Alberta is one of Canada's provinces. It celebrated 100 years as a province in 2005 on September 1st. As part of the Centennial celebration, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited the province from May 23 to May 25, 2005. Alberta's capital is the city of Edmonton. Its most populous city and metropolitan area, Calgary, is Alberta's commerce centre and is located in the southern region of the province. Other major cities and towns include Banff, Camrose, Wetaskiwin, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Jasper, Lethbridge, Lloydminster, Medicine Hat, and Red D ...

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As with any Canadian province, the Alberta government is the highest authority in education, creating and regulating the school boards, public colleges, universities, and other education isntitutions. Alberta - K-12. The vast majority of Alberta's schools are run by publicly funded school boards (each with its own district of authority). The largest are English language Public school boards. Alberta also has English Separate Catholic boards throughout the province, which serve a substantial minority of stu ...

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Main article: Geography of Alberta Alberta is in western Canada, with an area of 661,190 km² (255,287 mi²). Southwards, at 49° north, it borders the US state of Montana. Eastwards at 110° west it borders the province of Saskatchewan. At 60° north it is separated from the Northwest Territories. To the west, its border with British Columbia follows the line of peaks of the Rocky Mountains range along the Continental Divide, which runs northwesterly, until it reaches 120° west, at which point the border foll ...

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 - Total (2005)  - Metropolitan (2005)  - Cdn. Mun. Rank:  - Cdn. CMA Rank: 956,078 1,060,300 Ranked 3rd Ranked 5th Latitude: Longitude: City of Calgary Calgary is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is situated in the south of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, approximately 80 km east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. As of 2005, the estimated metropolitan population (CMA) was ...

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Town Population 935 (2001) Latitude: Longitude:   Castor is a small town in the Canadian province of Alberta at 52°13′N 111°54′W elev. 2680 feet (816.8 meters) intersected by Highway 12 and 861 approx. 100 miles (160 km) east of Red Deer. It was incorporated July 13, 1910. Castor is French (Latin) for beaver: the nearby Battle River is home to these animals. The population was 935 according to the 2001 census. Castor is known for its duck and geese migration in the fall since its territory includes many s ...

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The University of Alberta is situated along the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River in the heart of the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A satellite view of the campus can be seen on Google maps. University of Alberta - History. The University of Alberta was founded in 1908. The Act creating the university had been passed two years earlier in the first session of the new Legislative Assembly, with Premier Alexander C. Rutherford as its sponsor. As the story goes, the location of the universi ...

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Calgary, Alberta - Name. Calgary was named by Col. James Macleod of the North West Mounted Police. Calgary means "clear running water" in Gaelic. The spelling evolved over centuries to become "Calligourie," then "Calligory" and eventually "Calgary". Calgary, Alberta - First settlement. Before the Calgary area was settled by Europeans, it was the domain of the Blackfoot people whose presence has been traced back at least 11,000 years. In 1787 cartographer David Thompson spent th ...

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Alberta Christine Williams King (September 13, 1903 – June 30, 1974) was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s mother and the wife of Martin Luther King, Sr. She played a significant role in the affairs of the Ebenezer Baptist Church where both her husband and her son preached. King was shot dead in the church six years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Alberta Williams King - Early Life 1904-1926. She was born Alberta Christine Williams, the only daughter of A.D. Williams, who was then the head of th ...

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Calgary Alberta - Name. Calgary was named by Col. James Macleod of the North West Mounted Police. Calgary means "clear running water" in Gaelic. The spelling evolved over centuries to become "Calligourie," then "Calligory" and eventually "Calgary". Calgary Alberta - First settlement. Before the Calgary area was settled by Europeans, it was the domain of the Blackfoot people whose presence has been traced back at least 11,000 years. In 1787 cartographer David Thompson spent the ...

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Jasper is located in Jasper National Park near the British Columbia/Alberta border at an altitude of 1,062 m. It can be reached from the west and east by the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) and from the south by the Icefields Parkway (Highway 93). The Icefields Parkway begins at the intersection of Connaught Drive and the Yellowhead Highway. Jasper is 287 km from Banff, Alberta, 362 km from Edmonton, Alberta, 414 km from Calgary, Alberta, a ...

