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• 2nd church fire being investigated as arson by RCMP on Alberta’s Siksika Nation

  29-06-2021 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police said officers were called to the Siksika Anglican Church, located in Map 4, at about 7 a.m. Tuesday for reports of a fire.
  
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• Ontario Hockey League to kick off 2021-22 season in October

  29-06-2021 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  North Bay, Windsor and Barrie will be the venues for opening night.
  
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• Despite pandemic pain, Enmax ‘achieved solid financial performance’ in 2020: CEO

  29-06-2021 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  After purchasing an energy company in Maine, U.S.A., Enmax's chair of the board says "we have some debt to pay down."
  
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• Indigenous TikTok creator spreads awareness for Canada’s First Nation water crisis

  29-06-2021 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  'You don't realize that being thirsty is a scary situation until you're thirsty and you don't have any water,' says Brennen Mcguire of his videos about the Indigenous water crisis.
  
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• Lawyer for trucker guilty in woman's hotel death in Edmonton wants shorter sentence

  29-06-2021 22:35 via cbc.ca
  
  The lawyer for an Ontario truck driver who killed a woman in his Edmonton hotel room a decade ago is asking that his client be sentenced to about half the time called for by the Crown.
  
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• Alberta entrepreneur upcycles brewery waste twice

  29-06-2021 22:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  The brewing process has a by-product -- spent grain -- which usually ends up being composted or in the landfill.
  
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• Moose takes over Alberta family’s backyard waterslide

  29-06-2021 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta family had a visitor take over their backyard waterslide, after a moose decided it needed to take a break from the heat.
  
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• Alberta reveals most popular baby names of 2020

  29-06-2021 22:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  For the second year in a row, Olivia and Noah are the most popular baby girl and baby boy names in Alberta.
  
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• Dinny, Calgary's oldest dino will not go extinct anytime soon - CTV Toronto

  29-06-2021 22:16
  
  Dinny, Calgary's oldest dino will not go extinct anytime soon  CTV Toronto
  
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• Infectious disease expert offers tips on how to stay safe during Canada Day in Alberta

  29-06-2021 21:54 via cbc.ca
  
  An infectious disease expert is advising Albertans to approach Canada Day gatherings with caution as the province plans to lift all of its COVID-19 public health restrictions on July 1.
  
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• Second coyote put down after attacks on people in northwest Calgary - CBC.ca

  29-06-2021 21:32
  
  Second coyote put down after attacks on people in northwest Calgary  CBC.ca
  
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• Second coyote put down after attacks on people in northwest Calgary

  29-06-2021 21:32 via cbc.ca
  
  It's the second coyote to be killed in two weeks after six people were bitten.
  
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• Dr. Deena Hinshaw to provide final regularly scheduled COVID-19 update

  29-06-2021 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, will provide what is expected to be her final regularly scheduled briefing on COVID-19.
  
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• Dr. Deena Hinshaw offers positive outlook as Alberta hits lowest active cases since August

  29-06-2021 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, delivered a positive outlook on the province's future as she delivered her final regularly scheduled briefing on COVID-19 Tuesday.
  
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• NHL, CFL prizes added to Alberta’s COVID-19 vaccine lottery prizes

  29-06-2021 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta COVID-19 vaccine lottery already has three $1-million prize packages, as well as travel packages from WestJet and Air Canada, and the Calgary Stampede. 
  
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• Dozens of record highs set in Alberta Monday amid historic heat wave

  29-06-2021 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Of the communities with new record highs, the warmest was in Jasper, which saw temperatures climb to 39 C.
  
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• Extreme heat wallops wheat and canola crops, pushing prices to record highs

  29-06-2021 21:05 via cbc.ca
  
  The scorching heat baking large swaths of Western Canada and the United States is pushing prices for spring wheat and canola to record highs, as hot and dry conditions are likely to hurt the harvests of both crops, making whatever survives more valuable.
  
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• New report calls for public takeover of old oil and gas wells to fund their cleanup

  29-06-2021 20:53 via cbc.ca
  
  The report uses information from the Alberta Energy Regulator to calculate the province's total cleanup bill for old oil and gas wells at $40-$70 billion.
  
