Cindy Blackstock grew up in the huckleberry fields of Northern B.C. When she was a kid, she wanted an Easy-Bake Oven, but instead she got a book of poetry, a gift from an aunt. In that book was Patrick Overton’s poem Faith. It’s a poem that guided Blackstock, decades ago, when she first understood that someone…
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An Alberta cannabis producer has opened its growing facility to students for a three-day pot production class. Citing the cannabis industry’s struggle to keep supply up with demand, Freedom Cannabis Inc. partnered with Edmonton’s NorQuest College to offer the practical component to the school’s Cannabis Trimming and Production course this year. The three-day class started…
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Lake Louise RCMP have confirmed a 70-year-old hiker died while trying to climb Mount Temple in Banff National Park on Thursday. RCMP say that the male hiker was reported missing to Banff National Park Dispatch by another hiking party at approximately 7 p.m. on Thursday. Parks Canada Visitor Safety immediately responded by helicopter, but the hiker was…
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Albertans now have a new guide and website to consult if they need guidance in supporting people living with dementia. The ‘dementia friendly communities’ guide was unveiled by the Brenda Strafford Foundation Friday in Calgary. The provincial government helped fund the project with a $200,000 grant. Navjot Virk, who is with the Brenda Strafford Foundation,…
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government is eliminating more exemptions to a free-trade agreement between provinces. Kenney announced during a speech to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Saint John, N.B., on Saturday that Alberta will remove eight of 14 remaining exceptions to the Canadian Free Trade Agreement. Kenney says it will move Alberta from…
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A former Somali refugee and foster child who is facing deportation will be released from the Edmonton Remand Centre where he has been held since March and will be heading to a treatment centre. Abdilahi Elmi had been scheduled for deportation in August because of his criminal record, until the UN petitioned Canada to delay his departure.…
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