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Camrose is served by three local papers. The weekly Camrose Canadian, the weekly Camrose Booster and the small daily, Camrose Morning News Camrose also has its own local television station which is primarily used for advertising. ...

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Edmonton is home to 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1 CMBG). Units in 1 CMBG include Lord Strathcona's Horse and two of the three battalions of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. As well Edmonton has a large army reserve element from 41 Canadian Brigade Group (41 CBG) including B Squadron of The South Alberta Light Horse (SALH). The SALH is one of Alberta's oldest and most prestigious army reserve units. Despite being far from Canada's coasts, Edmonton is the home of HMCS Nonsuch, a Naval Reserve unit. Edmonton is also home to 408 Tacti ...

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Calgary is a major Canadian transportation centre and a central cargo hub for freight into and out of north-western North America[6]. The city also sits at the junction between the "Canamex" highway system and the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1 in Alberta). The Calgary International Airport serves the city as well as the international traffic for Alberta and Saskatchewan. The airport saw 9.1 million passenger movements in 2004. In December of that same year, it was the third busiest airport in Canada after Toronto Pearson International Airp ...

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Edmonton Alberta - Television. Edmonton has 6 broadcast television stations: Channel 3: CFRN (CTV) Channel 5: CBXT (CBC) Channel 9: CJAL (Access Alberta) Channel 11: CBXFT (SRC) Channel 13: CITV (Global) Channel 51: CKEM (Citytv) The cable television provider in Edmonton is Shaw Cable. Network programming from the United States is receieved on cable via affiliates from Spokane, Washington. The main satellite television pr ...

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According to the mid-2001 census, the population estimates there were 937,845 people residing within Edmonton's metropolitan area, located in the province of Alberta, of whom 49.6 per cent were male and 50.4 per cent were female. Children under five accounted for approximately 5.9 per cent of the resident population of Edmonton. This compares with 6.2 per cent in Alberta, and almost 5.6 per cent for Canada overall. In mid-2001, 10.5 per cent of the resident population in Edmonton were of retirement age (65 and over for males and females) compared with 13.2 per cent in Canada, therefore, the average age is 35.4 years of age ...

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Edmonton Alberta - Post-secondary. Edmonton has become one of Canada's major educational centres with more than 60,000 full time post-secondary students spread over several institutions and campuses (total enrollment between the schools is as high as 170,000, which includes students enrolled in multiple institutions).[10] The University of Alberta (also known colloquially as the U of A), whose main campus is situated on the south side of Edmonton's river valley, is a board-governed, public institution with ...

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Edmonton Alberta - Transportation. Edmonton is served by Edmonton International Airport, which is the fifth busiest airport in Canada. In 2004, just over 4 million passengers used the facilities [8]. Air passenger service from Edmonton City Centre Airport (airport website) downtown was consolidated to the International Airport in 1996 and now is mostly used for charter planes and flight training, although small non-chartered planes with fewer than 19 passengers are still allowed to land at the facility. E ...

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The first inhabitants gathered in the area which is now Edmonton around 3000 BC and perhaps as early as 10,000 BC, when an ice-free corridor was opening up as the great ice sheets covering much of Canada melted. They were no doubt taking advantage of the timber, water and wildlife in the region. European traders from the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company set up trading posts in the area of present day Fort Saskatchewan beginning in 1795. The trading posts later moved upstream to present day Edmonton. The two companies merged in 1821, and in 1830 the last fort was built on ...

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Edmonton has a northern continental climate with extreme seasonal temperatures, although they are not quite as extreme as in Regina or Winnipeg. The city has better air drainage than most parts of the Prairie Provinces, and weather stations in the area record frost-free periods of 100-140 days. However, Edmonton still has one of the greatest temperature ranges in Canada. The average variance ranges from −16 °C (3 °F) in January to 23 °C (73 °F) in July, although over the course of a year, temperatures as high as 35 °C (95°F) ...

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