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An Alberta-wide warrant has been issued for Mackenzie Dawn Hardy and efforts are being made to extend it Canada-wide.

Government data shows close to 80 per cent of Alberta's total cases have been reported in children, including 157 in those under the age of five.

The meeting between the group's finance ministers and central bank governors in the Rocky Mountains is a prelude to the G7 leaders summit in June in nearby Kananaskis, Alta.

Alberta has lost a total of 52 community newspapers since 2008, according to data from the Local News Research Project, including 30 that have closed since 2018.

Danielle Smith said the meeting is taking place at a "critical moment" for Alberta, in the wake of last month's federal election. She said she plans to advocate for new pipelines.

The province says all but two of the new cases of the highly contagious disease are in southern Alberta, the area that has seen about 70 per cent of all cases.

The province will be investing $8.5 million this year into the Housing Benefit for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence. This program helps survivors of gender-based violence find a safe and stable home while they work to rebuild their lives.

Dr. Jonathan Somerville encourages parents to vaccinate children against measles as infections reach numbers not seen in decades

The annual pace of inflation cooled to 1.7 per cent last month, down from 2.3 per cent in March, the agency said. That’s a little higher than the 1.6 per cent expected by a poll of economists.

As Allied military equipment rumbled past cheering crowds, Canada seared itself into the collective soul of the Netherlands 80 years ago.