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Alberta social studies plan raises questions on history, religion, First Nations

EDMONTON — Alberta’s proposed school curriculum is being criticized for blasting historical facts at kids, missing the mark on First Nations and religion, and including a reference to Premier Jason Kenney’s bandleader grandfather.

Mar 30, 2021 5:34 PM Read more >

Potential COVID-19 exposure at Calgary vaccination site, Alberta variant cases rise

CALGARY — Alberta Health Services says there is a small chance 49 members of the public may have been exposed to COVID-19 at a Calgary vaccination site last week. A health-care worker who was staffing the South Calgary Health Centre site between 8 a.

Mar 30, 2021 4:25 PM Read more >

Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario unite to urge Michigan not to shut down Line 5

WASHINGTON — Shutting down the Line 5 pipeline would create a "dangerous precedent" that would forever imperil future cross-border infrastructure projects between Canada and the United States, says Alberta's energy minister.

Mar 30, 2021 3:14 PM Read more >

Canadian miner declares force majeure as pandemic affects Mongolian copper deliveries

CALGARY — Canadian miner Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.

Mar 30, 2021 1:13 PM Read more >

West Fraser says OSB panel production has been restored at Quebec mill closed in 2008

CALGARY — West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it has begun producing and shipping building panels from the Chambord, Que., oriented strand board (OSB) mill it inherited with its recent $4-billion all-stock takeover of rival Norbord Inc.

Mar 30, 2021 10:05 AM Read more >

Obsidian Energy allows hostile takeover offer for Bonterra Energy to expire

CALGARY — Obsidian Energy has ended its hostile takeover attempt for Bonterra Energy Corp. The company allowed its offer to buy Bonterra to expire on Monday.

Mar 30, 2021 7:31 AM Read more >

Scheifele shines with two goals for Winnipeg Jets in 5-1 win over Calgary Flames

CALGARY — A little line juggling produced big results for the Winnipeg Jets in a 5-1 win Monday over the host Calgary Flames. Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor and Nikolaj Ehlers were a productive combo for the Jets.

Mar 30, 2021 12:04 AM Read more >

'Fire and ice:' Weather leads to grass fires, slippery highways in southern Alberta

BROOKS, Alta. — A fast-moving weather system in Alberta brought both fire and ice, resulting in the evacuation of a village one day and a multi-vehicle collision that closed the Trans-Canada Highway between Medicine Hat and Calgary the next.

Mar 29, 2021 6:08 PM Read more >

Diversity of background on committee tapping into views on Alberta coal mining

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has tasked a five-member committee with finding out how people feel about open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains and their eastern slopes.

Mar 29, 2021 5:29 PM Read more >

Alberta joins other provinces in halting use of AstraZeneca shot for people under 55

EDMONTON — Alberta's top doctor says the roughly 900 people in the province under 55 who have received a first dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine are at low risk of complications and there's ample time to figure out what should be done for

Mar 29, 2021 4:53 PM Read more >