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Alberta organizations receive $7.3 million to advance gender equality

Alberta organizations receive $7.3 million to advance gender equality

Alberta-based organizations working to build gender equality and eliminate gender-based violence are getting a major funding boost from the federal government
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These 10 places have the fastest rising rents in Alberta

These 10 places have the fastest rising rents in Alberta

Average rent in many municipalities far outpaced general rate of inflation
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Cochrane one of the ten communities that made up half of RCMP overdose response calls

Cochrane one of the ten communities that made up half of RCMP overdose response calls

Alberta RCMP responded to twice as many suspected drug overdoses between January and November of 2023 than in all of 2022.
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Video-calls and robots bring medical specialists to rural Alberta

Video-calls and robots bring medical specialists to rural Alberta

To see a specialist, patients in rural Alberta often need to travel at their own expense to a major city. Starting next year, researchers from the University of Alberta will be bringing more specialists to remote clinics through innovative use of video-technology and robotics.
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Updated threatened species list highlights freshwater fish decline

Updated threatened species list highlights freshwater fish decline

The recently updated Red List of Threatened Species, released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, now includes 157,190 species, up from 128,918 species recorded in the 2020 report.
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Alberta clean tech companies ready for new emissions rules

Alberta clean tech companies ready for new emissions rules

Alberta firms well-positioned to expand as standards come into effect
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Alberta municipalities say new funding framework doesn't meet needs

Alberta municipalities say new funding framework doesn't meet needs

Leaders of local governments worry that the changes in Provincial infrastructure funding fail to capture the burden of costs in rural areas and will actually reduce funding for some communities.
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Prime land in Alberta is being lost to rural sprawl

Prime land in Alberta is being lost to rural sprawl

Annexation is leading to sprawl and land fragmentation throughout Alberta, and it’s not just the big cities that are to blame.
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Alberta's rural patients missing out on cancer clinical trials: study

Alberta's rural patients missing out on cancer clinical trials: study

Clinical trials can deliver life-saving treatment to people, but a study shows patients in rural and remote Canada are rarely included in this research.
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Canada middle of the pack for child poverty among rich nations

Canada middle of the pack for child poverty among rich nations

In Alberta, 16 per cent of children are living in poverty
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