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Save more oil wealth, Alberta told
A commission struck to study the energy-rich province's savings strategy recommended yesterday that Alberta bulk up its Heritage Savings Trust Fund to safeguard its standard of living as revenues from the oil ...
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5 Minute Herald
Albertans who love rolling the dice are increasingly scratching their itch at casinos, playing table games and VLTs, and venturing into cyberspace for online gambling, reveals a sweeping new study about our ...
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Alberta, CA
Photo: Joel Ford REMO ZACCAGNA - Herald-Tribune staff In spite of a global economy that is teetering on the brink of recession, the fundamentals of Alberta's economy remain strong, Premier Ed Stelmach told a ...
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Campus notes
Seminar: A three-day national seminar on various aspects of Environmental History organised by the Postgraduate Department of History at the Union Christian College in Aluva will begin on Thursday.
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Fresh Tory faces bound for Ottawa
Four fresh faces from southern Alberta will take up spots in the Conservative government benches in Canada's next Parliament.
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Alberta a Tory haven, but for how long?
Only in the Conservative stronghold of Alberta could the Tories' biggest federal election hiccups come from absentee candidates, nomination battles and questions about whether their native son prime minister is ...
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Click for riding-by-riding coverage of Calgary area, national highlights, how Canada voted
Alberta, Quebec big winners So Calgary and Alberta went solidly Conservative again, and, as usual, we'll hear the cries that Albertans are stupid, undemocratic and live in a dictatorship.
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Albertans stand good chance for cabinet
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper's second consecutive minority government victory on Tuesday ensures that Alberta will have several seats at the cabinet table, with possibly a few new faces.
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'Zero, zippo' going on in Alberta federal election campaign
There are shifts underway in B.C., Quebec and Ontario, but in Alberta? Not so much.
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Getting to oil sands underscores reason for effort
It is an inescapable fact of the modern world that it takes a lot of energy to write about energy.
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Comments
It's the province this election forgot, suitable only for framing in campaign material where greenhouse gas belches into the deep blue prairie sky from oilsand production plants.
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SVCC students featured on First Lady's panel
A pair of Southside Virginia Community College students were part of the onstage panel discussion moderated by Virginia First Lady Anne Holton at the first annual Great Expectations Education Forum Saturday in ...
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West Nile strikes
A man in his thrities from the Chinook Health Region has become the first Albertan to contract the West Nile virus this year.While the infection, which has resulted in WNv non-neurological syndrome, was ...
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A day for the arts
In an effort to celebrate art and recognize artists in Alberta, the Alberta government has named Sept.
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It's not too late to enroll at community college
It is time for Back to School 2008 at Southside Virginia Community College. Classes start on Friday, August 22.
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Satan is a created being, destined for failure
Question: Was Satan created by God? If so, when? Pam Hartwell, Alberta, VA Answer: Some religions teach that Jesus and Satan are equal.
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Third Annual Politicians in Cowboy Hats
Let's begin the photo round-up with the CP wire story's winner and loser: And with good reviews from the Alberta media scarce during his time there, who can fault the LPC from pouncing on this and making it the ...
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Backbench Grit says Green Shift will raid Alberta
An Ontario Liberal MP said Friday his party's Green Shift carbon tax proposal will raid Alberta's energy riches and transfer wealth "from rich to poor, from the oilpatch to the rest of the country." Ken ...
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Doug Bell: Does fighting global warming really require that we all get jiggy with Denmark?
In St ©phane Dion's continuing season of the geek the combination carbon tax-trademark infringement, otherwise known as the Green Shift, sets new standards for comedic incompetence.
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Alta. - damaged' by green record: Dion
Liberal Leader Stephane Dion threw down the gauntlet Saturday to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Alberta's premier on climate change, insisting Alberta's reputation has been tarnished by the Tory governments' ...
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