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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.
Alberta preparing to send water bombers, helicopters to help fight Los Angeles wildfire
Alberta is preparing to send water bombers, night-vision helicopters and incident command team support to help battle wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles.
Appeal Court upholds guilty verdict of Alberta man in killing of estranged wife
The Court of Appeal of Alberta says a trial judge made no errors when he convicted Robert Dean Clifford last year of second-degree murder in the death of 31-year-old Nichole McKeith.