Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A province of western Canada between British Columbia and Saskatchewan. It was admitted as a province in 1905. Wheat farming and cattle ranching were the basis of the province's economy until the discovery of oil and natural gas in the early 1960s. Edmonton is the capital and Calgary the largest city.
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- proper noun
Province in westernCanada which hasEdmonton as its capital. - proper noun A female
given name , a feminine form ofAlbert .
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- noun one of the three prairie provinces in western Canada; rich in oil and natural gas and minerals
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EDMONTON, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire - Jan. 27, 2010) - A survey of 561 employees of long term care and residential care facilities in Alberta shows little improvement in the conditions of the province's seniors 'facilities.
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CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire - April 16, 2010) - The Government of Canada announced today that 68 housing co-operatives, non-profit and urban native projects located throughout Alberta will receive almost $9 million, through Canada's Economic Action Plan, as part of the social housing renovation and retrofit investments.
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FORT MCMURRAY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire - April 24, 2009) - The governments of Canada and Alberta are working together to stimulate the Canadian economy by partnering to upgrade roads in and around Fort McMurray, federal Minister of Labour, Rona Ambrose, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Brian Jean, and Luke Ouellette,
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And so paradoxically, some of the highest support for the Green Party in Alberta is in the oil patch.
Defending Our Canada 2006
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The beef in Alberta is mostly pasture-fed and finished on alfalfa.
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Shell Canada's 2004 Tay River discovery in Alberta is another example of leading-edge technology at work.
Technology in the Oil Industry: What's Now and What's Next? 2005
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The reason there are no rats in Alberta is because the authorities, desperate to attract tourists from Montana, have redefined local rats as muskrats.
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