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Alberta hasn't reported illnesses as cantaloupes recalled in five provinces due to risk of salmonella

Alberta hasn't reported illnesses as cantaloupes recalled in five provinces due to risk of salmonella

Several people are believed to have fallen ill from salmonella-contaminated cantaloupes, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday.
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Cold Lake using water testing to help unveil substance abuse trends

Cold Lake using water testing to help unveil substance abuse trends

“Ethyl sulfate will be tested for; this will indicate levels of alcohol. Cotinine will also be tested for; this will indicate levels of nicotine. As for the additional chemicals being tested for, they range from amphetamines to fentanyls, opiates, psychedelics, benzodiazapines and other pharmaceutical products.”  
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Pay your recent AHS parking tickets with toys until Dec. 15

Pay your recent AHS parking tickets with toys until Dec. 15

AHS has brought back its Toys for Tickets campaign which allows people with parking violations from AHS parking lots to have the ticket deemed paid with a donation of a toy over $25.
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Canadians can 'pack their suitcases' as India reopens online travel visa processing

Canadians can 'pack their suitcases' as India reopens online travel visa processing

OTTAWA — Nazir Karnai woke up on Wednesday to the news he's been waiting two months to hear: Canadians can apply online for tourist visas to India once again.
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Rising food insecurity especially challenging in rural areas

Rising food insecurity especially challenging in rural areas

About 22 per cent of Alberta families were food insecure in 2022, according to Statistics Canada
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Deceased male found at Lake Annette in Jasper

Deceased male found at Lake Annette in Jasper

The Lake Annette area in Jasper was closed on Tuesday, Nov. 21 after the body of a deceased male was discovered.
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Homeless transitional site in Northern Alberta town could be ready this week

Homeless transitional site in Northern Alberta town could be ready this week

Officials say internet and wifi issues need to be completed before new traditional living site in Lac La Biche opens
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Alberta government won't say if it will hold December in-person CPP-exit town halls

Alberta government won't say if it will hold December in-person CPP-exit town halls

EDMONTON — The Alberta government won’t confirm if it will follow through on its promise to meet with citizens face to face in December to discuss quitting the Canada Pension Plan.
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Statistics Canada says annual inflation rate slowed to 3.1% in October

Statistics Canada says annual inflation rate slowed to 3.1% in October

OTTAWA — The annual inflation rate in October cooled to its slowest pace since June as the price of gasoline tumbled compared with a spike higher a year earlier, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
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Northern Alberta grass fire destroys several outbuildings

Northern Alberta grass fire destroys several outbuildings

Seventeen firefighters needed to extinguish late night grass fire in Barrhead County.
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