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Edmonton Alberta's Worst Mosquito Season in Decades: Traps Went From 21 to 20,000 in Seven Weeks
Edmonton's mosquito traps averaged 21 catches each in the first week of June. This past week they averaged 20,000. One species is behind almost all of it, it needs five days to go from a flooded ditch to a biting adult, and Edmonton is the last municipality in the region still treating any of it.
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Missing Calgary Boy Parker Wells, Day 9: Police Focus on Vacant Homes as 'Indigo Alert' Petition Gains Momentum
Nine days into the search for 11-year-old Parker Wells, Calgary police are asking owners of vacant homes on specific northeast streets to check their properties, saying the autistic, non-verbal boy could survive inside one on his own. Meanwhile a Calgary mother has launched a petition for an "Indigo Alert" for missing neurodivergent children, targeting the exact gap Parker's case exposed.
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Alberta Separation Referendum 2026: Elections Alberta Verifies 222,597 Petition Signatures Ahead of October Vote
Elections Alberta has verified 222,597 signatures on the Stay Free Alberta petition calling for a referendum on Alberta independence. But Premier Danielle Smith has already called an October 19 referendum with a separation question on it, the NDP is calling the whole exercise a costly political game, and the signature threshold itself was lowered by the UCP last year. Here's what today's number actually means.
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