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Alberta will get a new area code

Nikki Ritchot
By Nikki Ritchot

Alberta is set to get a new area code.

The C-R-T-C has approved the code 5-6-8.

It will be the province’s sixth area code, with officials saying it was needed to keep Alberta from running out of phone numbers.

The new area code will start in June 2028.

Nikki Ritchot
Nikki Ritchot
Nikki joined The Ranch 106.5 team as a news reporter in September of 2023. In addition to her news reports, you can occasionally hear her live filling in for the Big JD on the Trading Post. Nikki and her family moved to Vegreville in 2022, where she, her husband Jeff Dyck, and son Gabriel bought their very first house. Nikki really loves fall and multiple daily trips to Tim Hortons.

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