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Canadians can expect to pay more at the pump as Russia's attack on Ukraine puts even greater pressure on an already surging oil price environment. Roger McKnight, chief petroleum analyst at En-Pro International Inc.

The Province announced it will increase health operating expenses by 2.4 per cent, or $515 million, from the 2021 budget.

“There is no doubt rising energy prices have improved the balance sheet and the bottom line," Alberta Minister of Finance Travis Toews said Thursday.

‘There are many here in Alberta and in Canada, who think that we could this is some distant conflict in which we have no interest and which we should ignore – that would be a terrible mistake, because aggression invites more aggression, and destabilization of the world order is what Vladimir Putin has always benefited from,’ said Premier Jason Kenney on Feb. 23, hours before Russian’s military advancement into the Ukraine.

The golden girl factor - female friendships, whether forged in childhood or found in later decades, are critical to health and well-being.

A 112-year-old heritage house should not be demolished says a Banff heritage group. Redevelopment could see the Queen Anne style home in Banff's downtown destroyed.

It's budget day in Alberta, and Premier Jason Kenney says there will be a massive infusion of money for the health-care system.

The Canadian government has signed an agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to procure 100,000 doses of a COVID-19 antibody therapy that's still under review by Health Canada.

At a COVID 19 update press conference Feb. 23, Health Minister Jason Copping said surgical volume is at 95 per cent, and cancer treatment is returning to pre-pandemic levels.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government can revoke the Emergencies Act now that the crisis in Ottawa and at Canada's border crossings has calmed down.