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Meanwhile, the Catholic Church's role in the government-funded, church-operated institutions has renewed calls for the Vatican to apologize and contribute financially to Indigenous healing programs. 

Okotoks Mark Sutherland questions reasoning for stopping 2021 Rangeland Derby

The orphaned cubs, a male and a female, were relocated by wildlife specialists into a remote backcountry area within their mother’s traditional home range, which included parts of Banff and Yoho national parks.

The arrival of more Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna shots comes after Health Canada's Saturday decision to extend the expiry date of tens of thousands of AstraZeneca doses by one month.

Bear attacks are infrequent in Alberta, rarely totalling more than one a year, although there were three in 2005.

Parks Canada confirmed two people have died in an avalanche on the Banff and Jasper national parks border.

The slab avalanche occurred Sunday morning on Mount Andromeda in the Columbia Icefield.

Due to the "unusually large number of bears still in the area, residents are urged to observe bear safety rules, guidelines"

The Justice Centre, a Canadian legal organization, says that three of its lawyers representing Stephens discovered that AHS never served the pastor with the court order he was accused of having violated.

"Given the size of the school, with up to 500 students registered and attending at any one time, we understand that this confirmed loss affects First Nations communities across British Columbia and beyond."