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More women are choosing a career in agriculture — and changing the industry from the inside

As women have gradually begun to take on more official roles in farming over the last decades, experts say their presence is not only being reflected in the numbers of agricultural operators, but that they're changing the nature of the industry itself. 

New to investing? UCalgary professor warns about trading apps designed like games

Confetti, achievement badges, congratulatory messages — those are some of the “gambling-like incentives” in many trendy trading apps, but a finance expert is warning young or inexperienced investors to be cautious.

Families reeling after Alberta ends child-care subsidy

Alberta parents were caught off guard that changes announced yesterday will raise their daycare bills by hundreds of dollars a month starting  April 1. 

Needlepoint and banana bread: Murderous American fugitive who hid in Alberta for decades remembered by friends

A murderous fugitive who hid from American and Mexican authorities in small-town Alberta for decades was a bridge-playing, banana bread-baking former realtor, according to her former friends and neighbours.

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