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• Oilsands companies focusing on essential work only as Omicron sweeps country

  08-01-2022 23:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's oilsands are maintaining production levels with critical staff only as operators try to minimize the workforce impact of the highly contagious Omicron variant.
  
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• Kevin J. Johnston transported to Calgary after being detained by U.S. border patrol - Calgary Herald

  08-01-2022 22:55 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Kevin J. Johnston transported to Calgary after being detained by U.S. border patrol  Calgary Herald
  
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• B.C. Interior highways closed due to avalanche risk expected to reopen Saturday

  08-01-2022 22:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Road crews are working to clear deposits after receiving clearance from the avalanche team. It is expected that Highways 3 and 1 will open this evening.
  
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• Avalanche risk prompts B.C. highway closures, traffic delays

  08-01-2022 22:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  DriveBC reported just after 1 p.m., on Saturday that Highway 3 had been reopened to traffic.
  
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• 'Open wound in the sky': Families honour loved ones who died when Iran shot down passenger jet 2 years ago

  08-01-2022 19:47 via cbc.ca
  
  Families are commemorating on Saturday the loss of loved ones who died after Iranian forces downed a passenger jet two years ago.
  
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• Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Saturday, Jan. 8

  08-01-2022 18:42 via cbc.ca
  
  COVID-19 hospitalizations in Alberta continue to climb as the Omicron variant continues to spread in the province, with 498 people in hospital Thursday, an increase of 28 from Wednesday's update.
  
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• Tkachuk bumps Conroy down a peg on Flames’ franchise scoring list: ‘I actually thought he passed me a while ago’ - Calgary Sun

  08-01-2022 18:36 via calgarysun.com
  
  Tkachuk bumps Conroy down a peg on Flames’ franchise scoring list: ‘I actually thought he passed me a while ago’  Calgary Sun
  
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• Connection during isolation: Data shows national drug overdose hotline saves lives

  08-01-2022 18:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Almost three dozen people survived overdoses because of a Canada-wide phone line that connects callers who use drugs with emergency support if there is a suspected overdose.
  
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• NASA's James Webb telescope opens its 'golden eye' mirror

  08-01-2022 18:31 via cbc.ca
  
  NASA's new space telescope opened its huge, gold-plated, flower-shaped mirror on Saturday, the final step in the observatory's dramatic unfurling.
  
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• Calgary police search for missing man - Calgary Herald

  08-01-2022 18:19 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Calgary police search for missing man  Calgary Herald
  
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• Alberta could see record COVID-19 hospitalizations within 14 days, early warning system projections suggest

  08-01-2022 18:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Projections from Alberta Health Services' COVID-19 early warning system suggest the Omicron variant could send more people to hospital than at any point in the pandemic, within a couple of weeks.
  
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• Beyond the Boxscore: Calgary Flames run out of gas against Carolina - Flames Nation

  08-01-2022 18:00 via flamesnation.ca
  Beyond the Boxscore: Calgary Flames run out of gas against Carolina  Flames Nation
  
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• The Travel Lady: 2022 cruise line industry forecast

  08-01-2022 17:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lesley Keyter, The Travel Lady, joins Global News Calgary to talk about the work cruise lines are doing to win passenger confidence during the COVID-19 pandemic and the trends the industry
  
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• AARCS shares info on dogs, cats and bunnies all looking for ‘furever’ homes

  08-01-2022 16:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Like many Alberta shelters, the Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society has an influx of animals looking for homes. Nicole Janke shares details on a few of their adorable adoptables.
  
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• Calgary chef takes vegan cooking school online - Globalnews.ca

  08-01-2022 16:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary chef takes vegan cooking school online  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Calgary chef takes vegan cooking school online

  08-01-2022 16:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Roni Zaide with Roni’s Kitchen joins Global News Calgary to discuss her new virtual cooking classes and to make one of her delicious vegan recipes.
  
