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When a daring construction crew entered a century-old hut in the Rockies on the first day of its takedown, they lit the fireplace one last time and discussed for an hour the gravity of what they were about to do.

"The whole crew knew the grandness and the sadness of what we were doing," said Sean Alexander, the manager of the construction crew that last month took apart the Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin. It straddled the Continental Divide and the Alberta-British Columbia boundary about three kilometres above sea level and was the second-highest structure in Canada.

Canada's Bison Industry will see new funding to help expand and grow its reach. 

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie Claude Bibeau announced an investment of over $133,611 during the International Bison Convention.

Local artist Jenie Thai is set to play at this year’s Edmonton Folk Music Festival.  

Thai was born in Thailand and raised in the Hu Haven subdivision of Sturgeon County. She and her siblings attended school in Fort Saskatchewan.  

“We grew up right on the river. I felt like I always had a nice balance of getting to grow up in the country but then I was still close to the Fort,” explained Thai.

Be on the lookout for a scum-looking substance in bodies of water this summer.

Water that contains blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, can pose a health risk, especially in young children, the elderly and pets.

“Prevention is better than cure. That is why we provide recommendations and advise to avoid all contact with blue-green algae,” said Michael Zakhary, a medical officer of health with Alberta Health Services (AHS). 

The Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) is on a record pace in terms of the number of advances issued through the Advance Payments Program, as well as the dollars issued. 
    
"What we've seen so far is a record-breaking year in terms of the number of advances as well as the dollar value of advances," said David Gallant, Director of Finance & Operations. "One the first day of the program this year, we issued over 1,500 farmers over $275 million in the cash advance program."   

Canadian incomes trended higher in 2020 everywhere except in Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador, as millions benefited from pandemic supports, according to new census data from Statistics Canada.

The agency reports that median after-tax household income was $73,000 in 2020, up 9.8 per cent compared to its last national survey five years earlier, partly driven by the losses of lower-paying jobs.

Rogers Communications Inc. will compensate its customers for the massive outage that crippled its network last week by crediting them with the equivalent of five days of service as a first step.

In a statement, Rogers spokesperson Chloe Luciani-Girouard says the company has been listening to its customers and Canadians from across the country who have shared how significant the impacts of the outage were for them.

Rogers wireless and internet customers were left without service in the outage that began early Friday morning last week and led to widespread disruptions.

The family of a five-year-old Saskatchewan boy whose body was found 81 days after he was reported missing said Tuesday he will be buried this week.

RCMP said Frank Young was located Saturday in the Carrot River, about two kilometres downstream from where he was last seen playing on the Red Earth Cree Nation in April.

Frank's grandmother Teresa Whitecap, the matriarch of the family, said they have have been participating in ceremonies and prayers to prepare for his burial on Friday.

Canada's premiers have wrapped up talks in Victoria, B.C., frustrated that a date has yet to be set for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau focused on health care.

The 13 premiers were unanimous in calling for the meeting to chart a path forward for working with the federal government on funding the modernization of what they say is a "crumbling" health system plagued by severe staffing shortages.

A black bear was spotted on security footage walking through an acreage just outside of Josephburg.

Mairin Innes got a call from her son at 6 a.m. -- she says he had gotten a notification of movement detected on their home security system. When he opened the video, he saw a black bear stroll from their backyard, through their driveway, and onto the road ahead.

Innes and her family were inside, unknowing of the bear.

"I think three years ago there were some bear droppings outside in the front yard, but no sightings of an actual bear."