Bill Graveland
Bill Graveland is a Calgary-based reporter for The Canadian Press.
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Alberta government offers blueprint to help businesses support workers in recovery
The province and the Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence released a document with ideas to help people dealing with addiction who are struggling in their workplace.
Canada -Calgary |
One Alberta man gets jail, another community time for 2022 Coutts border protest
Marco Van Huigenbos was sentenced to four months in jail and Gerhard (George) Janzen received a three-month sentence to be served in the community.
Canada -Calgary |
Crown seeks jail time for pair convicted of mischief at Coutts border blockade
Two men who became the faces of a protest at a key Alberta border crossing in 2022 need to do jail time to send a message that actions have consequences, a Crown prosecutor told court Thursday.
Canada -Calgary |
'Kids get traumatized': Calgary research looks to reduce stress in family law cases
The University of Calgary is embarking on a research project to remedy the long-standing concern that, for families, there is very little that's civil about civil courts.
Canada -Calgary |
It was Grandma, in the café with a Scrabble tile: Game cafés are big holiday business
It's the holidays, which means for many across the Prairies, there's no better time to get locked in a dungeon with a dragon.
Canada -Calgary |
British departure means uncertain future for Alberta's massive Suffield military base
A sprawling military training base more than twice the size of New York City in southeastern Alberta appears to be a shadow of its former self while its future use remains up in the air.
Canada -Calgary |
Calgary airport still rebuilding from summer hailstorm but ready for holiday rush
The Calgary International Airport is gearing up for a record travel season, but the effects of a devastating summer hailstorm linger.
Canada -Calgary |
Work underway in Alberta town to restore one of last remaining Quonset-style theatres
The historic Roxy Theatre in the Crowsnest Pass hasn't been open for 20 years, but there is hope the theatre in downtown Coleman, Alta., built in 1948 can be restored to its original glory.
Canada -Calgary |
'A pretty cool idea': Documentary series to follow Straschnitzki's basketball dreams
Former Humboldt Bronco hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki has an entourage these days — complete with cameras and microphones — now that he's changed his path to the Paralympics from the ice to the hardwood.
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Alberta RCMP lay sex trafficking charges against Cochrane man
A 47-year-old man in southern Alberta is facing human trafficking charges among other offences dating back two decades.
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