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• 'We all hit a wall': COVID-19 burnout hits Calgary schools - CBC.ca

  01-04-2021 23:41 via cbc.ca
  
  'We all hit a wall': COVID-19 burnout hits Calgary schools  CBC.ca
  
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• Deal struck in Calgary Coca-Cola plant strike, workers return to job Sunday - CTV Toronto

  01-04-2021 23:40 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Deal struck in Calgary Coca-Cola plant strike, workers return to job Sunday  CTV Toronto
  
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• Coca-Cola strike is over as Calgary workers accept collective agreement - Calgary Herald

  01-04-2021 23:22 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Coca-Cola strike is over as Calgary workers accept collective agreement  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary home sales soar 147% in March amid low interest rates, savings: CREB - Coast Reporter

  01-04-2021 23:08 via coastreporter.net
  
  Calgary home sales soar 147% in March amid low interest rates, savings: CREB  Coast Reporter
  
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• Making Easter plans? Here’s what happened to COVID-19 cases after past holidays

  01-04-2021 22:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  As coronavirus cases and hospitalizations spike across the country, officials are urging Canadians to rethink their spring holiday plans this year -- such as Easter and Ramadan.
  
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• Alberta ranchers and landowners launch separate studies on coal mining impacts

  01-04-2021 22:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two concerned groups are launching their own fact-finding mission to uncover the impacts of coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in southern Alberta.
  
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• Calgary is getting a plant-filled rooftop bar with stunning downtown views | Dished - Daily Hive

  01-04-2021 22:54 via dailyhive.com
  
  Calgary is getting a plant-filled rooftop bar with stunning downtown views | Dished  Daily Hive
  
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• Bringing the Heat: Mackey settling into marquee role for Flames’ farm club - Calgary Sun

  01-04-2021 22:27 via calgarysun.com
  
  Bringing the Heat: Mackey settling into marquee role for Flames’ farm club  Calgary Sun
  
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• Man accused in Valentine's Day cold case murder denied bail

  01-04-2021 22:23 via cbc.ca
  
  The man accused of killing his girlfriend on Valentine's Day 19 years ago will remain behind bars in Calgary awaiting trial, a judge ruled Thursday.
  
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• Northwest boxing gym joins list of outbreaks in the Calgary zone - Calgary Herald

  01-04-2021 22:15 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Northwest boxing gym joins list of outbreaks in the Calgary zone  Calgary Herald
  
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• Grass fires west of Cochrane and north of Calgary force evacuations, temporarily shut down Highway 1A - CBC.ca

  01-04-2021 22:11 via cbc.ca
  
  Grass fires west of Cochrane and north of Calgary force evacuations, temporarily shut down Highway 1A  CBC.ca
  
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• Grass fires west of Cochrane and north of Calgary force evacuations, temporarily shut down Highway 1A

  01-04-2021 22:11 via cbc.ca
  
  A grass fire along Highway 1A near Ghost Lake west of Cochrane, Alta., has forced the evacuation of two homes, a gas plant and a gas station, and affected traffic, causing at least one traffic accident, police said. The Calgary Firefighters Association also tweeted that evening that at least 23 fire trucks are fighting multiple grass fires on the north end of the city.
  
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• Grass fire west of Cochrane forces evacuation of gas station, gas plant, homes

  01-04-2021 22:11 via cbc.ca
  
  A grass fire along Highway 1A near Ghost Lake west of Cochrane, Alta., has forced the evacuation of two homes, a gas plant and a gas station, and affected traffic, causing at least one traffic accident.
  
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• Calgary overcomes COVID-19 real estate slump with flurry of sales in March - CTV Toronto

  01-04-2021 22:07 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary overcomes COVID-19 real estate slump with flurry of sales in March  CTV Toronto
  
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• Calgary police seek woman who may have information on double homicide

  01-04-2021 21:31 via cbc.ca
  
  Police have released images and video of a woman who may have information on a 2019 double homicide in northeast Calgary, as well as asking for help from anyone who might know the origins of the murder weapon.
  
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• 'Variants are winning': Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta in 3rd wave of COVID-19

  01-04-2021 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta is into the third wave of COVID-19, and he warned that in the race between variants and vaccines, "variants are winning."
  
