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If you get Global News from Instagram or Facebook — that will be changing due to Meta’s decision to block Canadian news in response to new government legislation. Here's a look at how to find us going forward.

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Commercial flights will no longer land or take off in Lethbridge after June 23. However, the city says 98 per cent of air traffic is expected to remain.

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Red Deer's Linda Burns was referred for a MRI due to pain in her neck suspected to be serious — but when she got her letter from AHS, was shocked to see the appointment isn't set to happen until the end of 2028.

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A Red Deer resident is facing the possibility of living with significant neck pain for more than two years just until she can find the root cause of it.

Her MRI appointment was recently scheduled for December, 2028 -- 31 months from now.

@GatesGuarin

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Conservative MP Billy Morin, formerly the chief of Enoch Cree Nation, says he'll spend the summer talking to Indigenous leaders about encouraging people to vote in the Alberta referendum.
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The new Alberta driver's licences and ID cards will include a resident's health numbers and citizenship markers — a move the province says will streamline access to services.

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Courtney Sarault and Mikael Kingsbury are used to wearing the red and white.

Now they'll get to fill Stampede's 'most important saddle' at the July 3rd Stampede Parade.

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Leaders of Canadian teachers' organizations are calling out provincial governments for the use of the notwithstanding clause to terminate legal labour disputes.
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Former Alberta provincial justice Brian O’Ferrall will head a panel, overseen by a UCP-led committee, to redraw a map marking all electoral ridings across the province.

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Road to the Referendum: The speculation and conversation over what it would mean if Alberta became its own country is intensified in Lloydminster, the unique city divided by the border with Saskatchewan.

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The proposed routes would see a pipeline start in either Fort McMurray or the Edmonton area and end at various points along the northern B.C. coast — including following the failed Northern Gateway route.

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As separatism debates simmer, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith heads to Quebec for talks with Christine Fréchette on energy and autonomy.

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Alberta government announces investment of more than $1 billion in student aid

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The fate of the province some five million people call home will be up in the air for the next five months, as Alberta voters mull a serious question: Do we stay or do we go?
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Alberta hospital operators will now be funded by the province based on the number and type of procedures they perform, rather than a blanket budget for surgeries.
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Banff monitoring Bow River for flooding amid heavy downpour, snowpack melt

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Alberta health-care workers rally in Calgary for better job conditions

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Jurors begin deliberations in trial of men accused in Alberta highway shooting
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Lethbridge man charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life
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A significant rainfall of 50 to 90 millimetres is expected across much of Alberta by early to mid-next week with localized amounts over 100 mm possible.

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With days of heavy rain in the forecast, southern Alberta prepares for flooding
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