month: prime minister

Provinces to receive large shipments of rapid tests this month: prime minister

Federal officials are adding more COVID-19 rapid tests to Canada's arsenal as surging infections from the Omicron variant push some public sectors to the brink.
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Bowden council supports passenger rail service

Bowden council supports passenger rail service

Proposed passenger train envisions stops in Edmonton and Calgary, Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge. 
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Students will return to in-class learning on Monday

Students will return to in-class learning on Monday

Masks and rapid tests are on their way to schools across the province, as in-person classes are set to resume Jan. 10.
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'Short-handed every day:' Businesses face widespread labour shortages

'Short-handed every day:' Businesses face widespread labour shortages

Industries from airlines to retail are being affected by a lack of staff.
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Alberta confirms students back to school Monday with more COVID-19 tests and masks

Alberta confirms students back to school Monday with more COVID-19 tests and masks

EDMONTON — Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says grade school students will go back to classes Monday as planned with more medical masks and COVID-19 rapid test kits.
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Health alert: Alberta-wide recall of some grocery store combo meals due to salmonella contamination

Health alert: Alberta-wide recall of some grocery store combo meals due to salmonella contamination

Check your fridges!
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Drink spiking bigger problem in 2021 than previous years: RCMP

Drink spiking bigger problem in 2021 than previous years: RCMP

“We had a couple more allegations recently, it’s continuing, but we have not been able to prove any conclusively," said Staff Sergeant Mike Buxton-Carr
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Flames owners say agreement with Calgary on new arena officially terminated

Flames owners say agreement with Calgary on new arena officially terminated

CALGARY — New arena deal in Calgary has been quashed.
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Teens uttering racial slur caught on video and posted to social media

Teens uttering racial slur caught on video and posted to social media

St. Paul Education superintendent confirms an investigation is underway.
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