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• Calgary Flames' Biggest Storylines for 2022 - The Hockey Writers

  08-01-2022 16:05 via thehockeywriters.com
  
  Calgary Flames' Biggest Storylines for 2022  The Hockey Writers
  
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• Letters, Jan. 8: 'Wanna trade our arena for your team?' - Calgary Sun

  08-01-2022 13:07 via calgarysun.com
  
  Letters, Jan. 8: 'Wanna trade our arena for your team?'  Calgary Sun
  
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• Opinion: An unforgettable midnight ride on the Red Line - Calgary Herald

  08-01-2022 13:06 via calgaryherald.com
  Opinion: An unforgettable midnight ride on the Red Line  Calgary Herald
  
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• Opinion: A unforgettable midnight ride on the Red Line - Calgary Herald

  08-01-2022 13:06 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Opinion: A unforgettable midnight ride on the Red Line  Calgary Herald
  
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• Varcoe: Staggering $17B drop in value of downtown towers fuels search for solutions - Calgary Herald

  08-01-2022 13:04 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Varcoe: Staggering $17B drop in value of downtown towers fuels search for solutions  Calgary Herald
  
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• Varcoe: Calgary's downtown towers see staggering drop in value - Calgary Herald

  08-01-2022 13:04 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Varcoe: Calgary's downtown towers see staggering drop in value  Calgary Herald
  
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• Use of controversial surveillance technology demonstrates the need to limit police power

  08-01-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  It’s clear that police employing surveillance technology is not only an issue of privacy, it’s also an issue of racism, writes Kate Schneider.
  
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• Omicron has completely changed the pandemic — it's time to change how we respond to it

  08-01-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Omicron has completely changed what we thought we knew about COVID-19, given how quickly it develops in the body, causes symptoms to emerge and infects others. And that means the tools we have to try to contain it are no longer as effective.
  
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• How can in-person classes return more safely? Experts share 3 shorter-term measures

  08-01-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  With multiple provinces choosing to delay in-person schooling amid another wave of the pandemic, parents, educators and physicians talk about the shorter-term measures that can help students return to safer classrooms.
  
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• Alcohol should have cancer warning labels, say doctors and researchers pushing to raise awareness of risk

  08-01-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Advocates of warning labels want Canadians to understand that alcohol is classified as a Group 1 carcinogen and one of the top causes of preventable cancer.
  
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• Calgary police seek public assistance locating missing man - CTV News Calgary

  08-01-2022 05:53 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary police seek public assistance locating missing man  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Calgary man found safe, police thank public and media - CTV Toronto

  08-01-2022 05:53 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary man found safe, police thank public and media  CTV Toronto
  
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• Svechnikov scores twice as Hurricanes defeat Flames for 9th win in 10 games

  08-01-2022 04:47 via cbc.ca
  
  Andrei Svechnikov scored two goals and the Carolina Hurricanes returned to action after nearly a week layoff by beating the Calgary Flames 6-3 on Friday night.
  
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• ‘I’m dying to see them:’ Toronto man who lost family in plane shot down by Iranian forces

  08-01-2022 04:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Habib Haghjoo cannot look at the only two photographs in his living room at his east Toronto home. But he cannot bring himself to take them down.
  
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• Andersen stops 36 shots as Hurricanes beat Flames 6-3

  08-01-2022 04:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Frederik Andersen stopped 36 shots while playing a full game for the first time in nearly three weeks.
  
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• Carolina Causes Calgary Collapse - Matchsticks and Gasoline

  08-01-2022 04:03 via matchsticksandgasoline.com
  
  Carolina Causes Calgary Collapse  Matchsticks and Gasoline
  
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• Federal government setting up scholarship program to honour victims of plane shot down by Iran

  08-01-2022 03:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal government is setting up a scholarship program honouring the victims of the passenger jet shot down by Iranian forces two years ago.
  
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• Temperature inversion traps air pollution over Calgary area Friday night: Environment Canada

  08-01-2022 03:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  An inversion, "where the colder air is being trapped closer to the surface thanks to a layer of warmer air that is sitting above it" is causing air pollution to stay low Friday.
  
