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'I told him farewell. We talked about hockey': Wilton Littlechild's friendship with the Pope
Wilton Littlechild, a residential school survivor and former commissioner for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, says Francis was a friend and ally to Indigenous peoples.
Want to adopt a porta-potty? Edmonton Fringe festival campaign flush with donors
One of North America's largest Fringe festivals says a new fundraising campaign that lets donors "adopt" and then name a portable toilet has helped prevent the event from getting dumped.
A test of might: Competitors to battle it out for the title of Alberta's strongest man
Twelve large men will spend Saturday in Red Deer, Alta., lifting and tossing circus dumbbells, beer kegs, boulders and a steel block full of weights — all as part of Alberta's inaugural Strongest Man competition.
'There's no Canadian dream': Meet some who want Canada to become the 51st U.S. state
An Angus Reid Institute poll suggests one in 10 Canadians would vote to join the U.S., if there were a referendum in this country to become the 51st state.
Man convicted of killing Indigenous woman in northern Alberta gets prison release
Grant Sneesby, 74, was granted statutory release from prison earlier this month. He was convicted for the death of Gloria Gladue, a 44-year-old woman whose remains were found in rural Manitoba in 2018 — almost three years after she was last seen in northern Alberta.
Paneer after sunset: Halal restaurants in Canada extend late-night hours for Ramadan
As Ramadan begins Friday, food blogger Imran Kayesh is excited that more restaurants across Canada are set to stay open longer or open earlier each day throughout the next month.
'Absurd and surreal': Trump's comments on war hurt Ukrainians in Vegreville, Alta.
Some Vegreville, Alta., residents are upset about comments U.S. President Donald Trump recently made about the war in Ukraine, including that Ukraine instigated the conflict.
Researchers celebrate women in STEM this week, but 'still a long way to go'
Some Alberta scientists will be marking the International Day of Women in Science in various ways this week, but all to remind young women they can do great things in male-dominated STEM fields.
Police are cracking down on fentanyl in Canada but say it has nothing to do with Trump
Efforts to break up crime syndicates precede threats from the U.S. president, investigators taking down drug labs in Western Canada say.
Alberta's plans to control wild horse population not backed by science, advocates say
The Alberta government announced plans to control the wild horse population, but wildlife advocates say the proposed measures aren't backed by science, have an arbitrary population threshold and are designed to appease the cattle industry.