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• Calgary mayor mourns fatal attack on Muslim family in Ontario, urges Calgarians to fight racism

  08-06-2021 23:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi is condemning as terrorism what police say was a hate-motivated attack Sunday on a Muslim family in London, Ont. He implored Calgarians on Tuesday to take more action against racism.
  
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• Calgary showing support for victims of hate motivated attack in Ontario - CTV Toronto

  08-06-2021 23:46
  
  Calgary showing support for victims of hate motivated attack in Ontario  CTV Toronto
  
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• Local group builds, donates food banks to Calgary communities in need - CTV Toronto

  08-06-2021 23:21
  
  Local group builds, donates food banks to Calgary communities in need  CTV Toronto
  
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• Calgary’s Indigenous COVID-19 vaccine clinic hitting the streets with mobile outreach - Global News

  08-06-2021 23:05
  
  Calgary’s Indigenous COVID-19 vaccine clinic hitting the streets with mobile outreach  Global News
  
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• Calgary’s Indigenous COVID-19 vaccine clinic hitting the streets with mobile outreach

  08-06-2021 23:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new mobile vaccination clinic will be bringing COVID-19 shots to vulnerable populations including Calgary's homeless, temporary foreign workers, and those living on reserve.
  
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• Munchies Calgary: Burger and taco spot to open in Bowness | Dished - Daily Hive

  08-06-2021 22:30
  
  Munchies Calgary: Burger and taco spot to open in Bowness | Dished  Daily Hive
  
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• Calgary to work with police to confirm funding reallocation for 2022 - LiveWire Calgary

  08-06-2021 22:28
  
  Calgary to work with police to confirm funding reallocation for 2022  LiveWire Calgary
  
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• Calgary councillors look at next steps in response to Truth and Reconciliation Commission report

  08-06-2021 22:17 via cbc.ca
  
  The City of Calgary may boost the budget for its Indigenous relations office after council's priorities and finance committee heard recommendations to better meet calls to action outlined in the city's White Goose Flying report.
  
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• Calgary restroom named one of the best in the country (PHOTOS) | Curated - Daily Hive

  08-06-2021 22:00
  
  Calgary restroom named one of the best in the country (PHOTOS) | Curated  Daily Hive
  
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• Alberta residential school survivor receives honorary doctorate: ‘You didn’t get the best of me’

  08-06-2021 21:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Clarence Wolfleg remembers the day his mother took him to school. It was 1956 and for the next 5 1/2 years he attended the Old Sun Residential School outside Gleichen, Alta.
  
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• Dr. Deena Hinshaw to provide Tuesday update on COVID-19 in Alberta

  08-06-2021 21:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta has been seeing a steady decline in the numbers of new and active cases of COVID-19 cases.
  
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• Alberta reports 139 new cases of COVID-19, total active cases at lowest point since early March

  08-06-2021 21:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta has been seeing a steady decline in the numbers of new and active cases of COVID-19 cases.
  
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• Naturalist Brian Keating gets 'birds-eye view' of flicker nest with spy cam

  08-06-2021 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  When a family of flickers settled in a nesting box on his property, naturalist Brian Keating decided to set up a spy cam to capture the action.
  
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• Reconciliation work from White Goose Flying Report still to be done by City of Calgary

  08-06-2021 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Education work on the calls to action from the White Goose Flying Report and the TRC still needs to be done in Calgary.
  
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• Residential school 'didn't get the best of me,' Blackfoot elder says as he's granted honorary MRU doctorate

  08-06-2021 21:04 via cbc.ca
  
  The Blackfoot elder Miiksika’am — who survived the residential school system of the 1950s and became a UN peacekeeper, long-time Siksika councillor and widely admired spiritual advisor at Mount Royal University in Calgary — has received an honorary doctorate.
  
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• Blackfoot elder receives honorary doctor of laws from Calgary's Mount Royal University

  08-06-2021 21:04 via cbc.ca
  
  A Blackfoot elder who survived the residential school system of the 1950s and went on to become a widely admired spiritual advisor at Mount Royal University was given an honorary doctorate by the school on Tuesday.
  