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• Grey Eagle Drive In: July Movies

  29-06-2021 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Grey Eagle Drive In is hosting movie night under the stars! Scroll down for the list of movies playing throughout the month of July. Spider Man: Homecoming (PG) Friday, July 2   |   3:00 p.m. BUY TICKETS Raya And The Last Dragon (PG) Friday, July 2   |   7:00 p.m. BUY TICKETS Visit greyeagledrivein.com for the...
  
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• Calgary officer to be sentenced for assault on handcuffed Black woman

  29-06-2021 20:49 via cbc.ca
  
  A Calgary police officer will be sentenced this afternoon for assaulting a handcuffed Black woman whom he threw on the ground face first.
  
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• Calgary officer handed 1-month sentence for assaulting handcuffed Black woman who died this week

  29-06-2021 20:49 via cbc.ca
  
  On the day that Calgary police Const. Alex Dunn was sentenced to one month for assaulting Dalia Kafi — a young Black woman who was handcuffed at the time — CBC News has learned she has died.
  
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• Calgary officer handed 1-month sentence for assaulting handcuffed Black woman who died of overdose this week

  29-06-2021 20:49 via cbc.ca
  
  On the day that Calgary police Const. Alex Dunn was sentenced to one month for assaulting Dalia Kafi — a young Black woman who was handcuffed at the time — CBC News has learned she has died.
  
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• Dr. Deena Hinshaw to deliver final regular COVID-19 news conference Tuesday afternoon

  29-06-2021 20:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to provide her last regular COVID-19 update for Albertans at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Her news conference will be streamed in this post.
  
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• Western Canada’s extreme heat wave: Some experts have ‘never seen’ anything like it

  29-06-2021 20:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  As a dangerous heat wave continues to scorch western Canada, climate scientists are concerned about how much more frequently we could endure extreme weather events like this.
  
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• Four Ontario golfers set to represent Canada at Tokyo Olympic Games

  29-06-2021 20:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  The golfers will tee off for Team Canada in men's and women's competition at the Olympic Games in early August.
  
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• 16 companies hiring for more than 500 jobs in Calgary this July | Venture - Daily Hive

  29-06-2021 20:13
  
  16 companies hiring for more than 500 jobs in Calgary this July | Venture  Daily Hive
  
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• ‘It’s surreal’: Animated Fort McMurray wildfire short film has star-studded cast

  29-06-2021 19:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Back Home Again, a short animated film about the Fort McMurray fire and aftermath, has an all-star cast including Eugene Levy, Michael J. Fox, Catherine O’Hara and Jeremy Renner.
  
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• Report calls for public takeover of old Alberta oil and gas wells to fund their cleanup

  29-06-2021 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  The report by the Alberta Liabilities Disclosure Project recommends a public agency be formed to step in to operate those wells and use the revenues to fund reclamation.
  
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• New all-time record set in B.C. as heat wave grips the West, slides into Manitoba

  29-06-2021 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Environment Canada has issued four heat warnings for regions along Manitoba's western boundary.
  
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• CGC Pain Virtual Run

  29-06-2021 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canadian Global Care Society invites you and your family to partake in our 10-day challenge to walk five million steps for chronic pain!
  
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• Another Alberta coal project added to federal environmental assessment list

  29-06-2021 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal environment minister says Montem Resource's proposed Tent Mountain project could harm fish and fish habitat through the release of the contaminant selenium.
  
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• Calgary, Edmonton will not hold preseason scrimmage; Stamps awaiting fan approval from Alberta Health - 3downnation.com

  29-06-2021 18:49
  Calgary, Edmonton will not hold preseason scrimmage; Stamps awaiting fan approval from Alberta Health  3downnation.com
  
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• Flamin' Hot Cheetos doughnuts and fried pork intestine: new Calgary Stampede foods announced - CBC.ca

  29-06-2021 18:41
  
  Flamin' Hot Cheetos doughnuts and fried pork intestine: new Calgary Stampede foods announced  CBC.ca
  
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• Flamin' Hot Cheetos doughnuts and fried pork intestine: new Calgary Stampede foods announced

  29-06-2021 18:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary Stampede 2021 will certainly be different from years previous but one constant remains: there will be wacky, and sometimes unorthodox, midway food available for purchase.
  
