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Traffic volumes in Banff surpass pre-pandemic levels for first time

Traffic volumes in Banff surpass pre-pandemic levels for first time

Vehicle volumes in Banff surpass pre-pandemic 2019 levels, but traffic over the Bow River bridge and up Mountain Avenue to gondola and hot springs tourist attractions are significantly down.
Accused shooter of Airdrie father seeks bail before the holidays

Accused shooter of Airdrie father seeks bail before the holidays

Man charged in shooting of Rocky View County employee schedules December bail hearing, hopes to be able to spend holidays at home.
PHOTOS: Jasper students show off costumes in Halloween Parade

PHOTOS: Jasper students show off costumes in Halloween Parade

PHOTOS: Jasper students show off costumes in Halloween Parade
Festival of Crafts returns to Calgary this week

Festival of Crafts returns to Calgary this week

Calgary will be hosting its major craft shopping extravaganza this weekend to the BMO Centre at Stampede Park.
Trial of accused rapist Richard Mantha delayed to 2025

Trial of accused rapist Richard Mantha delayed to 2025

This is the second time Richard Mantha's trial, in which he faces charges of sexual assault and kidnapping among others, has been pushed back. The initial trial started in January 2024.
Edmonton police investigate vandalism, mischief at church

Edmonton police investigate vandalism, mischief at church

Police say vandalism and mischief at a Catholic church in central Edmonton has made parishioners and neighbours feel unsafe.
Oil and gas labour shortages still a challenge in Northeastern Alberta

Oil and gas labour shortages still a challenge in Northeastern Alberta

While the unemployment rate in the oil and gas industry does not look as dire as last year, labour remains a big and real concern for companies operating in the Bonnyville area.
Haribo Tangfastic candies recalled in Alberta over wood

Haribo Tangfastic candies recalled in Alberta over wood

Haribo gummy candies recalled in Alberta.
Conflicting messages hide province’s policing plans from rural Albertans — NDP

Conflicting messages hide province’s policing plans from rural Albertans — NDP

Albertans —“especially rural Albertans” — deserve clarity about the province’s policing plans after contradictory UCP statements, the NDP’s public safety and emergency services critic told the legislative assembly Oct. 28.
Scientists isolate Canada's most genetically lonely animal

Scientists isolate Canada's most genetically lonely animal

Far from a moose, beaver, or polar bear, a recent study published in the journal The Canadian Field-Naturalist has found the country’s most evolutionarily distinct Canadian animal is the spiny softshell turtle, otherwise known as Apalone spinifera. 
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