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PHOTOS: Jasper students show off costumes in Halloween Parade

PHOTOS: Jasper students show off costumes in Halloween Parade

PHOTOS: Jasper students show off costumes in Halloween Parade
Trial of accused rapist Richard Mantha delayed to 2025

Trial of accused rapist Richard Mantha delayed to 2025

This is the second time Richard Mantha's trial, in which he faces charges of sexual assault and kidnapping among others, has been pushed back. The initial trial started in January 2024.
Edmonton police investigate vandalism, mischief at church

Edmonton police investigate vandalism, mischief at church

Police say vandalism and mischief at a Catholic church in central Edmonton has made parishioners and neighbours feel unsafe.
Oil and gas labour shortages still a challenge in Northeastern Alberta

Oil and gas labour shortages still a challenge in Northeastern Alberta

While the unemployment rate in the oil and gas industry does not look as dire as last year, labour remains a big and real concern for companies operating in the Bonnyville area.
Haribo Tangfastic candies recalled in Alberta over wood

Haribo Tangfastic candies recalled in Alberta over wood

Haribo gummy candies recalled in Alberta.
Conflicting messages hide province’s policing plans from rural Albertans — NDP

Conflicting messages hide province’s policing plans from rural Albertans — NDP

Albertans —“especially rural Albertans” — deserve clarity about the province’s policing plans after contradictory UCP statements, the NDP’s public safety and emergency services critic told the legislative assembly Oct. 28.
Scientists isolate Canada's most genetically lonely animal

Scientists isolate Canada's most genetically lonely animal

Far from a moose, beaver, or polar bear, a recent study published in the journal The Canadian Field-Naturalist has found the country’s most evolutionarily distinct Canadian animal is the spiny softshell turtle, otherwise known as Apalone spinifera. 
Five things for parents to think about when helping their child buy a home

Five things for parents to think about when helping their child buy a home

Five things to think about if you're considering gifting money to your child to help buy a home.
Piikani Nation hunts first bison in Banff in 150 years

Piikani Nation hunts first bison in Banff in 150 years

Piikani hunters shot and killed a young male bison within the boundaries of Banff National Park on Oct. 9 in the first traditional bison hunt in the area in 150 years.
UCP highlights strength and charity Albertans showed during wildfire season

UCP highlights strength and charity Albertans showed during wildfire season

Albertans stepped up during a wildfire season that put provincial resources to the test but nonetheless decimated Jasper municipality, the legislature heard Oct. 28.
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