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'We are asking them to show up': Why Air Canada's pilots are considering strike action

'We are asking them to show up': Why Air Canada's pilots are considering strike action

Air Canada pilots hope their employer will modernize the "stale and outdated" 10-year contract, says union.
Data shows evolving state of reproductive health care in Alberta

Data shows evolving state of reproductive health care in Alberta

The apparent increase in the rate of medical abortion indicated by provincial prescription data is a positive sign, “but we still have a way to go.”
As rail shutdown looms, business groups warn of dire consequences unless feds step in

As rail shutdown looms, business groups warn of dire consequences unless feds step in

Hours away from an unprecedented potential shutdown at the country's two biggest railways, business groups ratcheted up their pleas for Ottawa to step in.
Food for livestock worrying producers with midnight rail strike deadline

Food for livestock worrying producers with midnight rail strike deadline

While the lack of feed deliveries has huge repercussions for the livestock industry, one official is confident operations have been able to manage and mitigate their risk knowing this was coming.
Beiseker Fire Department remembers former colleague lost in Jasper fires

Beiseker Fire Department remembers former colleague lost in Jasper fires

“Morgan was the best of us, and deserves to be remembered for the life he lived and for the sacrifice he made to protect another town to which he owed nothing."
'Unacceptable': Business groups say rail stoppage would hit grain, groceries and more

'Unacceptable': Business groups say rail stoppage would hit grain, groceries and more

An impending labour stoppage on Canada's two national railways has riled industry groups who worry consumers and businesses will be hit hard if goods ranging from grains to french fries to petrochemicals can't be moved. Canadian National Railway Co.
Stranded Innisfail paddler rescued on Red Deer River

Stranded Innisfail paddler rescued on Red Deer River

Woman swept away on Red Deer River had to be saved by fire rescue Sunday
Northern Alberta man faces charges after firearm waived around at rodeo

Northern Alberta man faces charges after firearm waived around at rodeo

A 20-year-old man from Goodfish Lake is facing several firearms charges following an incident at the Kikino Rodeo on Aug. 17.
'Not the outcome we were hoping for:' SAR volunteer recounts mission near Nordegg

'Not the outcome we were hoping for:' SAR volunteer recounts mission near Nordegg

Alberta search and rescue volunteer talks about search leading up to discovery of a 55-year-old hiker in a creek near Nordegg.
Crown files notice, may appeal not-guilty verdicts in Coutts murder-conspiracy case

Crown files notice, may appeal not-guilty verdicts in Coutts murder-conspiracy case

Crown prosecutors in Alberta have given notice they plan to appeal the not-guilty verdicts given to two men arrested at the 2022 blockade at Coutts, Alta.
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