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• 'Variants are winning': Premier Jason Kenney announces Alberta in 3rd wave of COVID-19

  01-04-2021 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney announced Thursday that Alberta is into a third wave of COVID-19 and warned that in the race between variants and vaccines, "vaccines are winning".
  
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• 'Variants are winning': Alberta in 3rd wave of COVID-19, premier says

  01-04-2021 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta is into its third wave of COVID-19 and on Thursday warned that, in the race between variants and vaccines, the "variants are winning."
  
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• Premier Jason Kenney, Dr. Deena Hinshaw to update Albertans on COVID-19

  01-04-2021 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney and Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, are meeting Thursday to figure out how to respond to the province's accelerating number of COVID-19 cases.
  
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• Alberta in 'significant new wave of COVID-19,' premier warns

  01-04-2021 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta is into its third wave of COVID-19 and on Thursday warned that, in the race between variants and vaccines, the "variants are winning."
  
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• Homes, gas facilities evacuated as crews battle grass fire near Cochrane

  01-04-2021 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  The fire is located between Highway 40 near the Ghost Station Gas Bar and Wild Cat Gas Plant along Highway 1A, RCMP said in a media release.
  
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• Crews battle 2 grass fires near Cochrane and in northwest Calgary

  01-04-2021 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  The fire is located between Highway 40 near the Ghost Station Gas Bar and Wild Cat Gas Plant along Highway 1A, RCMP said in a media release.
  
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• Shocking moment semi-trailer flips on ice-covered Trans-Canada highway near Bassano, Alta.

  01-04-2021 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Footage shot by truck driver Mark Malinab on March 29, 2020 while driving westward on Trans-Canada 1 Highway near Bassano, Alta. shows a semitrailer narrowly miss his rig as it emerges behind him. The out-of-control truck slides down the highway’s embankment and flips on its side. As many as 70 vehicles were involved in a...
  
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• Shocking moment semi-trailer flips on ice-covered Trans-Canada highway near Bassano, AB

  01-04-2021 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Footage shot by truck driver Mark Malinab on March 29, 2020 while driving westward on Trans-Canada 1 Highway near Bassano, Alberta shows a semitrailer narrowly miss his rig as it emerges behind him. The out-of-control truck slides down the highway’s embankment and flips on its side. As many as 70 vehicles were involved in a...
  
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• 'We all hit a wall': COVID-19 burnout hits Calgary schools

  01-04-2021 21:06 via cbc.ca
  
  As COVID-19 cases continue to crop up in Calgary schools, teachers and students are feeling tense — and Calgary school boards are struggling to fill all substitute teacher requests. 
  
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• New pictures, video from shooting outside Calgary restaurant that killed 2 men

  01-04-2021 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police have released photos and a video of a woman they believe has information about a deadly shooting outside a northeast Calgary restaurant.
  
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• Investigators recover SKS rifle used in Calgary murder, believe suspects may be from BC - CTV Toronto

  01-04-2021 20:35 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Investigators recover SKS rifle used in Calgary murder, believe suspects may be from BC  CTV Toronto
  
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• Banff police lay charges after massive St. Patrick's Day house party violates public health guidelines

  01-04-2021 20:23 via cbc.ca
  
  RCMP have charged two people after a massive house party on St. Patrick's Day in Banff that violated Alberta's guidelines on public gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Banff police lay charges after massive St. Patrick's Day house party violates COVID rules

  01-04-2021 20:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta RCMP have charged two people in Banff after at least 50 people crowded into a house party on St. Patrick's Day that violated restrictions on gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Calgary police release CCTV footage hoping for information in 2019 double homicide

  01-04-2021 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary police have released CCTV hoping to identify a woman who could have information related to the 2019 double homicide that left Jasdeep Singh and Japneet Malhi dead.
  
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• Seven years after Brentwood massacre, Matthew de Grood's lawyers seek halfway house setting - Calgary Herald

  01-04-2021 20:11 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Seven years after Brentwood massacre, Matthew de Grood's lawyers seek halfway house setting  Calgary Herald
  
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• Warrants issued for alleged drug trafficker with ties to Calgary, Edmonton and Parkland - CTV Toronto

  01-04-2021 19:55 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Warrants issued for alleged drug trafficker with ties to Calgary, Edmonton and Parkland  CTV Toronto
  
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• Matthew de Grood, who killed five people at a Calgary party, appeals review board decision

  01-04-2021 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lawyers for Matthew de Grood are appealing a decision denying their client some privileges.
  
