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What's behind Alberta's startling reversal of fortune? Hint: It's oil prices (Thu, 02 Dec 2021)
Despite the rhetoric around diversification and prudent fiscal planning, Alberta remains firmly on the resource revenue roller-coaster (wheee!) with no clear plan (or even a sketch of one) to get off, writes economist Trevor Tombe.
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New COVID-testing rules just 'one more hit' for pandemic-weary travel industry (Thu, 02 Dec 2021)
After more than a year of cancelled plans and delayed trips, COVID-weary travellers and those in the tourism industry have been thrown for yet another loop as the federal government implemented new travel rules this week designed to slow the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant.
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City goes back on plan, now providing COVID test kits to unvaccinated employees (Wed, 01 Dec 2021)
The Calgary Police Service's decision to provide free COVID test kits to unvaccinated employees has forced the City of Calgary to also continue the service, says the mayor.
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Booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be available to all adult Albertans (Wed, 01 Dec 2021)
Wednesday's announcement is "another important milestone in the pandemic response," said Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health.
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Avalanche risk near Lake Louise prompts highway closures (Wed, 01 Dec 2021)
The closure of parts of Highway 93 is expected to continue into Thursday.
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