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Downtown Westlock took on a festival atmosphere for June 27 event

The federal agency released its quarterly population estimates today, showing Canada continues to grow rapidly.

The two publishers say the proposed deal, which is yet to be finalized, is a bid to create greater scale so they can respond to the "existential threat" facing the media industry.

According to Fox, SavageFest teamed up with the Rodeo Society because the land where they previously held their festival was sold in 2022.

In 2021, severe weather caused $2.1 billion in insured damages, which does not include costs related to public infrastructure or uninsured private losses.

The latest provincial data released Monday shows 179 people died from drug poisoning in April, the highest number in a single month.  

NASA says that air quality in Europe has not deteriorated to the extent seen in Canada because of the height of the smoke in the atmosphere.

The audits did find some administrative requirements and procedures were not consistently followed, which reaffirms preliminary findings published in March.

A St. Albert man facing a dozen drug- and gun-related charges stemming from a 2021 arrest recently had his case dismissed after a judge ruled RCMP officers breached the man's Charter-protected privacy rights three separate times.

The central bank will have a few more data releases to consider before its next rate decision, including a jobs report and a reading on real gross domestic product.