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Canmore's Bryden wins silver in Canada's most extreme triathlon

Canmore's Bryden wins silver in Canada's most extreme triathlon

Canada’s toughest triathlon was a mere warm-up for Alberta endurance beast Jordan Bryden, who’s got the world’s best on his mind.
Investors, lending policies driving up farmland prices: report

Investors, lending policies driving up farmland prices: report

Investors are buying up Alberta farmland, driving up land prices across the province, according to a new report released this month.
A Canadian guide to lowering your carbon footprint

A Canadian guide to lowering your carbon footprint

Adjusting how you get around, eat and shop can all help lower your own carbon emissions. But will those personal choices really help solve the climate crisis?
Bank of Canada's rapid rate hikes likely to cause a recession, study finds

Bank of Canada's rapid rate hikes likely to cause a recession, study finds

The Bank of Canada's strategy of rapidly increasing its key interest rate in an effort to tackle skyrocketing inflation will likely trigger a recession, says a new study.
Renewed calls for final phase of highway twinning through Yoho National Park

Renewed calls for final phase of highway twinning through Yoho National Park

Two head-on collisions resulting in the death of two people in the past three weeks have renewed calls for a 40-kilometre stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway through Yoho National Park to be twinned.
Suspect evades police over span of nearly 12 hours

Suspect evades police over span of nearly 12 hours

A male suspect wanted for possible involvement with break-in at Northern Alberta business evaded RCMP for 12 hours.
Okotoks runner homeward bound on his trip across Canada

Okotoks runner homeward bound on his trip across Canada

Albertan Dave Proctor is making his way home on his record-breaking attempt to run east to west across Canada in 67 days.
Rogers CEO apologizes for outage, says it came after network maintenance update

Rogers CEO apologizes for outage, says it came after network maintenance update

CRTC spokeswoman Patricia Valladao said the telecom regulator is in contact with Rogers after a major outage Friday. "Right now, our focus is on the outage and recovering from it," she wrote in an email. "When it is over, we will take all necessary actions to examine what occurred and put in place the necessary measures to prevent it from happening again." 
Report recommends pegging minimum wages to average incomes, graduated scale for teens

Report recommends pegging minimum wages to average incomes, graduated scale for teens

A new report says Canada should replace its "haphazard and unpredictable" approach to minimum wages across the country with a clear formula based on average incomes.
Airdrie-Cochrane MLA Peter Guthrie endorses Danielle Smith for UCP leadership

Airdrie-Cochrane MLA Peter Guthrie endorses Danielle Smith for UCP leadership

Airdrie-Cochrane MLA Peter Guthrie said in a video Facebook post that he supports Conservative Party (UCP) leadership hopeful Danielle Smith.
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