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Summer Games torch to make its way through towns today

Summer Games torch to make its way through towns today

Torchbearers will make their way along downtown streets in Diamond Valley (morning) and Okotoks (afternoon) as the 2023 Alberta Summer Games have finally arrived.
She planted more than 4,500 trees in a day and found an audience of millions

She planted more than 4,500 trees in a day and found an audience of millions

To plant more than 4,500 trees in one day, you don't move like a gardener, you move like a machine. In a video viewed millions of times on social media, Leslie Dart walks across a desolate and burnt landscape in Saskatchewan.
Online News Act: Google withholds AI chatbot as Meta runs ads opposing new law

Online News Act: Google withholds AI chatbot as Meta runs ads opposing new law

OTTAWA — Tech companies are continuing to push back on the Liberal government over its Online News Act, with Google withholding its new artificial-intelligence chatbot from Canada and Meta running ads opposing the law.
New made-in-Canada space mission to study severe solar weather

New made-in-Canada space mission to study severe solar weather

University of Alberta physics professor calls space storms “a genuine threat that we need to be aware of”
Boy who died from asthma amid wildfire smoke is 'face of climate crisis,' doctor says

Boy who died from asthma amid wildfire smoke is 'face of climate crisis,' doctor says

“What Carter’s story tells me is that we are woefully unprepared for the health impacts of climate change as a society and in the health-care system."
Alberta moves to decentralize health-care delivery, 15 years after centralizing it

Alberta moves to decentralize health-care delivery, 15 years after centralizing it

The decision sets in motion a reversal of government policy that began almost 30 years ago when then-premier Ralph Klein collapsed more than 200 health boards and agencies into 17 regional health authorities.
Vegreville police seize 135 cartons of contraband cigarettes

Vegreville police seize 135 cartons of contraband cigarettes

Police believe that the suspect was allegedly selling the contraband cigarettes in the area of Vegreville and other nearby jurisdictions.
S&P/TSX composite gains 150 points led by energy stocks, U.S. stock markets also rise

S&P/TSX composite gains 150 points led by energy stocks, U.S. stock markets also rise

Markets in Canada breathed a “sigh of relief” Tuesday after the latest inflation report, said Craig Fehr, investment strategist at Edward Jones. 
B.C. Wildfire Service dealing with nearly 400 fires, Cranbrook airport briefly closed

B.C. Wildfire Service dealing with nearly 400 fires, Cranbrook airport briefly closed

B.C. is approaching its worst wildfire season on record as more than 390 fires burn in the province. 
Have you seen this squirrel?

Have you seen this squirrel?

Citizen science project seeks missing Franklin’s squirrel
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