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The report also suggests Alberta will have to swiftly ramp up investment in clean tech or risk missing out. It says Alberta will need to invest more than $2.1 billion a year in clean tech by 2030, increasing to $5.5 billion in clean tech by 2040, to fully capitalize on the opportunity. 

The province sees pharmaceutical and life sciences as a key target sector in the economic recovery plan.

The University of Calgary says Alberta has one of the highest rates of STEC infection in the world given its abundance of cattle, sloped terrain, food crops, and use of well water.

Canada Post cites staffing issues, James River General Store postmaster says she was placed on unpaid leave over vaccine refusal

The Armed Forces has been battered for months with reports and headlines about inappropriate sexual behaviour involving senior commanders, which has left the military reeling and its top ranks in turmoil.

The new bill goes further than the original, banning conversion therapy for consenting adults, as well as for children and non-consenting adults. 

“I would like to see a rate increase… I see that there is a lot of potential for user-pay parking and this is an opportunity for our residents to be supported by our visitors,” said Councillor Barb Pelham

“It is likely that Western Canada’s biotech industry will lack 18,800 bio-economy workers by 2029, and current estimates indicate there will not be enough workers to meet labour needs,” the report states.

Pre-trial conference slated for Dec. 9; next court date is Jan. 5, 2022