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• This Calgary company brings modern healthcare right to your home & it’s a must-try service - Curiocity

  13-09-2021 23:59 via curiocity.com
  
  This Calgary company brings modern healthcare right to your home & it’s a must-try service  Curiocity
  
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• More than 800 Albertans now hospitalized with COVID-19 as 4,740 new cases identified since Friday

  13-09-2021 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health data released Monday afternoon shows there are 803 people being treated for COVID-19 in hospital. That's a jump from 686 patients on Friday afternoon. 
  
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• Calgary council approves $7.5M to help finish Barron Building conversion to housing - CBC.ca

  13-09-2021 23:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary council approves $7.5M to help finish Barron Building conversion to housing  CBC.ca
  
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• Calgary council approves $7.5M to help finish Barron Building conversion to housing

  13-09-2021 23:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary city council, sitting for the last time before the Oct. 18 election, voted 12-1 to help fund the stalled Barron Building conversion project on Monday.
  
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• Murder trial begins for career criminal accused of randomly killing Nigerian nursing student

  13-09-2021 23:32 via cbc.ca
  
  The second-degree murder trial has begun for a Calgary man accused of murdering a Nigerian father who was studying nursing at Bow Valley College.
  
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• Thousands of lights & bonfires to light up the Calgary Farmyard for after-hours nights this fall - Curiocity

  13-09-2021 23:22 via curiocity.com
  
  Thousands of lights & bonfires to light up the Calgary Farmyard for after-hours nights this fall  Curiocity
  
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• Exiting Calgary councillors mark final council meeting ahead of municipal election - CTV News Calgary

  13-09-2021 23:01 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Exiting Calgary councillors mark final council meeting ahead of municipal election  CTV News Calgary
  
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• University of Calgary students urge 'Yes' vote on fluoridation in fall election - CBC.ca

  13-09-2021 23:00 via cbc.ca
  
  University of Calgary students urge 'Yes' vote on fluoridation in fall election  CBC.ca
  
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• University of Calgary students urge 'Yes' vote on fluoridation in fall election

  13-09-2021 22:55 via cbc.ca
  
  Students at University of Calgary are urging others to vote in favour of restoring fluoride in the city's drinking water in this fall's election.
  
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• Health agency wants jail time for Calgary pastor and brother for breaking COVID rules - CBC.ca

  13-09-2021 22:31 via cbc.ca
  
  Health agency wants jail time for Calgary pastor and brother for breaking COVID rules  CBC.ca
  
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• Health agency wants jail time for Calgary pastor and brother for breaking COVID rules

  13-09-2021 22:31 via cbc.ca
  
  A lawyer for Alberta Health Services says an Alberta pastor and his brother found guilty of contempt after deliberately violating COVID-19 health orders should go to jail.
  
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• AHS lawyer seeks jail time for Calgary pastor and brother for breaking COVID-19 rules - Global News

  13-09-2021 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  AHS lawyer seeks jail time for Calgary pastor and brother for breaking COVID-19 rules  Global News
  
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• AHS lawyer seeks jail time for Calgary pastor and brother for breaking COVID-19 rules

  13-09-2021 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Artur Pawlowski and his brother Dawid Pawlowski were arrested in May and accused of organizing an illegal gathering as well as promoting and attending an illegal gathering.
  
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• Cold case murder trial hears of pregnancies, 'cracks' in relationship, one-way ticket out of town

  13-09-2021 22:07 via cbc.ca
  
  Nearly two decades after Adrienne McColl was fatally strangled and her body dumped in a ditch alongside a rural southern Alberta road, her former boyfriend's murder trial began.  
  
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• Calgary cold case murder trial hears of pregnancies, 'cracks' in relationship, one-way ticket out of town

  13-09-2021 22:07 via cbc.ca
  
  Nearly two decades after Adrienne McColl was fatally strangled and her body dumped in a ditch alongside a rural southern Alberta road, her former boyfriend's murder trial began Monday in Calgary.  
  
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• Trial begins in historical murder of Calgary woman - Calgary Sun

  13-09-2021 22:01 via calgarysun.com
  
  Trial begins in historical murder of Calgary woman  Calgary Sun
  
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• Full vaccination — and proof — to be mandatory at 9 post-secondary institutions in Alberta

  13-09-2021 21:19 via cbc.ca
  
  The University of Alberta, University of Calgary, University of Lethbridge, MacEwan University, Mount Royal University, NAIT, SAIT, Medicine Hat College and NorQuest College have all made the change.
  
