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Eric Akis: Trip to farm market inspires hearty winter salad

Eric Akis: Trip to farm market inspires hearty winter salad

This hearty, sustaining salad combines locally grown vegetables and wheat berries with sliced apples, nuts and a tangy dressing.
Education professor encourages tomorrow’s teachers to reshape the system

Education professor encourages tomorrow’s teachers to reshape the system

With an approach rooted in her lived experience and scholarship, Giselle Thompson is striving for equitable education in both Canada and Jamaica.
Land-based education takes youth outdoors with cultural teachings

Land-based education takes youth outdoors with cultural teachings

Tribal Chiefs Education Foundation organized a three-day land-based education winter camp that concluded on Feb. 9, held at Pakan Elementary and Junior High School in Whitefish Lake First Nation #128.
As we fight to protect species on the brink of extinction, let's not forget the familiar ones

As we fight to protect species on the brink of extinction, let's not forget the familiar ones

To guard against extinction, we must advocate for common species.
Hikers encounter grizzly bear in K-Country

Hikers encounter grizzly bear in K-Country

“We’re probably about a month away from when bears typically start to show up,” said John Paczkowski, human wildlife coexistence team lead with Alberta Parks.
One in five B.C. residents can't cover an unexpected $500 bill, poll shows

One in five B.C. residents can't cover an unexpected $500 bill, poll shows

Almost half of British Columbians surveyed reported being very concerned with their ability to afford housing or rent.
Canada confirms protections for marine protected areas but shipping pollution isn’t included

Canada confirms protections for marine protected areas but shipping pollution isn’t included

Canada formalized its minimum protection standards for marine protected areas on Wednesday at a global ocean conservation summit in Vancouver.
Latest 'The Last of Us' features Nanton, Claresholm, and Calgary Film Centre

Latest 'The Last of Us' features Nanton, Claresholm, and Calgary Film Centre

Episodes 4 and 5 shot primarily in Calgary, with scenes speckled around Nanton, Claresholm, Lethbridge and Strathmore area, with Okotoks and Kananaskis yet to pop up. What locales will make it in this weekend?
Southern Alberta ranchers conserve land to help protect drinking water for cities

Southern Alberta ranchers conserve land to help protect drinking water for cities

ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, ALBERTA, CANADA — Justin Thompson and Matt Kumlin walk up a hill toward a ridge in the Alberta foothills as a border collie and "cow-dog-in-training" named Newt tags along.
Brain Injury from Abuse Puts Women at Risk in Court

Brain Injury from Abuse Puts Women at Risk in Court

A study from British Columbia researchers sheds new light on how women surviving intimate partner violence are discriminated against in the legal system.
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