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• COVID-19 Update: 6,257 new cases | Hitmen pause games, practices | Businesses struggle to stay open - Calgary Herald

  08-01-2022 03:24 via calgaryherald.com
  
  COVID-19 Update: 6,257 new cases | Hitmen pause games, practices | Businesses struggle to stay open  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary-area observatory celebrates 50 years under the stars - CBC.ca

  08-01-2022 02:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary-area observatory celebrates 50 years under the stars  CBC.ca
  
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• Calgary-area observatory celebrates 50 years under the stars

  08-01-2022 02:53 via cbc.ca
  
  It's been 50 years to the day since the doors to the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory near Priddis, Alta., opened to the public — and as co-founder Alan Clark remembers it, it was just about as cold on that day as it is today.
  
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• Alberta confirms 6,257 new COVID-19 cases Friday, another pandemic record

  08-01-2022 02:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta reported more than 6,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as the province recorded a new daily record on Friday.
  
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• Advocates for victims of crime in Alberta say more financial support needed

  08-01-2022 02:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Advocates are speaking out after a new provincial program to help victims of serious crimes that had been scheduled to start in 2021 hasn’t started yet.
  
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• How monitoring wastewater provides the most accurate look at COVID-19 infection in Calgary

  08-01-2022 02:28 via cbc.ca
  
  As the Alberta government scales back on widespread PCR testing to focus on those in high-priority settings such as health care, the province is now relying on wastewater surveillance more than ever before to track the prevalence of COVID-19 in Alberta.
  
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• Housekeeping, laundry staff set to have hours cut at three Calgary long-term care facilities: union - Calgary Herald

  08-01-2022 02:04 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Housekeeping, laundry staff set to have hours cut at three Calgary long-term care facilities: union  Calgary Herald
  
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• Alberta reports 2 new COVID-19 deaths, small increase in hospitalizations Friday

  08-01-2022 02:01 via cbc.ca
  
  The number of Albertans in hospital with COVID-19 is the highest it has been in almost two months, as the Omicron variant spreads rampantly through the province.
  
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• 9 Calgary restaurant openings to look forward to in 2022 | Dished - Daily Hive

  08-01-2022 02:00 via dailyhive.com
  
  9 Calgary restaurant openings to look forward to in 2022 | Dished  Daily Hive
  
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• Grateful Mace leaves a legacy in Calgary - Calgary Sun

  08-01-2022 01:56 via calgarysun.com
  
  Grateful Mace leaves a legacy in Calgary  Calgary Sun
  
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• From field to fork, farm groups worry Omicron could impact food production across Canada

  08-01-2022 01:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  There have been challenges to keep produce and meat fully-stocked though the pandemic at grocery stores. Now, farm groups worry the Omicron variant could have an impact on labour shortages for Canadian food producers. Ina Sidhu explains.
  
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• COVID-19: Calgary schools warn parents of possible at-home learning ahead of return to classes - Globalnews.ca

  08-01-2022 01:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  COVID-19: Calgary schools warn parents of possible at-home learning ahead of return to classes  Globalnews.ca
  
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• COVID-19: Calgary schools warn parents of possible at-home learning ahead of return to classes

  08-01-2022 01:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  As parents and students get ready to head back to school amid the ongoing fifth wave of COVID-19 on Monday, there are already concerns about the possibility of going online. Adam MacVicar has more on what parents should be prepared for.
  
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• Alberta’s employment numbers improve while Calgary lags behind - Globalnews.ca

  08-01-2022 01:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s employment numbers improve while Calgary lags behind  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Alberta’s employment numbers improve while Calgary lags behind

  08-01-2022 01:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The December job numbers from Statistics Canada show Alberta still has the highest employment rate across the country. But as Michael King reports, Calgary’s unemployment rate is lagging behind Edmonton’s.
  
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• 'Brutally challenging': Businesses struggle to stay open as Omicron spreads - Calgary Herald

  08-01-2022 01:43 via calgaryherald.com
  
  'Brutally challenging': Businesses struggle to stay open as Omicron spreads  Calgary Herald
  
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