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Alberta's 2022 budget comes with good news for small communities says president of Rural Municipalities of Alberta, including infrastructure and doctor and nurse recruitment and retention funding.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Alberta teams posted victories Friday night in front of a supportive home crowd as fans returned to the Tim Hortons Brier for the first time in two years.

Even if they are not mandatory, Dr. Theresa Tam says face masks should be kept on hand.

Federal Conservative leadership hopefuls have until April 19 to declare they are in the running. Find out who has already said they are in, who is out and who may be in the running.

The chief executive of MEG Energy Corp. sees "tremendous demand" for Alberta oil due to the war in Ukraine and a European energy crisis.

Four athletes set to compete at the Tim Hortons Brier have yet to make the trip to Lethbridge, Alta., after testing positive for COVID-19 on their pre-departure PCR tests, Curling Canada said Friday in a statement.

"I’m grateful [Alpine Canada] was able to help us get home." ~ Kris Mahler, Canmore skier who fled Russia.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government is working to provide financial relief to consumers being hammered by high gas prices at the pump.

“If the UCP was serious about protecting our drinking water and downstream jobs, they would enshrine a ban in legislation,” said the NDP critic for energy after an announcement from the provincial government on coal projects along the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountain.

Canada's decision to welcome an unlimited number of Ukrainians to Canada on a temporary basis marks a positive and hopefully permanent change to the way the country handles major crises around the world, the Canadian Council for Refugees say.