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“It is so competitive now. The HR people are responsible for rate of pay but they have been asking management and ownership more and more about paying more. Now, they are coming back to us and jobs that were paying $18 [per hour] are paying $20 or $21. It is definitely going upwards.”

A quarter of the 5.5 per cent increase in continuing care accommodation rates this year will be covered by a $10.4 million cash infusion from the provincial government. NDP health critic Lori Sigurdson said it is only a temporary solution.

Nineteen former conservative legislature members say they support Kenney ahead of the leadership vote.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw was occupied with court testimony so Wednesday's regular update expected to take place Thursday.

Republicans are resurrecting the long-dead Keystone XL pipeline expansion in an effort to blame President Joe Biden for soaring gasoline prices.

A renowned addictions treatment training centre in Northern Alberta wants the federal government to help it move its headquarters off unmarked residential school graves.

“These guys are in danger, but they are really, really cryptic and hard to study,” said Barb Johnston, the species at risk biologist overseeing the black swift project in Banff National Park.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's television show, which he also starred in and is being described as life imitating art, is streaming on visiontv.ca for Canadian views to watch (with subtitles).

Calgary police say they have charged a youth with second-degree murder in the death of a teen whose body was found in a suburban greenspace last week.