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Alzheimer’s Society contributing $5M for dementia research in Alberta
The Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories is partnering with Campus Alberta Neuroscience to launch a funding competition for innovative research. Starting in September 2022, researche...
Aug 12, 2022
Part of Hwy 93 north of Lake Louise collapses into river
Crews spent much of the morning on Friday, August 12, 2022, getting traffic back into order after part of a highway collapsed.511 Alberta reports that there is a washout on Highway 93 near the North S...
Aug 12, 2022
International partners had concern about Canada's 'ability to handle' convoy protests
OTTAWA - Two days before the Emergencies Act was invoked last February to quell anti-government convoy protests, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned ministers that international partners were concern...
Aug 12, 2022
Local crops in good condition but more moisture still needed
Crops in most areas of central Alberta are still in good conditions, but more rain is needed to improve soil moisture and fill the crops. That, according to the latest Crop Report from Agriculture Fin...
Aug 12, 2022
Dispute over athlete agreement has bobsled pilot without funding for four months
Chris Spring is a four-time Olympian who's competed for Canada in bobsled for close to a decade. But for the past four months, he's received no federal funding due to a dispute over his athlete's agre...
Aug 12, 2022
Toronto FC looks to put an end to Portland Timbers' 10-game unbeaten streak
Toronto FC's new high-flying offence and somewhat improved defence gets a test Saturday in the form of the visiting Portland Timbers. The Timbers (7-6-12) are unbeaten in their last 10 league games (4...
Aug 12, 2022
Central Alberta health care facilities experiencing temporary bed and space reductions
Some central Alberta communities are among 30 across the province currently experiencing temporary bed and space reductions at local hospitals and health care centres.According to Alberta Health Servi...
Aug 12, 2022
Ruud Awakening: Canada's Auger-Aliassime falls to Norwegian at National Bank Open
MONTREAL - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the National Bank Open after dropping a 6-1, 6-2 decision to Norway's Casper Ruud in quarterfinal play Friday at IGA Stadium. The Montrealer was the...
Aug 12, 2022
Canada considered jobs, inflation in decision to return Russian turbine: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show that Ottawa considered the impact on Canadian jobs and global inflation in its decision to return a turbine being repaired in Montreal to a Russian energy giant....
Aug 12, 2022
City of Iqaluit declares emergency due to water shortage
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit has declared a state of emergency due to a water shortage. The Nunavut capital says there has been a lack of precipitation this summer and flows in the Apex Rive...
Aug 12, 2022