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Boissonnault appointed to lead federal government’s effort to rebuild Jasper after wildfires
Canada's wildfire season is on track to be second largest of this century as a measure of area burned, trailing only last year's record-breaking season.The burned-out Esso gas station in Jasper, Alta. is shown on Friday July 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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Alberta Energy Regulator to hold Rocky Mountain coal hearings despite legal challenge
A sign opposing coal development in the eastern slopes of the Livingston range south west of Longview, Alta., Wednesday, June 16, 2021.Alberta's energy regulator says it will go ahead with hearings on coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains despite concerns about the legality of the applications from the province's top court. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Bye-bye to Banff pedestrian zone after Labour Day long weekend
As COVID restrictions slowly lift, tourists roam the main street of Banff, Alberta, June 5, 2021. Alberta is currently is stage 1 of re-opening and has met stage 2 restrictions to re-open on June 10 as long as hospital cases continue to decline. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
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Jasper wildfire evacuees can start returning to townsite on Friday
Details about when and how evacuated residents of Jasper will be allowed to return to their homes nearly three weeks after a wildfire forced them to flee will be announced today. A devastated residential neighbourhood in Jasper, Alta., on Friday July 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
baseball
Federal officials investigating cockpit visit by Rockies coach during United flight
FILE - Colorado Rockies hitting coach Hensley Meulens chats with players as they warm up before a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Denver. Federal aviation official said Friday, April 19, 2024, that they are investigating a video that appears to show Meulens sitting in the cockpit of a United Airlines charter flight while it was en route from Denver to Toronto on April 10. Unauthorized persons are not allowed onto aircraft flight decks under federal regulations. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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Alberta government documents confirm coal lobbying on Rockies mining, show months of planning
Traffic travels along the Trans Canada Highway past Mount Rundle of the Rocky Mountains near Canmore, Alta., Monday, April 24, 2023. Documents released under Alberta Freedom of Information laws confirm the United Conservative government was talking with the coal industry for "years" about relaxing a policy that protected the Rocky Mountains from open-pit mines. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Judge orders Alberta to produce massive trove of coal documents after four-year fight
A judge is ordering the Alberta government to produce a massive trove of documents concerning its efforts to encourage coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountains. A section of the eastern slopes south west of Longview, Alta., Wednesday, June 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Nolan Jones has home run, RBI double to lead Rockies to 12-4 rout of Blue Jays
Colorado Rockies right fielder Michael Toglia (4) slides in to score under the tag of Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk during seventh inning interleague MLB action on Friday April 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Gausman hopes to bounce back when Jays face Rockies
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 06: Kevin Gausman #34 of the Toronto Blue Jays throws a pitch during the first inning of the game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on April 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)
world
Number of monarch butterflies at Mexico wintering sites has plummeted this year: experts
FILE Ñ A monarch butterfly in a garden in Wading River, N.Y., on Oct. 9, 2021. At more than 250 overwintering sites in California, scientists counted around 233,000 butterflies in the 2023-24 winter, a 30% drop from the previous year. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
leadership lab
Life isn’t an idyllic snow globe, but we should strive for a life filled with ‘everyday powder’
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People matter. Period. Does leadership have it wrong?
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Lakes in Kootenay and Yoho National Parks closed after suspected whirling disease
Rainbow trout occupy a pond at Rushing Waters Fisheries, Tuesday, July 3, 2012 in Palmyra, Wis. A permit will be required to move fish and other materials such as sediment from the North Saskatchewan River to other watersheds in northern Alberta. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the goal is to create a buffer zone to protect the waterways from whirling disease. It affects cold-water species such as trout and whitefish. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ AP/Wisconsin State Journal-John Hart
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Alberta NDP asks minister to quash application for Rocky Mountain coal mine
Alberta MLA Brian Jean arrives at the United Conservative Party caucus in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, May 19, 2022. The co-founder of Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party has officially launched his campaign to become its next leader. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Two missing hikers found dead in Crowsnest Pass in Rocky Mountains, Alberta RCMP say
The RCMP logo is seen on a podium ahead of a news conference, in St. John's, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Mounties say two Alberta hikers have been found at the bottom of a ridge at Mount Coulthard, a summit in the Rocky Mountains. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
world
Three badly decomposing bodies found in remote Colorado campsite
This July 17, 2016, photo shows Longs Peak towering over alpine tundra in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo. A draft report released Wednesday, April 10, 2019, said harmful nitrogen pollution is still drifting onto fragile high-elevation ecosystems in the park from Colorado highways, power plants and livestock operations. The report, released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Park Service, recommended against activating a contingency plan to reduce pollution, saying nitrogen levels did not increase much in the previous decade. (AP Photo/Dan Elliott)
canada
Smoky haze from active wildfires forecasted to worsen in B.C. Interior
A firefighter from the B.C. Wildfire Service uses a drip torch to light a prescribed burn at the airport in Cranbrook, B.C. on April 26, 2023
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Avalanche kills man who was with group in closed area of Lake Louise ski hill
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. One person has died after a pair of snowmobilers were caught in an avalanche south of Valemount, B.C. Saturday morning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Indigenous-led snowshoeing company helps Albertans see the land through traditional eyes