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The Literary History of Alberta Volume One: From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two. University of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-88864-296-7. The Literary History of Alberta: Volume One at the Internet Archive; Melnyk, George (1998). The Literary History of Alberta Volume Two: From the End of the War to the End of the Century. University of Alberta.
Teck Resources withdraws its application to build the Frontier Mine in northern Alberta despite having spent more than one billion dollars over then ten years on the project. March 17, 2020 COVID-19 causes the government of Alberta to declare a state of emergency. [42] The first person in Alberta dies from the virus on March 19. [43] Kills ...
Alberta is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces.Alberta borders British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south.
Pages in category "History of Alberta" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A parade celebrating the anniversary of the Hudson's Bay Company in Edmonton, 1920.. The first inhabitants hunted and gathered in the area that is now Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, around 3,000 BC and perhaps as early as 10,000 BC, when an ice-free corridor opened up as the last ice age ended and timber, water, and wildlife became available in the region.
Conflict arose between Alberta and Canada after the 1973 crisis, over the management and distribution of Alberta's oil resources, and financial wealth, setting the stage for Alberta separatism. After Joe Clark 's Progressive Conservatives won a minority government in 1979 defeating Pierre Trudeau 's Liberal party Albertans were hopeful a change ...
Edmonton celebrates 100 years of being the capital of Alberta. 2006 – 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup. 2007 – 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. Largest residential fire in Edmonton's history burns down a 149 unit condominium complex, which was under construction, along with 18 duplexes. Causing $20 million in damages. [22]
On November 29, 1960, a bus carrying 42 students from the town of Chipman, Alberta, was struck at a railway crossing on their way to a neighboring high school in the town of Lamont, Alberta. The railway crossing did not have signals to indicate if crossing was safe. At the time of the incident, the bus was being driven by 31-year old Frank Budney.