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• Calgary Indigenous clinic offering COVID-19 vaccines to youth, homeless, newcomers - Global News

  17-05-2021 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary Indigenous clinic offering COVID-19 vaccines to youth, homeless, newcomers  Global News
  
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• Calgary Indigenous clinic offering COVID-19 vaccines to youth, homeless, newcomers

  17-05-2021 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Indigenous COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Calgary was honoured with a Blackfoot name as it launched its third, expanded round of immunizations.
  
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• Alberta Court of Appeal convicts Calgary men in 'barbaric' gang rape 2 years after acquittal - CBC.ca

  17-05-2021 23:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta Court of Appeal convicts Calgary men in 'barbaric' gang rape 2 years after acquittal  CBC.ca
  
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• Shoppers Drug Mart selling rapid COVID-19 tests at stores in Ontario and Alberta

  17-05-2021 23:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Customers are asked to make an appointment to get a test, which costs $40, Loblaw said.
  
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• Eid used to shine a light on disabled kids and families

  17-05-2021 23:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Organizers of a special drive-thru event for Muslim kids with disabilities say they hope it helps reduce stigma in the community and brings smiles to families who’ve had it harder than most during COVID-19.
  
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• Province seeking input on Fish Creek Provincial Park improvement project - Calgary Herald

  17-05-2021 23:00 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Province seeking input on Fish Creek Provincial Park improvement project  Calgary Herald
  
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• ‘COVID-19 continues to impact healthy, young adults’: Dr. Deena Hinshaw

  17-05-2021 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s Dr. Deena Hinshaw explains that COVID-19 continues to impact people of all ages, even healthy people.
  
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• Kenney says Alberta ICU capacity over 40% normal capacity due to COVID-19

  17-05-2021 22:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney updates the severity of the COVID-19 situation and its effects on the health-care system.
  
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• Alberta could cross 50% first-dose vaccination threshold soon

  17-05-2021 22:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province could soon surpass the 50 per cent threshold for eligible Albertans receiving the first-dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
  
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• AHS CEO says health-care system under ‘significant stress’ due to COVID-19

  17-05-2021 22:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Verna Yiu, president and CEO of Alberta Health Services explains why the health-care system is under significant stress due to COVID-19.
  
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• COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy rate plummets in Alberta, survey suggests

  17-05-2021 22:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta has seen a major drop in residents’ unwillingness and hesitancy to get the COVID-19 vaccine between the beginning of the year and now, according to a new Angus Reid survey.
  
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• Calgary Blizzard grad commits to Kodiaks women's soccer - Lethbridge News Now

  17-05-2021 22:20 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Calgary Blizzard grad commits to Kodiaks women's soccer  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary sports car car rally lifts cancer patients' spirits - Driving

  17-05-2021 22:16 via driving.ca
  
  Calgary sports car car rally lifts cancer patients' spirits  Driving
  
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• BILD Calgary Region celebrates the best of the residential homes industry - Calgary Herald

  17-05-2021 22:16 via calgaryherald.com
  
  BILD Calgary Region celebrates the best of the residential homes industry  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary's Burwood Distillery launches limited-edition whisky - Eat North

  17-05-2021 21:59 via eatnorth.com
  
  Calgary's Burwood Distillery launches limited-edition whisky  Eat North
  
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• Youth accused in Calgary police officer's death chooses trial by judge and jury - CTV Toronto

  17-05-2021 21:41 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Youth accused in Calgary police officer's death chooses trial by judge and jury  CTV Toronto
  
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• Calgary-area companies honoured at CHBA National Awards for Housing Excellence - Calgary Herald

  17-05-2021 21:32 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Calgary-area companies honoured at CHBA National Awards for Housing Excellence  Calgary Herald
  
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• Mayoral candidate Jan Damery pitches help for Calgary restaurants, live music - LiveWire Calgary

  17-05-2021 21:31 via livewirecalgary.com
  
  Mayoral candidate Jan Damery pitches help for Calgary restaurants, live music  LiveWire Calgary
  
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• Grieving Calgary family urges cancer patients to ask questions on timing of COVID-19 vaccine - Globalnews.ca

  17-05-2021 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Grieving Calgary family urges cancer patients to ask questions on timing of COVID-19 vaccine  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Grieving Calgary family urges cancer patients to ask questions on timing of COVID-19 vaccine

  17-05-2021 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary family is hoping others learn from their loss. They feel they lost time with their mom. She was living with incurable cancer but COVID-19 complicated her final days.
  
