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Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta's controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author's novel "The Handmaid's Tale" was yanked from some shelves due to the p

Chris Daniel has been an athlete all his life. A swimmer and ironman runner, Daniel was inspired by the book 'Younger Net Year' to train his body so well that he could flatline the human ageing process.

Dayley Reimer, who trains with Rachel Andres of Olds, Alberta, won bronze in Javelin in the rain during the Canada Summer Games in Newfoundland on Tuesday with a throw of 42.14 metres

Danielle Smith cited issues with Alberta's current cards, saying patients' information at one hospital may not be automatically available at another. That would no longer be a problem with the app.

ATA President Jason Schilling hopes to see a negotiated settlement that doesn't involve any kind of job action. 

The lists of the books to be removed was leaked and widely shared online Thursday, and the school division verified the list Friday morning.

Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says the Alberta Teachers' Association is to blame and that the union is "playing politics" with children.

The federal government said that instead of replacing a provision, the official languages bill replaced the privacy provision instead.

Alberta residents are showing interest in signing the Forever Canadian Petition, aimed at keeping Alberta within Canada.

The defecit represents a massive multibillion-dollar swing in Alberta's financial fortunes, as it is coming off an $8.3-billion surplus the year prior.