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• University Muslim Students’ Association offers support following Ontario vehicle attack

  08-06-2021 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Faizan Ahmed from the Muslim Students’ Association at the University of Calgary joins Global’s Bindu Suri to talk about the local impact of the deadly attack on an Ontario family and how people affected can reach out for support.
  
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• Mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic aimed at immunizing Calgary's most vulnerable - CTV Toronto

  08-06-2021 20:53
  
  Mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic aimed at immunizing Calgary's most vulnerable  CTV Toronto
  
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• Calgary hospital dealing with COVID-19 delta variant outbreaks on 2 units - CTV Toronto

  08-06-2021 20:36
  
  Calgary hospital dealing with COVID-19 delta variant outbreaks on 2 units  CTV Toronto
  
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• Is your car seat installed properly? Safety advocate has tips to make sure children are safe

  08-06-2021 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The pandemic has put in-person car seat clinics on hold, leaving many parents wondering if their child is safe.
  
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• Alberta New Democrat MP tables bill, wants federal assessment of coal projects

  08-06-2021 20:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Heather McPherson says her private member's bill would remove a threshold on size that new mines must now cross before they are federally reviewed.
  
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• Boating advisory lifted for Bow River in Calgary - CTV Toronto

  08-06-2021 19:38
  
  Boating advisory lifted for Bow River in Calgary  CTV Toronto
  
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• Police search for missing Calgary mother last seen in Pineridge

  08-06-2021 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Justine Taypotat was last seen in the community of Pineridge at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 31.
  
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• Police find missing Calgary mother last seen in Pineridge - Global News

  08-06-2021 19:30
  
  Police find missing Calgary mother last seen in Pineridge  Global News
  
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• ‘I’m the luckiest man alive’: Calgary man lives by Lou Gehrig’s famous speech while battling ALS

  08-06-2021 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  "That's always stuck in my head and stayed with me... I don't know why. But I guess it was predestined that I was going to end up with the same disease."
  
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• 2 units at Calgary's Foothills hospital have delta variant COVID-19 outbreaks

  08-06-2021 18:36 via cbc.ca
  
  Four units at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary are dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks, with 16 cases of the rapidly spreading coronavirus variant known as the delta variant, or B.1.617.2, detected on two of the units.
  
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• Explosive gender reveal party ignites wildfire near Fort McMurray

  08-06-2021 18:20 via cbc.ca
  
  One person has been fined $600 after a gender reveal party involving explosives sparked a wildfire last week near Fort McMurray.
  
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• Canada's top speedskaters set to return to ice of Calgary's Olympic Oval - CTV Toronto

  08-06-2021 16:56
  
  Canada's top speedskaters set to return to ice of Calgary's Olympic Oval  CTV Toronto
  
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• The Travel Lady: Less is more for post-pandemic travel

  08-06-2021 16:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Travel Lady Lesley Keyter joins Global News Morning Calgary live via Skype to discuss the new post-pandemic policies that will be in place at some tourist destinations.
  
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• Together Again outdoor concert series coming to Edmonton in August

  08-06-2021 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  It may seem surreal after 15 months of social distancing, sanitizing, masking and staying home  — but a series of outdoor concerts will be coming to Edmonton this August.
  
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• Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Tuesday, June 8

  08-06-2021 15:54 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta is seeing a diminishing demand for first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and that could translate into a longer wait for the province to fully reopen, says Premier Jason Kenney.
  
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• Calgary weather for Tuesday, June 8 - CTV Toronto

  08-06-2021 15:44
  
  Calgary weather for Tuesday, June 8  CTV Toronto
  
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• COVID-19 Delta variant spreads inside Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre

  08-06-2021 14:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  The COVID-19 Delta variant first identified in India has now spread inside the Foothills Medical Centre. As Matthew Conrod reports, four units are currently under outbreak status, two of which have outbreaks with Delta cases.
  