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• Calgary's housing demand expected to accelerate this year, then moderate for next two years - Calgary Herald

  17-05-2021 20:25 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Calgary's housing demand expected to accelerate this year, then moderate for next two years  Calgary Herald
  
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• Police release pictures of suspect wanted in string of downtown Calgary robberies - CBC.ca

  17-05-2021 20:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Police release pictures of suspect wanted in string of downtown Calgary robberies  CBC.ca
  
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• Police release pictures of suspect wanted in string of downtown Calgary robberies

  17-05-2021 20:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary police have released surveillance images of a suspect after several people were robbed on the street by an armed man in the downtown core last week.
  
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• Canada’s housing figures for April less stratospheric than they appear: RBC report - Calgary Herald

  17-05-2021 20:04 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Canada’s housing figures for April less stratospheric than they appear: RBC report  Calgary Herald
  
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• Photos released of suspect in series of downtown Calgary robberies - CTV Toronto

  17-05-2021 19:49 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Photos released of suspect in series of downtown Calgary robberies  CTV Toronto
  
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• Youth accused in Calgary police officer's death chooses trial by judge and jury - Toronto Star

  17-05-2021 19:37 via thestar.com
  
  Youth accused in Calgary police officer's death chooses trial by judge and jury  Toronto Star
  
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• Defence to elect a trial by judge and jury for youth accused of killing Sgt. Andrew Harnett

  17-05-2021 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prosecution is seeking to skip preliminary trial for the then-youth charged with first-degree murder in relation to the New Year's Eve death of CPS Sgt. Andrew Harnett.
  
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• Canucks: 3 takeaways from 6-5 OT loss to the Calgary Flames - The Canuck Way

  17-05-2021 18:45 via thecanuckway.com
  
  Canucks: 3 takeaways from 6-5 OT loss to the Calgary Flames  The Canuck Way
  
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• Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Monday, May 17

  17-05-2021 17:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta reported 1,140 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday and three additional deaths as the number of people in hospital declined by 39 to 647, with 186 of those patients in intensive care, up by eight over the previous day.
  
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• Kenney, Hinshaw, Yiu providing COVID-19 update Monday afternoon

  17-05-2021 17:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney, Dr. Deena Hinshaw and AHS CEO Dr. Verna Yiu will be providing an update on protecting public health during the pandemic Monday at 1p.m.
  
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• 3rd COVID-19 wave bringing ‘the most ICU patients that we’ve ever seen in our health-care system:’ Alberta Health Services

  17-05-2021 17:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta has 241 ICU beds occupied right now, 40 per cent more than normal capacity, "easily the most ICU patients that we've ever seen in our health-care system."
  
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• Premier Jason Kenney joins Dr. Deena Hinshaw to update Albertans about COVID-19

  17-05-2021 17:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney and Dr. Deena Hinshaw will hold a joint news conference Monday at 1 p.m. MT.
  
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• Alberta ICUs treating more patients than at any time in history, AHS says

  17-05-2021 17:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Doctors and nurses in Alberta's intensive care units are currently treating more than 240 people — including 186 with COVID-19 — by far the highest number of ICU patients the province's health-care system has ever dealt with, says the CEO of Alberta Health Services.
  
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• Summer weather outlook for Southern Alberta appears average

  17-05-2021 17:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgarians can expect a rainy start to summer before dry and warm conditions take over.
  
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• Maple Leafs promote Wickenheiser, hire Goyette

  17-05-2021 17:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hayley Wickenheiser and Danielle Goyette are teammates again in the Toronto Maple Leafs player development department.
  