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• Alberta tourism towns bracing for busy winter with fewer temporary foreign workers

  13-09-2021 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Businesses in Alberta's tourism hotspots are preparing for a busy winter season, but without the usual influx of temporary foreign workers.
  
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• Alberta doctors, chambers of commerce push for COVID-19 vaccine passport

  13-09-2021 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  In an open letter to the premier, 65 infectious diseases physicians from across Alberta are calling for the immediate implementation of a provincially-mandated vaccine passport.
  
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• Alberta premier Jason Kenney condemns planned hospital protests

  13-09-2021 20:28 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is condemning planned protests at hospitals in Edmonton and Calgary on Monday by an anti-vaccination group.
  
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• Alberta premier Jason Kenney condemns hospital protests

  13-09-2021 20:28 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is condemning protests at hospitals in Edmonton and Calgary on Monday organized by an anti-vaccination group.
  
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• Carly's Angels drag show returns to Calgary October 30 - Eat North

  13-09-2021 20:26 via eatnorth.com
  
  Carly's Angels drag show returns to Calgary October 30  Eat North
  
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• Nurse protest set to take place outside Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton

  13-09-2021 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  An organization calling itself Canadian Frontline Nurses planned to hold demonstrations across Canada on Monday in protest of COVID-19 public health measures, including at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. Kim Smith joined the noon news live from outside the Edmonton hospital in advance of the gathering.
  
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• Calgary is now new permanent home of the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame - Curiocity

  13-09-2021 20:04 via curiocity.com
  
  Calgary is now new permanent home of the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame  Curiocity
  
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• A Guide to Korean Food in Calgary - Avenue Calgary

  13-09-2021 20:03 via avenuecalgary.com
  
  A Guide to Korean Food in Calgary  Avenue Calgary
  
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• 9 Alberta post-secondary institutions to require proof of COVID-19 vaccine to attend campus

  13-09-2021 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nine Alberta post-secondary institutions are increasing their COVID-19 protocols by requiring everyone attending campus to be fully vaccinated against the disease.
  
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• Theft at Calgary mosque leaves community worried - CBC.ca

  13-09-2021 19:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Theft at Calgary mosque leaves community worried  CBC.ca
  
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• Theft at Calgary mosque leaves community worried

  13-09-2021 19:51 via cbc.ca
  
  A Calgary mosque was broken into Saturday and a number of valuable items were stolen, says one of the members.
  
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• COVID-19 hospital protests ‘a morale blow’ to Canada’s exhausted health-care workers

  13-09-2021 19:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  The protests are being organized by a group called Canadian Frontline Nurses in an effort to stand up to the most recent public health measures.
  
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• Immigrants of Distinction Awards 2021, supported by Global Calgary

  13-09-2021 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Immigrants of Distinction Awards (IDA) will be held at the Jack Singer Concert Hall on November 4th at 5:00 p.m. ABOUT THE AWARDS The Immigrants of Distinction Awards (IDA) is an awards gala dedicated to the remarkable contributions immigrants and refugees have made to create a strong and prosperous Canada. The annual awards ceremony...
  
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• Up to 70% of Edmonton zone surgeries to be postponed due to ‘COVID-19 activity’: AHS

  13-09-2021 18:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton zone surgery access will be reduced by up to 70 per cent in an effort to better manage increased COVID-19 activity across Alberta.
  
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• All day surgeries in Edmonton health zone postponed as hospitals struggle under pressure of COVID-19

  13-09-2021 18:47 via cbc.ca
  
  Up to 70 per cent of all scheduled surgeries and procedures in the Edmonton health zone will be postponed this week as Alberta Health Services works to free up space and frontline staff to care for patients with COVID-19.
  
