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Tips for saving at the grocery store as food inflation in Canada continues to soar

Tips for saving at the grocery store as food inflation in Canada continues to soar

Jim Dandy reads the grocery store flyers every week. It's a habit the 79-year-old retiree picked up in childhood and continued while raising three children during law school.
Ex-Reform leader Preston Manning picked to chair review of Alberta's COVID response

Ex-Reform leader Preston Manning picked to chair review of Alberta's COVID response

Premier Danielle Smith has struck a committee to investigate how the Alberta government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has appointed former Reform Party leader Preston Manning to chair it.
Looking to insure your engagement ring? Review your home policy first

Looking to insure your engagement ring? Review your home policy first

Diamonds may be forever, but most know all it takes is an errant slip or a forgetful wearer for wedding and engagement rings to end up lost for good.
Debt worries rise amid higher interest rates and persistent inflation: MNP report

Debt worries rise amid higher interest rates and persistent inflation: MNP report

A new report suggests Canadians' worries about debt are rising amid higher interest rates and persistent inflation.
50 guests or less: Couples opt for micro-weddings amid inflation

50 guests or less: Couples opt for micro-weddings amid inflation

Danielle Woodcock was planning her wedding when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, delaying and eventually cancelling her big day. By the time she revisited it in 2021, she had decided to go in a different direction – a micro-wedding.
Newly restored house in Pompeii offers glimpse of elite life

Newly restored house in Pompeii offers glimpse of elite life

The newly restored remains of an opulent house in Pompeii that likely belonged to two former slaves who became rich through the wine trade offer visitors an exceptional peek at details of domestic life in the doomed Roman city.
Smith says she urged minister to consider whether COVID prosecutions could succeed

Smith says she urged minister to consider whether COVID prosecutions could succeed

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has delivered a third version of what she discussed with justice officials over how to handle the prosecution of people charged with breaking COVID-19 health rules.
Albertans who regularly visit Moraine Lake say move to restrict vehicles was overdue

Albertans who regularly visit Moraine Lake say move to restrict vehicles was overdue

Some Albertans who regularly bike, climb, hike or take photographs at Moraine Lake in Banff National Park say a decision by Parks Canada to restrict personal vehicles on its access road was long overdue.
UCalgary Outdoor Centre offers tips to minimize travel risk in wake of backcountry avalanche warnings

UCalgary Outdoor Centre offers tips to minimize travel risk in wake of backcountry avalanche warnings

Dangerous conditions expected to persist through 2023 winter season; practise caution and choose conservative terrain
Alberta NDP: 'A lot of lying going on' about premier's role in COVID-19 prosecutions

Alberta NDP: 'A lot of lying going on' about premier's role in COVID-19 prosecutions

Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violations.