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Edmonton·First Person Pearl Lorentzen reluctantly took a job at a community newspaper in Slave Lake, Alta. To her surprise, the job has connected her to the town in more ways than she ever imagined. I’ve forged connections with the community. In return, I’m trusted to tell its stories Pearl LorentzenContinue Reading

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Edmonton·CBC Explains Premier Danielle Smith’s plan to make lessons on sexual health, and sexual orientation and gender identity opt-in would make Alberta the first Canadian province to assume students are excluded from sex education by default. Proposal part of sweeping changes to Alberta’s student gender identity, sports and surgery policiesContinue Reading

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For Carly and Ben Seligman, banking their two children’s umbilical cord blood felt like investing in medical insurance. The Calgary couple no longer trust that the potentially life-saving stem cells they have spent thousands of dollars to preserve remain viable or safe. “Collecting and banking the cord blood felt like thisContinue Reading

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Edmonton Alberta will field more firefighters, more volunteers and more high-tech gear as it braces for what it expects will be another busy wildfire season, the province’s forestry minister said Thursday. ‘We’re preparing for the worst,’ says Alberta forestry ministerThe Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 09, 2024 9:33 AM ESTContinue Reading

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Edmonton An Alberta government document suggests the province has made little progress in protecting its 15 threatened caribou herds, despite having signed an agreement with Ottawa that promised it would. The agreement was made under threat of Ottawa stepping in to protect critical habitat for the herds. Dwindling habitat, industrialContinue Reading