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• ATB Financial Classic Mackenzie Tour

  13-09-2021 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  See the ATB Financial Classic Professional Golf Tours
  
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• Calgary councillor Joe Magliocca seeks re-election despite spending scandal - CTV News Calgary

  13-09-2021 18:43 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary councillor Joe Magliocca seeks re-election despite spending scandal  CTV News Calgary
  
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• 10 of the best things to do in Calgary this week (September 13-17) - Curiocity

  13-09-2021 17:56 via curiocity.com
  
  10 of the best things to do in Calgary this week (September 13-17)  Curiocity
  
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• Here’s where Alberta’s mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic on wheels is heading this week

  13-09-2021 17:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Launched in July, the COVID-19 vaccination clinic on wheels is a joint effort between Alberta Health and a coalition of businesses.
  
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• UPDATED: Truckers from Calgary and Acton, Ontario died in crash near Thunder Bay - Tbnewswatch.com

  13-09-2021 17:38 via tbnewswatch.com
  
  UPDATED: Truckers from Calgary and Acton, Ontario died in crash near Thunder Bay  Tbnewswatch.com
  
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• 8000 Food Bank volunteers to deliver 400,000 donation bags to Calgarians in need

  13-09-2021 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary Food Bank Spokesperson Shawna Ogston joins Global News Morning Calgary live via Skype to discuss annual City-Wide Food Drive from September 13 – September 17.
  
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• 13 things to do in Calgary this week: September 13 to 19 | Listed - Daily Hive

  13-09-2021 17:00 via dailyhive.com
  
  13 things to do in Calgary this week: September 13 to 19 | Listed  Daily Hive
  
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• Everest to bring Canada’s Providence Therapeutics’ COVID-19 vaccine to China

  13-09-2021 16:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Everest Medicines signed a licence agreement with Providence Therapeutics to make and sell the biotechnology company's potential mRNA COVID vaccines in some Asian countries.
  
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• Scientists race to preserve crucial climate records in glacier ice before they melt away

  13-09-2021 16:36 via cbc.ca
  
  Scientists are racing to collect ice cores — along with long-frozen records they hold of climate cycles — as global warming melts glaciers and ice sheets. Some say they are running out of time. And, in some cases, it's already too late.
  
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• B.C.'s vaccine card system takes effect, with 1 dose now required to access some businesses, events

  13-09-2021 16:13 via cbc.ca
  
  B.C.'s COVID-19 vaccine card system is now in effect as the province aims to curtail cases and hospitalizations in the fourth wave of the pandemic.
  
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• B.C.'s vaccine card system takes effect, cards now required to access some businesses, events

  13-09-2021 16:13 via cbc.ca
  
  B.C.'s COVID-19 vaccine card system is now in effect as the province aims to curtail cases and hospitalizations in the fourth wave of the pandemic. Starting Monday, those 12 and over must show proof of at least one dose of vaccine, two doses as of Oct. 24.
  
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• Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Monday, Sept. 13

  13-09-2021 15:42 via cbc.ca
  
  The province did not release new numbers over the weekend, but is expected to provide an update on Monday afternoon.
  
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• Calgary weather for Monday, Sept. 13 | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  13-09-2021 15:34 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary weather for Monday, Sept. 13 | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Airdrie City council approves feasibility study funding for Airdrie-to-Calgary bike path - Airdrie Today

  13-09-2021 15:00 via airdrietoday.com
  
  Airdrie City council approves feasibility study funding for Airdrie-to-Calgary bike path  Airdrie Today
  
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• Amazon Canada hikes front-line worker pay and plans to hire 15,000 more people

  13-09-2021 14:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Amazon Canada says it is hiring up to 15,000 more people in Canada and will boost the pay for its front-line workers to up to $21.65 an hour.
  
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• UVic, U-Calgary researchers investigate possibility of CO2 storage in ocean basalt – Saanich News - Saanich News

  13-09-2021 14:30 via saanichnews.com
  
  UVic, U-Calgary researchers investigate possibility of CO2 storage in ocean basalt – Saanich News  Saanich News
  
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• Alberta union leaders consider ignoring new legal restrictions on finances, picketing

  13-09-2021 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Some union leaders say they have no intention of complying with new legal rules introduced by Alberta’s United Conservative Party government.
  
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• Some concerned UCP putting politics ahead of public health with vaccine passport survey

  13-09-2021 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Some Albertans are concerned the United Conservatives are politicizing COVID-19 vaccine passports, after launching a feedback survey on the subject that asks for donations once filled out.
  
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