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Healing in the alpine: photographer shows therapeutic story in Canmore

Healing in the alpine: photographer shows therapeutic story in Canmore

“When we are on a ridge, tears are going down my cheeks … and I never loved photography this much,” said Lemermeyer.
Large-scale Canmore residential project moves ahead

Large-scale Canmore residential project moves ahead

A 239-unit residential project in The Gateway commercial area will move ahead after a month postponement to negotiate more affordable housing saw the number of vital homes climb from four to nine.
Child killer Allan Schoenborn on wait list for program requiring discharge from hospital

Child killer Allan Schoenborn on wait list for program requiring discharge from hospital

Allan Dwayne Schoenborn — a.k.a. Ken John Johnson — is on a wait list to be accepted into a transitionary care program that necessitates his release from the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam; until then, Schoenborn must have his unescorted community leaves re-approved by the BC Review Board.
Town of Athabasca buys electric truck and residents aren't pleased

Town of Athabasca buys electric truck and residents aren't pleased

Facebook announcement generated significant negative feedback for municipality
Alberta town approves emotional support livestock pilot project

Alberta town approves emotional support livestock pilot project

Want an emotional support goat? Miniature horse? A town south of Calgary is doing a one-year pilot for emotional support livestock.
Did you know young girls are often lured into human trafficking by 'boyfriends'?

Did you know young girls are often lured into human trafficking by 'boyfriends'?

Victims dissatisfied with their life are vulnerable to the deceptive “boyfriend’s” promises of a better life, love and protection.
Discharging untreated sewage, garbage, cat feces, garbage gets Alberta house shut down

Discharging untreated sewage, garbage, cat feces, garbage gets Alberta house shut down

AHS shuts down home east of Airdrie due to water damage from sewage back ups, garbage and mould growing in the home.
Cannabis edges out alcohol as the most common impairing substance: driver study

Cannabis edges out alcohol as the most common impairing substance: driver study

"Driving after cannabis use appears to be an emerging problem in Canada and may now be more common than driving after drinking alcohol," the study says.
Hinton sounding alarm over health-care worker shortage

Hinton sounding alarm over health-care worker shortage

In Hinton, the number of local doctors has gone from 15 to just eight over the past five years, with many of the remaining doctors not working full-time hours.
Volker Stevin and supervisor fined $546,000 for workplace death

Volker Stevin and supervisor fined $546,000 for workplace death

Habtom Abraha was struck by a truck driven by his supervisor, Micheal O’Neill, and killed in late 2019, while conducting a routine inspection of a storm drain catch basin on a residential street in Airdrie. 
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