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Alberta Health Services (AHS) has created a new continuing care resolution team to ensure patients and families receive appropriate and timely continuing care placement and care, say officials.

High school students from across Alberta are learning about natural resource management and forestry through a popular summer program – and getting paid to do it.

Olds' woodworking artist John Smythe continued his winning ways at this year's Calgary Stampede.

Despite being identified in a new report as falling within the Red Deer River floodway, residents living along the river upstream of Sundre are not eligible for compensation under the provincial Disaster Recovery Program (DRP) program, officials said

District ranchers and farmers are being urged to be on the lookout for blue-green algae blooms this time of year.

The Mountain View County-based Legacy Land Trust Society (LLTS) is moving forward on several fronts this summer, including the development of a detailed business plan, says board member Jim Smith.

With Mountain View County stepping up efforts to ensure that clubroot doesn't find a home in the district, Alberta Agriculture says a new strain of the crop disease has been identified in the Edmonton area.

Alberta's civil claim limit in provincial court is doubling from $25,000 to $50,000 as the government moves to create a “peoples' court” system designed to save users time and money.

Operation Dry Water is into its second year of operation, and the Canadian Safe Boating Council (CSBC) is using the August long weekend as a timely reminder of the dangers of drinking and boating.

The steering committee overseeing updates to the Bearberry-Red Deer River area structure plan (ASP) continues to look at a number of issues facing the district in the lead up to a possible open house in September, said chairman David Wells.