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• Goyette joins Toronto Maple Leafs staff

  17-05-2021 17:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian women's hockey veteran Danielle Goyette has been named director of player development for the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs and their American Hockey League affiliate.
  
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• 21 distanced things to do in Calgary this week: May 17 to 23 | Listed - Daily Hive

  17-05-2021 17:00 via dailyhive.com
  
  21 distanced things to do in Calgary this week: May 17 to 23 | Listed  Daily Hive
  
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• Ask the Expert: How to prevent injuries from summer activities

  17-05-2021 16:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chiropractor Mecca Fayad joins Global News Morning Calgary via Skype with details on how to prevent injuries from summer activities.
  
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• Canadian farmers have spring in their step from strongest commodity prices in years

  17-05-2021 15:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Farmers like Andre Harpe have a little extra spring in their steps these days as agriculture crops fetch their highest prices in years, joining a boom in commodities such as lumber and base metals that is good news for the Canadian economy.
  
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• Pro-Palestine rally in Calgary stops traffic; thousands gather at protests across North America - 660 News

  17-05-2021 15:32 via 660citynews.com
  
  Pro-Palestine rally in Calgary stops traffic; thousands gather at protests across North America  660 News
  
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• Calgary weather for Monday, May 17 - CTV Toronto

  17-05-2021 15:29 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary weather for Monday, May 17  CTV Toronto
  
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• PHOTOS: Thousands of Calgarians rally in support of Palestine - LiveWire Calgary

  17-05-2021 15:17 via livewirecalgary.com
  
  PHOTOS: Thousands of Calgarians rally in support of Palestine  LiveWire Calgary
  
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• Why some Alberta seniors still haven't been vaccinated

  17-05-2021 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Misinformation, isolation and fear are among the reasons why roughly 17 per cent of Albertans over 70 haven’t gotten a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to an Edmonton nurse practitioner who works with older populations. 
  
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• Calgary men convicted in 'barbaric' gang rape by appeal court, 2 years after acquittal

  17-05-2021 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  More than four years after she was violently gang raped, Sara woke up to news she wasn’t expecting — the Alberta Court of Appeal had not only overturned the acquittals of two young men who had attacked her but after watching the video of the assault which they described as “barbaric,” the panel of three judges all agreed to impose convictions.
  
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• An Indian Calgarian high school teacher conquers uncertainty by embracing the light at the end of the tunnel

  17-05-2021 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  May is Asian Heritage Month and to celebrate, CBC Calgary is featuring Calgarians and what it means to be Asian Canadian in 2021. Bhupinderjit Kaur Chana is a high school teacher and teaches (grades 7-12) math and sciences.
  
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• Alberta Court of Appeal convicts Calgary men in 'barbaric' gang rape 2 years after acquittal

  17-05-2021 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  More than four years after she was violently gang raped, Sara woke up to news she wasn’t expecting — the Alberta Court of Appeal had not only overturned the acquittals of two young men who had attacked her, but after watching the video of the assault which they described as “barbaric,” the panel of three judges agreed to impose convictions.
  
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• Calgary area educators mentally and physically exhausted from teaching during pandemic - CBC.ca

  17-05-2021 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary area educators mentally and physically exhausted from teaching during pandemic  CBC.ca
  
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• Calgary area educators mentally and physically exhausted from teaching during pandemic

  17-05-2021 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC News sent a questionnaire to thousands of education professionals to find out how they and their students are doing in this extraordinary school year. Nearly 9,500 responded. More than 2,100 of them were from the Calgary region.
  
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• UPS shipping bungle keeps oxygen device from family sick with COVID-19

  17-05-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A Calgary woman was out thousands of dollars and sick with worry after trying to ship what she hoped would be a life-saving oxygen device to her family in Mexico who were ill with COVID-19. The package never got to them, and UPS wouldn't take responsibility until Go Public started asking questions.
  
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• Hundreds of thousands of Canadian citizenship hopefuls waiting for applications to be processed

  17-05-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Permanent residents and advocates want Ottawa to move faster on pending applications as the COVID-19 pandemic boosts the number of people waiting to take a citizenship test, documents show. Ottawa says more digital tests are coming "very soon."
  
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