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• Court reserves decision on privileges for Matthew de Grood, who killed 5 people at Calgary party

  01-04-2021 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta Court of Appeal has reserved its decision on whether a mentally ill man who fatally stabbed five young people at a house party should have more privileges.
  
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• Best fish and chips in Calgary you should try at least once | Dished - Daily Hive

  01-04-2021 19:24 via dailyhive.com
  
  Best fish and chips in Calgary you should try at least once | Dished  Daily Hive
  
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• Man wanted on trafficking, weapons charges sought by Calgary police - Globalnews.ca

  01-04-2021 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Man wanted on trafficking, weapons charges sought by Calgary police  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Man wanted on trafficking, weapons charges sought by Calgary police

  01-04-2021 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police are hoping to locate a wanted man they say could be in Calgary, Edmonton or the Parkland area.
  
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• Public service pay issues persist weeks after fixes underway, union says

  01-04-2021 19:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Public servants in Alberta are still encountering problems with their pay, weeks after the government said the issues were being addressed, according to the union that represents the workers. 
  
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• Calgary supermarket shuttered after mouse droppings found in dairy case, bite marks in chip bags - CTV Toronto

  01-04-2021 19:06 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary supermarket shuttered after mouse droppings found in dairy case, bite marks in chip bags  CTV Toronto
  
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• Here's what the weather will look like in Calgary this Easter weekend | News - Daily Hive

  01-04-2021 18:52 via dailyhive.com
  
  Here's what the weather will look like in Calgary this Easter weekend | News  Daily Hive
  
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• Premier Kenney to join Dr. Hinshaw for Alberta’s COVID-19 update Thursday

  01-04-2021 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to provide the update at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Global News will stream the news conference live in this story post.
  
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• Over 30 Calgary communities will have photo radar this April | Urbanized - Daily Hive

  01-04-2021 17:41 via dailyhive.com
  
  Over 30 Calgary communities will have photo radar this April | Urbanized  Daily Hive
  
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• The other health crisis parents say must be treated as urgently as COVID-19

  01-04-2021 17:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Toxic drug overdoses have gotten worse since the pandemic began. A group of parents want governments to treat the crisis as urgently as COVID-19.
  
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• The impact Canada’s new federal carbon pricing has on gas prices

  01-04-2021 16:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dan McTeague from Canadians for Affordable Energy joins Global News Morning Calgary to discuss Canada’s new federal carbon pricing and how it’s impacting gas prices in Alberta and across the country.
  
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• Learn how to manage irritable bowel syndrome with proper nutrition

  01-04-2021 16:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  April is irritable bowel syndrome awareness month and registered dietitian Andrea Hardy joins Global News Morning Calgary live via Skype to discuss how to manage IBS symptoms with proper nutrition.
  
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• Big Brothers, Big Sisters Calgary calls for more mentors as waitlist grows

  01-04-2021 16:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The non-profit mentorship program in Calgary is in need of more volunteers as hundreds of kids are hoping for a match, with some waiting years.
  
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• Discover 111 Places to Visit in Calgary With This Travel Book - Avenue Calgary

  01-04-2021 16:23 via avenuecalgary.com
  
  Discover 111 Places to Visit in Calgary With This Travel Book  Avenue Calgary
  
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• Alberta drive-by egg hunt spreads positivity this Easter

  01-04-2021 16:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Hometown Heroes Barb Henderson and Corey McEwan talk about their drive-by Easter egg hunt helping lift community spirit while promoting small businesses, food donations and more.
  
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• Gas prices across Canada rise due to carbon tax

  01-04-2021 15:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadians will be paying more at the pumps starting on Thursday as the federal carbon price increases. Sarah Offin has details.
  
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• Major changes to Alberta's Workers' Compensation Board coverage take effect today

  01-04-2021 15:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Major changes to the Workers' Compensation Board take effect in Alberta today, including the elimination of an employer’s legal obligation to rehire and accommodate an injured worker.
  
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