Canadian Armed Forces member deployed in Latvia missing, says DND | Shopping the 'vicious compliance section': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban | Danielle Smith dwells on graphics, not words, as Alberta retools book ban policy
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Canadian Armed Forces member deployed in Latvia missing, says DND; The Department of National Defence says an investigation and search efforts are ongoing\.

Canadian Armed Forces member deployed in Latvia missing, says DND

September 4 , 2025 at 02:49:24 p.m. MDT • :

A Canadian Armed Forces member deployed in Latvia has been reported missing since Tuesday, and the Department of National Defence says an investigation and search efforts are ongoing.
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Shopping the 'vicious compliance section': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban; Alberta book stores are reporting a spike in sales as the provincial government institutes a ban on school books with explicit content\.

Shopping the 'vicious compliance section': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban

September 4 , 2025 at 08:08:16 a.m. MDT • :

An Alberta government order banning some books from school libraries doesn't appear to be deterring people from reading them, say managers at several bookstores.
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Danielle Smith dwells on graphics, not words, as Alberta retools book ban policy; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to media prior to the First Minister's Meeting in Saskatoon in June 2025\. This week, Smith's government declared a pause on a two-months-old book restriction policy\.

Danielle Smith dwells on graphics, not words, as Alberta retools book ban policy

September 4 , 2025 at 03:48:04 p.m. MDT • :

Government's response to Edmonton school board's proposed banned list may limit the targeted books, but not the debate.
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Law Society of Alberta disbars Calgary lawyers Jay Cameron, John Carpay; Jay Cameron, left, and John Carpay, right, were both disbarred by the Law Society of Alberta for professional misconduct after the pair hired a private investigator in 2021 to follow a Manitoba judge\.

Law Society of Alberta disbars Calgary lawyers Jay Cameron, John Carpay

September 3 , 2025 at 11:46:26 a.m. MDT • :

The two Calgary lawyers who hired a private investigator to follow and photograph a Manitoba judge in hopes of catching him breaching COVID-19 public health restrictions have been disbarred by the Law Society of Alberta, which found their professional misconduct amounted to "an attack on judicial independence."
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Edmonton man charged with first-degree murder after woman found shot in SUV; Priscilla McGreer, a local writer and college educator, was found dead inside a vehicle in downtown Edmonton Saturday morning, suffering from fatal gunshot wounds\.

Edmonton man charged with first-degree murder after woman found shot in SUV

September 2 , 2025 at 07:58:49 a.m. MDT • :

Police have charged a 42-year-old man with first-degree murder in the death of a woman who was found shot to death in downtown Edmonton over the weekend.
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Alberta girl awarded damages in lawsuit over infection leading to quadruple amputation; A Grande Prairie girl, identified in a court decision as KB, had to undergo a quadruple amputation as a baby due to complications of a bacterial infection\.  

September 3 , 2025 at 06:17:29 a.m. MDT • :

Alberta girl awarded damages in lawsuit over infection leading to quadruple amputation

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Head of new Major Projects Office to make north of $577K; Former TransAlta Corp\. CEO Dawn Farrell speaks at the company's annual general meeting in 2014\. Farrell was tapped by Prime Minister Mark Carney to head the government's new Major Projects Office in Calgary\.  

September 4 , 2025 at 03:21:02 p.m. MDT • :

Head of new Major Projects Office to make north of $577K

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Strike averted as Alberta government workers approve mediated deal; AUPE members opted to ratify new collective agreement with the government of Alberta Wednesday\. AUPE president Guy Smith said it's been a difficult process and members had to weigh tough choices\.  

September 3 , 2025 at 05:58:56 p.m. MDT • :

Strike averted as Alberta government workers approve mediated deal

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Why Trans Mountain wants to expand when the oil pipeline isn't even full; Trans Mountain is moving quicker to increase the amount of oil its pipeline system can transport from Alberta to British Columbia's coast\.  

September 4 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Why Trans Mountain wants to expand when the oil pipeline isn't even full

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Alberta teachers and families in holding pattern as potential strike looms; Still no word on whether Alberta teachers will strike or be locked out  

September 3 , 2025 at 06:59:31 p.m. MDT • :

Alberta teachers and families in holding pattern as potential strike looms

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