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• Noah and Olivia once again the top baby names in Alberta

  29-06-2021 18:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Olivia continues its eight-year reign as the most popular baby girl’s name in Alberta while Noah clinched the top spot for boys for the second year in a row.
  
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• Calgary weather for Tuesday, June 29 - CTV Toronto

  29-06-2021 18:17
  
  Calgary weather for Tuesday, June 29  CTV Toronto
  
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• Beaten for speaking Blackfoot at residential school, this Siksika woman now teaches it in the same building

  29-06-2021 18:08 via cbc.ca
  
  Vivian Ayoungman was forced to attend Old Sun Indian Residential School in the 1950s, where she was beaten for speaking her own language. Decades later, the building has been repurposed as a community college to preserve Siksika language and culture.
  
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• Live your dream and read: tips from a dad who quit his job to rap children’s stories

  29-06-2021 17:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Canadian children's author has combined his love of words with beats. Lexy the Rap Dad says his rhymes get kids reading.
  
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• Alberta reveals 2020’s most popular baby names

  29-06-2021 17:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Olivia and Noah were once again the most popular baby girl and baby boy's names in Alberta last year.
  
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• 'Naked on my back porch': Albertans doing what it takes to stay cool in historic heat wave

  29-06-2021 17:00 via cbc.ca
  
  From cold showers to makeshift air conditioners, Albertans are opening their wallets and their DIY handbooks in a bid to beat the heat.  
  
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• The Travel Lady: Cruising starts again in Florida

  29-06-2021 16:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Travel Lady Lesley Keyter joins Global News Morning Calgary live via Skype to discuss the cruise lines that have started operating out of Florida again.
  
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• How to care for your lawn, trees and plants in hot weather

  29-06-2021 16:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Meryl Coombs from the Spruce It Up Garden Centre joins Global News Morning Calgary live via Skype to explain how to care for your lawn, trees and plants during a heat wave.
  
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• Five surprising ways to stay cool in hot weather

  29-06-2021 16:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jacqueline Tran from the Telus Spark science centre joins Global News Morning Calgary live via Skype to demonstrate five surprising ways to stay cool during hot summer weather.
  
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• Over 100 food trucks preparing for 2021 Calgary Stampede midway

  29-06-2021 16:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Manager of Calgary Stampede programming Kyle Corner joins Global News Morning Calgary live via Skype with details on what tasty treats and adventurous snacks on a stick will be available on the 2021 midway.
  
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• Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Tuesday, June 29

  29-06-2021 16:53 via cbc.ca
  
  After days of technical issues, Alberta released COVID-19 data from the previous four days on Monday, while another hospital outbreak involving the Delta variant has been declared on a unit at Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary.
  
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• Heat dome moves toward Alberta after shattering temperature records in B.C., N.W.T.

  29-06-2021 16:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Extreme heat warnings remain in place over much of Western Canada as a historic heat wave that has shattered 103 all-time heat records across B.C., Alberta, Yukon and N.W.T. moves eastward.
  
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• Heat dome moves toward Alberta after shattering temperature records in B.C.

  29-06-2021 16:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Extreme heat warnings remain in place over much of Western Canada as a historic heat wave that has shattered more than 40 all-time temperature records moves eastward.
  
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• For 3rd straight day, B.C. village smashes record for highest-ever Canadian temperature at 49.5 C

  29-06-2021 16:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Lytton, B.C., has broken the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada for the third day in a row, hitting a scorching 49.5 C by Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• For 3rd straight day, B.C. village smashes record for highest Canadian temperature at 49.6 C

  29-06-2021 16:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Lytton, B.C., has broken the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada for a third straight day, hitting a scorching 49.6 C on Tuesday.
  
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• For 3rd straight day, B.C. village smashes record for highest Canadian temperature at 49.5 C

  29-06-2021 16:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Lytton, B.C., has broken the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada for the third day in a row, hitting a scorching 49.5 C by Tuesday afternoon.
  
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