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Vacationers searching for answers after finding chewed mattress, missing toilet seats at resort
CBC News spoke to multiple people who booked recent stays at the Grand Memories Varadero through various vacation sites. They all detailed similar experiences with unsanitary rooms, missing items and broken amenities.
AISH caseloads have ballooned over the past decade. What's driving that?
That steady rise in people receiving benefits through the province’s Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) program hit 75,554 in October.
Province preparing audit plan for medical clinics charging membership fees
Alberta's government is preparing an audit plan to investigate potential health policy breaches by medical clinics charging membership fees for services.
It's time to consider a new name, group of Alberta NDP supporters tells the party
A new political organization founded by members of the Alberta NDP faithful says it’s time to consider a rebrand if they want to win the next election.
Alberta, Montana ask feds for extended hours at border crossing
Alberta's provincial government and the State of Montana have joined forces to ask for changes to a border crossing between the two jurisdictions — a request the Canadian government doesn't have an answer for right now.
Alberta's energy path central to Canada's economic health, Trudeau tells business delegation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the future health of Canada’s economy hinges largely on how well Alberta adapts to changes in the energy landscape.
Coal mining company applies for new drilling permit in Grassy Mountain deposit
Northback Holdings Corporation has submitted fresh applications seeking permission to mine steel-making coal from the Grassy Mountain deposit, located a few kilometres north of Blairmore, Alta., in the Crowsnest Pass.
Quarantine hotel co-owner misappropriated almost $16M of public funds, lawsuit alleges
The man who oversaw the Westin Calgary Airport hotel's time as a COVID-19 quarantine facility is being sued for allegedly misappropriating nearly $16 million in federal funds. Sukhminder Rai denies allegations, calling them "sensational and false."
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The housing crisis is leaving Ukrainian evacuees homeless in Calgary. Here's why
Chronic underfunding and a national housing crisis are leaving many newcomers homeless or in precarious housing in Calgary.
Augmenting existing law enforcement key to minister's mandate, but provincial police force left off list
Alberta’s premier has handed her minister of public safety an extensive list of adjustments to make in law enforcement in the province, but developing a provincial police force was removed from that agenda.