Highlights

“It's not just taking care of your teeth and your gums, it's more taking care of your entire body as well."

Applications in all parts of province

"Governments might not be very good at creating wealth on their own, but they’re often very good at providing social services."

“The endangered species conservation committee must first review all available information and make a recommendation to the Minister of Environment and Parks,” said John Muir, a spokesperson for Alberta Environment and Parks.

However, the hefty price tag – estimated by budget officer Yves Giroux at $85 billion in 2021-22, rising to $93 billion in 2025-26 – is likely to reinforce Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's view that now is not the time to embark on a costly new program.

A long-time Airdrie resident who lost her son to an opioid overdose last fall is hoping to bring more awareness to the issues of mental health struggles and addiction among the city’s youth.

“The best (protection) is really the collective precautions of trying to avoid contact that seems to make the difference. The classic statement is ‘we're all in this together’ and if we're not together, then I think we're going to fail.”

Several doctors from Calgary and Edmonton say the new rules will not be enough to reduce the spread of the virus during the province's third wave.

"This series of events calls into question whether resource extraction in the Sturgeon River watershed is in the public interest."

Maybe you don't always agree on how taxes are spent or how the city reports spending in its annual reports, but one thing that we can all agree on is that everything the city does financially is golden, according to the GFOA.