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VANCOUVER — It started with a voice mail demanding payment of some kind, then a series of missed phone calls, later came the gun shots targeting the home of a Metro Vancouver business owner whose family and community are now gripped with fear.

CALGARY — At Cypress Mountain ski resort, director of operations Jeremy Wentzel has been eagerly waiting for a chance to fire up the snow guns.

CALGARY — Precision Drilling Corp. says its long-term debt reduction target is on track and it met its 2023 goal by shedding $152 million of debt.

Alberta Wildfire says it saw an average number of wildfires last year, but the area burned across the province set a record. The province saw a total of 1,088 wildfires that burned about 22,000 square kilometres from March 1 to Oct. 31.

EDMONTON — Police in Edmonton say they have charged three people after a toddler ingested street drugs and died in September.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks released veteran American defensive back Aaron Grymes on Thursday. Grymes spent eight seasons (2013-15, 2017-18, 2021-23) with Edmonton.

CALGARY — Parkland Corp.'s largest shareholder no longer has a seat on the fuel retailer's board after the recent resignations of two board members. The Calgary-based company announced on Dec.

CALGARY — Defenceman Oliver Kylington has taken a step closer to rejoining the Calgary Flames. The NHL club said Thursday that Kylington has been assigned to the American Hockey League's Calgary Wranglers for conditioning.

CALGARY — Police say one person is dead and two others injured after a home invasion in Calgary. They say officers were called Thursday morning to a house in the city's northwest for reports of a home invasion.

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