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Alberta, B.C. each confirm first cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant

Alberta, B.C. each confirm first cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant

Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced Tuesday that all air travellers entering Canada will be required to take a COVID-19 test, even if they are fully vaccinated, and to isolate until results are available. 
Millarville ranchers grazing lease land 'destroyed'

Millarville ranchers grazing lease land 'destroyed'

A Millarville-area ranching family is questioning how the province can call work done on their grazing land reclamation when all they can see is destruction and danger for animals and wildlife.
Diabetes has got to go, and here's how

Diabetes has got to go, and here's how

Diabetes can be done before Jan. 1, 2022. There are two campaigns working to make sure that timeline sticks. Find out what's going on and how you can help.
Municipalities push for provincial broadband strategy

Municipalities push for provincial broadband strategy

Roughly 12 per cent of Alberta families, or around 200,000 households, lack the basic speeds the federal government has said are required for adequate Internet service.
Don't touch decorated deer in Okotoks: Fish and Wildlife

Don't touch decorated deer in Okotoks: Fish and Wildlife

Reports of a deer with Christmas lights tangled in its antlers was reported to the provincial agency earlier this month
Abbotsford braces for further flooding as storms pound West Coast

Abbotsford braces for further flooding as storms pound West Coast

Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun hopes rain over the next four days will be absorbed by existing flooded areas and pumped out into the Fraser River
Indigenous centre in Cochrane would create visibility

Indigenous centre in Cochrane would create visibility

'I can't see anything that represents my people in Cochrane,' Stoney Nakoda First Nations elder says ahead of fundraising event
Highway 1 through Fraser Canyon expected to reopen in January

Highway 1 through Fraser Canyon expected to reopen in January

There are seven distinct areas of damage along the Fraser Canyon
Alberta Municipalities vote favours new tobacco levy

Alberta Municipalities vote favours new tobacco levy

The resolution was put forward by the City of Airdrie and seconded by St. Albert.
Strike looms as Cargill employees reject contract offer

Strike looms as Cargill employees reject contract offer

Ninety-eight per cent of Cargill workers pass on contract, inch closer to strike
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