By Cal Braid  Local Journalism Initiative reporter Shane Goldie, a student minister from Milk River, had his sights set on traveling to Dubai as a delegate to COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties. His plans have changed. The Middle East is in turmoil, and the trip that Goldie had planned has gone from an actual reality to a virtual reality. The conference runs Nov. 30, Dec. 12, and Goldie will be participating remotely, though he says that in some ways that’s a good thing. “That helps cut down our carbon footprint,” he said. Goldie, 22, is a student minister of the United Church, which has a standing delegate status to the climate conference. He serves Knox United in Taber and St. Paul’s United in Milk River,

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