PHOTOS: Ponoka hosts Jump Start Horse Show

Naya Mellersh from Calgary won the Jump Shop 4-Bar Spectacular high jump competition on her horse Nick on Feb. 5. (Facebook photo/Rylee Smolarchuk)
Show part of Pacific Equine Sport’s Ponoka Indoor Series
The Laval police logo is seen on a police car, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Laval, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

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A decommissioned pumpjack is shown at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta., on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. The Alberta government is moving ahead with a plan that would give oil and gas companies a tax break for meeting their legal obligations to clean up old well sites. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Alberta to pilot oil and gas royalty breaks for legally required well cleanup
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This Aug. 13, 2020 file photo shows a logo for Netflix on a remote control in Portland, Ore. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Jenny Kane

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with media as he arrives for a health care meeting with premiers, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

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A person walks through a park during frigid temperatures in Montreal, Saturday, February 4, 2023. Environment Canada has issued extreme cold weather alerts impacting six provinces — from Ontario to Newfoundland and Labrador, and communities in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

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This photo provided by the Nichols family shows Tyre Nichols, who had a passion for photography and was described by friends as joyful and lovable. Nichols was just minutes from his home in Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 7, 2023, when he was pulled over by police and fatally beaten. Five Memphis police officers have since been charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. (Courtesy of the Nichols family via AP)

Tyre Nichols case revives calls for change in police culture

Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, holds a press conference at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The Bank of Canada is taking a pause from raising interest rates to assess how the economy responds to higher borrowing costs, with one key indicator to watch being the labour market. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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Vant Hayes, 88, visits a cemetery in Breton, Alta., on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Originally called Keystone, which was established in 1909 by a group of African-American immigrants. The new Black Canadian homesteaders arrived from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas, just four years after Alberta became a province in 1905. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

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