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• Varcoe: As oil hits $70, new forecast shows Alberta’s economy primed to lead Canada in growth in 2021 and ’22 - Calgary Herald

  08-06-2021 13:04
  
  Varcoe: As oil hits $70, new forecast shows Alberta’s economy primed to lead Canada in growth in 2021 and ’22  Calgary Herald
  
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• Opinion: Calgary is leading the way on police reform with community partnerships - Calgary Herald

  08-06-2021 13:04
  
  Opinion: Calgary is leading the way on police reform with community partnerships  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary Stampede lost $26.5M in 2020 due to pandemic - CBC.ca

  08-06-2021 13:00
  
  Calgary Stampede lost $26.5M in 2020 due to pandemic  CBC.ca
  
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• Calgary Stampede lost $26.5M in 2020 due to pandemic

  08-06-2021 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Calgary Stampede lost $26.5 million in 2020 and now it's asking the city for some assistance with its bank.
  
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• Here's what Ottawa has said, and done, about Islamophobia and attacks on Muslim Canadians

  08-06-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada’s political leaders are once again condemning Islamophobia following the deadly Sunday evening hit and run in London, Ont. that police have described as a premeditated hate crime against a Muslim family. This is how Ottawa is addressing the issue.
  
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• Alberta men begin walk to Ottawa to honour missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls

  08-06-2021 08:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two Alberta men are walking to Ottawa to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, but their journey has now become about so much more
  
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• WATCHING NOW Calgary leaders call out Muslim attack in London - 660 News

  08-06-2021 07:25
  
  WATCHING NOW Calgary leaders call out Muslim attack in London  660 News
  
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• COVID-19 Delta variant spreads inside Calgary hospital; 16 cases linked to 2 outbreaks - Global News

  08-06-2021 07:03
  
  COVID-19 Delta variant spreads inside Calgary hospital; 16 cases linked to 2 outbreaks  Global News
  
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• COVID-19 Delta variant spreads inside Calgary hospital; 16 cases linked to 2 outbreaks

  08-06-2021 07:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  "As of June 7, 2021, AHS has identified 16 cases of the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant in patients on two units at Foothills Medical Centre."
  
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• Vigil to be held Tuesday night in Calgary in memory of London, Ont. family - CTV Toronto

  08-06-2021 05:57
  
  Vigil to be held Tuesday night in Calgary in memory of London, Ont. family  CTV Toronto
  
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• Tsuut’ina Nation hosts silent march to honour residential school victims

  08-06-2021 04:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tsuut’ina Nation hosted a silent march to honour residential school victims, including the 215 children found in unmarked burial sites in Kamloops. Jackie Wilson reports.
  
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• Calgary gardener grows food for charity | CTV News - CTV Toronto

  08-06-2021 03:49
  
  Calgary gardener grows food for charity | CTV News  CTV Toronto
  
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• Visits to supervised consumption sites decrease overdose deaths, U of A research shows

  08-06-2021 03:37 via cbc.ca
  
  The findings come amid a spike in overdose deaths around Edmonton. Those that work closely with the community have struggled to keep up, dealing with more than 10 overdoses in one day.
  
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• Alberta moves forward on equalization referendum, with vote proposed in October

  08-06-2021 03:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  If passed, the referendum would be held in conjunction with municipal elections Oct. 18.
  
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• Calgary river levels receding as snow falls in mountain parks - Global News

  08-06-2021 02:59
  
  Calgary river levels receding as snow falls in mountain parks  Global News
  
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• Calgary river levels receding as snow falls in mountain parks

  08-06-2021 02:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  A boating advisory remains in effect in the City of Calgary as water levels remain high on the Bow River. Levels are expected to drop as temperatures cool upstream.
  
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• Visitors to see big changes on Banff’s Bear Street after major construction work during pandemic

  08-06-2021 02:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  The massive void left by tourists in the town of Banff has been occupied by workers clad in bright vests and hard hats and the persistent drum of heavy machinery.
  
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