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Channel Your Flannel

Channel Your Flannel

Ag for Life Launches Farmers in Flannel Photo Contest to celebrate farmers and a successful harvest.
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Snow, cold and COVID-19 precautions usher in early ski season in Western Canada

Snow, cold and COVID-19 precautions usher in early ski season in Western Canada

Two Banff National Park resorts have had their earliest openings on record
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Shell gives customers option to offset their carbon emissions for two cents per litre

Shell gives customers option to offset their carbon emissions for two cents per litre

The program offered through Shell's EasyPay app will be free of charge until the end of December
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Growing concern over our future economy

Growing concern over our future economy

After dragging the bottom for the past five years, the Alberta economy has not recovered
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Indoor sports, fitness classes, early bar closures in Alberta to fight COVID-19

Indoor sports, fitness classes, early bar closures in Alberta to fight COVID-19

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says indoor group sports and fitness classes in major centres will have to stop for a two-week period to try to slow a soaring rate of COVID-19 cases in the province.
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AISH recipients detail challenges affording basic necessities

AISH recipients detail challenges affording basic necessities

Heffel has been on AISH since she was 18. She has cerebral palsy and requires a walker to get around. It took her 10 to 15 years to find accessible housing that didn’t have bed bugs or mice. She said she is fortunate to receive subsidized housing, as that means she can afford vegetables.
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Transit lobby group says electrifying Canada's bus fleets needs $3 billion a year

Transit lobby group says electrifying Canada's bus fleets needs $3 billion a year

Buses powered by hydrogen fuel cells can cost upwards of $1.6 million each
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Another giant 'murder-hornet' with painful sting discovered in Lower Mainland

Another giant 'murder-hornet' with painful sting discovered in Lower Mainland

Disturbing a nest will put them on the attack. And a sting packs a mighty wallop.
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Canada-wide recall: This video doorbell poses 'fire and burn hazards'

Canada-wide recall: This video doorbell poses 'fire and burn hazards'

It has a battery that can overheat when the incorrect screws are used for installation, posing fire and burn hazards.
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Let a chickadee cheer you up this winter!

Let a chickadee cheer you up this winter!

Bird watching is a hobby that has taken off during COVID-19
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