Alaska Alberta similarities in oil wealth and futures
A writer recalls parallels between Alaska and Alberta focusing on oil and gas, North Slope energy, and cross-border projects. It notes BP ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil collaboration on a northern gas pipeline, royalties, and Alaskan dividend payments while hinting at future coverage in a Times oil and gas supplement.
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Canadian Community Newspapers Association
Alberta
Anchorage
Fort McMurray
Prudhoe Bay
ConocoPhillips
ExxonMobil
Bay
MacKenzie Valley
Northwest Territories
Alsaka
Alaska
Social Credit
Alaska Oil and Gas Association
The
Times
Mackenzie Gas Project info session at Meander River
High level agencies reviewing the Mackenzie Gas Project visit Meander River for an information session. Locals were told the 1,220 kilometre pipeline is expected to cost billions. Lois and Ted Hole of St Albert are honored posthumously for community service and business success. Hole's Greenhouse founders join Alberta Business Hall of Fame in a May 18 ceremony.
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Mackenzie Gas
Mackenzie Delta
Meander River
St. Albert
Lois and
Ted Hole
Hole
Alberta Business Hall of Fame
When God Is Used to Justify Hurting Others
A reader asks why faith and scripture are used to condemn loving relationships and sexual minorities while highlighting the harm caused by weaponizing religion. The letter stresses mercy, equality, and that true faith condemns prejudice rather than people.
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God
Jesus
A History of the RCMP in Alberta in Period Pieces
A tribute pieces together the RCMP origins in the 1870s from Sir John A. Macdonald’s federation to Fort Macleod. It notes NWMP formation in 1873 150 recruits 1873 1874 marches to Bow and Belly Rivers Fort Edmonton and Fort Macleod guiding chiefs Crowfoot Red Crow and Treaty No 6 7 and the path to homesteads and the railway.
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Canada
RCMP
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
United States
Alberta
John A. MacDonald
Mounted Police
Northwest Territories
North West Mounted Police
NWMP
Cypress Hills
Assiniboine
Lower Fort Garry
Winnipeg
Dufferin
Manitoba
Bow and Belly
Hudson’s Bay
Fort Edmonton
Sweet Grass Hills
James F Macleod
Jerry Potts
Old Man River
Fort Macleod
Macleod
Crowfoot
Red Crow
trans-Canada Railway
Parkside Manor cancels Cardston trip
Travel for a Cardston Theatre trip is cancelled due to bad weather. A separate Crowsnest Pass Mystery Tour is set for June 2 3 costing 209 for single and 174 for double with May 12 payment deadline. Includes coach hotel lunch 11 attractions and cancellation insurance. Call Charlotte at 2239437 for details and bookings.
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Cardston Theatre
Call
Vauxhall
Strathcona
Medicine Hat
Taber
Charlotte
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Garrett Simmons
David Bly
Jason Lang
Tabor
Judy
Judy Crawford
Parkside Manor
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