Wanted: Owners of $154M in Unclaimed Alberta Money, Property

Alberta is looking for the owners of $154 million in unclaimed money and property. The government says the unclaimed property registry holds money that is lost, abandoned, or forgotten. It currently has millions in cash, cheques, money orders, and other unclaimed items. “Who doesn’t like free money,” Minister of Finance Nate Horner said in a July 18 government press release. “Alberta’s unclaimed property registry is free and easy to check, and a quick search of the registry could help reunite someone with money that they may not even know they were entitled to.” In 2023, the registry was able to reunite 650 people with $1.4 million, the government said....