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Editorial cartoon - March 24

Editorial cartoon - March 24

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Whitemud picked for nuclear plant

PEACE RIVER — Bruce Power Alberta says it has picked the Whitemud site about 30 kilometres north of Peace River, as the “preferred option” for a potential nuclear power plant in the province
American dog swallows $400

American dog swallows $400

Kelley Davis and her family are in savings mode. Davis works extra hours as a physical therapist, and she clipped coupons to save $70 during a recent trip to the grocery store.

Klein’s severance package worth $658,000

Alberta’s former premier topped the list of payouts last year for retired members of the legislature, reports CTV Edmonton.

N.L. man discovers live military shell that dates back to 1900

A man in southeastern Newfoundland has found a live military shell that dates back to 1900.

Australia offers chance to explore Hamilton island, earn $100,000

Position: Island caretaker, duties: lazing around Australia’s Great Barrier Reef for six months, salary: US$100,000.

Mounties investigate 53 murders in 2008; firearms implicated in 15

Mounties investigated 53 deaths in rural Alberta in 2008, more than double the number in 2007.
Mia Farrow’s daughter dies at 35

Mia Farrow’s daughter dies at 35

Lark Previn, a daughter of actress Mia Farrow whose sister Soon-Yi Previn was at the centre of Farrow’s messy breakup with Woody Allen, has died. She was 35.
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Alberta Council On Aging presents Grab the Grants workshop to inform community and nonprofit groups of funding opportunities (primarily Alberta Lottery Funds) on Sept. 24 at the Golden Circle on 43 street from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.. Cost is $15. Register by calling Roxana at 403-343-6074.