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Canada wildfires force shutdown of oil and gas production
Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and oil production has fallen amid early season wildfires in Canada's Alberta province. Within days, 90 blazes were seen burning across the region, with 23 considered out of control.
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Canada Mulls $7 Million Fine for Illegal Bitcoin-Mining Power Plant
Albertan authorities said the plant was operating in secret
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Alberta men to walk 3,800 km to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls | CBC News
Three Indigenous men are walking from Alberta to Ottawa to raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and to acknowledge the remains of children continuing to be discovered at residential school sites.
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Alberta bans social gatherings with $1,000 fines for non-compliance as COVID-19 cases continue to rise
The Alberta government has banned indoor private gatherings, introduced new restrictions on businesses, and will be moving older students to online learning as part of sweeping new COVID-19 measures. Declaring a state of public health emergency, Premier Jason Kenney said the province will consider taking more drastic measures if the mandatory measures do not reduce the rate of transmission, which is currently 1.12, to below one over the next three weeks.
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Melting glaciers will bring instability to more than 1 million Albertans' water supply
A first of its kind study from the University of British Columbia has found that melting glaciers will bring water shortages to one in four people living in Alberta.
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Greta Thunberg Mocks Alberta Minister Who Said COVID-19 Is a ‘Great Time’ For Pipelines
On a recent podcast appearance, Alberta’s energy minister decided to say the quiet part loud. “Now is a great time to be building a pipeline because you can’t have protests of more than 15 people,” Sonya Savage said to the hosts of the CAODC Podcast. “Let’s get it built.” Climate activist Greta Thunberg commented on the statements on Twitter Tuesday morning, writing, “well, at least we are seeing some honesty for once... Unfortunately this (is) how large parts of the world are run.”
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How Alberta completely eradicated rats from the province by declaring war on rodent hordes
The result is that Alberta is a magical land where rats never destroy vegetable gardens and nobody gets diseased from rat droppings in their attic
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Canada's largest solar farm gets approval for southern Alberta
A Calgary-based company has received regulatory approval to build a massive solar farm, the largest facility of its type in Canada, in southern Alberta. Greengate Power Corp., which has already developed close to 600 MW of wind power projects in Alberta and Ontario, plans to begin construction on its Travers Solar project in 2020. The $500-million project will be located on 1,900 hectares of grazing land near the village of Lomond in Vulcan County. It’s projected to generate 400 MW of electricity, making it one of the world’s largest operating solar energy projects.
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Greta Thunberg calls for climate action in Canada's oil heartland
Thunberg's speech to thousands of protesters was punctuated by a counterrally organized by a pro-oil group. Thunberg's visit comes days before an election in which climate change promises to be a contentious issue.
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Why engineers in Alberta think they've found a way for the oilsands to produce clean fuel
As the world reaches for cleaner energy, hydrogen has long been viewed with a lot of hope. Often called the fuel of the future, the gas can be used to generate electricity and power vehicles. It produces water — not carbon — when burned.
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Great ball of fire: Edmonton region lights up with reports of meteor
A fireball blazing across the sky was captured by doorbell and dash cameras in the Edmonton region late Saturday. Many people took to social media, posting photos and videos of the mysterious bright object in the sky, speculating that it appeared to be a meteor.
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$10M first-of-its-kind geothermal pilot project underway in Alberta
A $10-million geothermal project under construction in central Alberta is being hailed as a "game-changer" because it doesn't need to use fracking or water and creates no greenhouse gas emissions. Alberta Infrastructure Minister Prasad Panda called the pilot project a "game-changer" after visiting its site near Rocky Mountain House on Wednesday.
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'Speed camera ahead': Google Maps add photo radar warnings for drivers
Drivers using Google Maps are getting a last-minute warning as they approach some photo radar camera locations.
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Something mysterious is blocking vehicle key fobs from working in a small Alberta town
Key fobs that suddenly won't unlock vehicles. Cars that won't start. Alarms that go off for no reason. Something mysterious is thwarting drivers outside a grocery store in the small Alberta town of Carstairs — and it's sparking all kinds of theories.
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Alberta officials are signalling they have no idea how to clean up toxic oilsands tailings ponds
What is clear is that the technique is unproven, and by conditionally approving industry plans that include it, Alberta officials are signaling they still have no idea how they’re going to clean up the waste of the oilpatch. By Emma McIntosh, David Bruser.
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How much for the weed? That's the big question facing Alberta's newest industry
If your idea of buying weed is going to a dealer's apartment and shelling out for whatever is on hand, a new reality is fast approaching. Canadians will soon be able breeze into meticulous, brightly lit outlets that have more in common with Apple stores and wine shops than the dingy, old head shops of yesteryear. But as legalization nears, there's a key question still hanging out there: What's the price?
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Emotional classic car auction stuns family of young Red Deer couple killed in motorcycle crash
The family of Brent and Nicole Keryluke has been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support since the young couple died in a motorcycle crash. On Saturday, what happened at a car auction in Red Deer floored them.
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Inside Canada’s First-Ever Flat Earth Conference
We went to see what would happen when the world's most well-known flat earthers got together.
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McDonald’s in Alberta serves pregnant mom cleaning solution instead of a latte
Sarah Douglas says she was taking her son to a baseball tournament in Lethbridge when they stopped at the drive-through. When she took a sip of her drink, she knew something was wrong.
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Alberta man changes gender on government IDs for cheaper car insurance
He wanted a brand new car — a Chevrolet Cruze with all the trimmings. As a man in his early 20s, he knew his insurance costs would be high. So he became a woman, though only on paper.
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