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• Alberta top court slashes prison sentence for woman who killed abusive husband

  12-01-2022 23:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Helen Naslund's 18-year sentence for killing her husband has been cut down to nine years in a majority Alberta Court of Appeal decision.
  
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• Calgary sees significant disparity in pediatric COVID-19 vaccine uptake - Global News

  12-01-2022 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary sees significant disparity in pediatric COVID-19 vaccine uptake  Global News
  
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• Calgary sees significant disparity in pediatric COVID-19 vaccine uptake

  12-01-2022 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health numbers show Calgary is once again seeing a massive disparity in COVID-19 vaccine uptake depending on location, this time in young children ages five to 11.
  
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• Jessica Zelinka returns to the University of Calgary to lead the Track and Field and Cross Country teams - CTV News Calgary

  12-01-2022 23:51 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Jessica Zelinka returns to the University of Calgary to lead the Track and Field and Cross Country teams  CTV News Calgary
  
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• 'It is incredible': Calgary firefighter reacts to new TELUS Spark exhibit - CTV News Calgary

  12-01-2022 23:33 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  'It is incredible': Calgary firefighter reacts to new TELUS Spark exhibit  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Calgary downtown office space hits new vacancy milestone - Calgary Herald

  12-01-2022 23:32 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Calgary downtown office space hits new vacancy milestone  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary mother freed from ISIS detention camp now under investigation for terrorism, war crimes: court docs - CBC.ca

  12-01-2022 23:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary mother freed from ISIS detention camp now under investigation for terrorism, war crimes: court docs  CBC.ca
  
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• Calgary mother freed from ISIS detention camp now under investigation for terrorism, war crimes: court docs

  12-01-2022 23:22 via cbc.ca
  
  A Canadian woman who was held for two years at an ISIS detention camp in Syria is now under investigation for terrorism offences and war crimes, according to court documents recently filed at the Calgary courthouse.
  
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• Derek Dennis returns home to the Stampeders - Calgary Sun

  12-01-2022 23:00 via calgarysun.com
  Derek Dennis returns home to the Stampeders  Calgary Sun
  
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• Calgary's Deane House now offers $1.50 oysters on Thursday nights - Eat North

  12-01-2022 22:09 via eatnorth.com
  
  Calgary's Deane House now offers $1.50 oysters on Thursday nights  Eat North
  
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• Alberta Parks make a few tweaks to 2022 campsite bookings

  12-01-2022 22:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Parks said reservations will be opened year-round with a 90-day rolling booking window for individual campsites which includes front country and backcountry sites.
  
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• 'This is soul-crushing': Calgary Chamber of Commerce responds to calls for circuit-breaker shutdown - CTV News Calgary

  12-01-2022 21:17 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  'This is soul-crushing': Calgary Chamber of Commerce responds to calls for circuit-breaker shutdown  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Urn stolen in Calgary break-in, family pleads for its return | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  12-01-2022 20:35 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Urn stolen in Calgary break-in, family pleads for its return | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Too early for public group to have role in ATCO investigation talks: Alberta regulator

  12-01-2022 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Investigators say the company deliberately overpaid a First Nation for work on a new transmission line, allegedly in order to secure contracts for another ATCO company.
  
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• Shipment of rapid COVID-19 tests to Alberta delayed, feds say ‘this is a very competitive market’

  12-01-2022 20:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The latest shipment of rapid COVID-19 test kits to Alberta has been delayed, the chief medical officer of health announced on social media.
  
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• Jason Kenney says Alberta won’t follow Quebec’s plan to tax people unvaccinated against COVID-19

  12-01-2022 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jason Kenney said data shows unvaccinated people are a burden on the hospital system, but making them pay extra would be akin to making a smoker pay more for lung cancer treatment.
  
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• Veteran offensive lineman Derek Dennis returns to Calgary Stampeders - Coast Reporter

  12-01-2022 19:44 via coastreporter.net
  
  Veteran offensive lineman Derek Dennis returns to Calgary Stampeders  Coast Reporter
  
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• Alberta woman who killed her husband has sentence reduced by half

  12-01-2022 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  An agreed statement of facts presented at the trial said Miles Naslund had a domineering pattern of abuse against his wife.
  
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• Rimbey, Alta. man faces string of charges after fleeing afternoon RCMP traffic stop

  12-01-2022 19:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  After police tried to initiate a traffic stop, the driver of a stolen Hummer attempted to evade police on Range Road 34 just north of Township Road 340 at a high rate of speed.
  
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• Calgary police seek man missing since November 2020 - Calgary Herald

  12-01-2022 18:55 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Calgary police seek man missing since November 2020  Calgary Herald
  
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• Delivery of rapid test kits from Ottawa delayed, Dr. Deena Hinshaw says 

  12-01-2022 18:30 via cbc.ca
  
  An anticipated delivery of at-home rapid tests from Ottawa has been delayed, leaving pharmacy shelves bare as Alberta cuts back on the availability of lab-based testing.
  
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• Experience life and death emergency scenarios in the safety of thescience centre

  12-01-2022 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kyle Corner from Telus Spark Science Centre joins Global News Morning Calgary with details on the new RESCUE exhibition made up of 17 full-body interactive high-pressure rescue scenarios.
  
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• Experience life and death emergency scenarios in the safety of the science centre

  12-01-2022 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kyle Corner from Telus Spark Science Centre joins Global News Morning Calgary with details on the new RESCUE exhibition made up of 17 full-body interactive high-pressure rescue scenarios.
  
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• China and Philippines suspend beef imports from Canada after BSE case discovered

  12-01-2022 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dennis Laycraft, the Executive Vice President of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association joins Global News Morning Calgary to talk about the recent decision by China and Philippines to suspend beef imports from Canada after a case of BSE was discovered in a cow in Alberta.
  
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• University of Calgary study looks into risk of severe outcomes for COVID-19 in children

  12-01-2022 16:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new study co-led by the University of Calgary offers a clearer picture of the risk of severe outcomes of COVID-19 in children. The study, which also involved researchers from two American universities, followed over 10,000 children worldwide. Linda Olsen speaks to one of the researchers, Dr. Anna Funk, an epidemiologist at the University of...
  
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• Calgary Flames prospect update: junior trade deadlines - Flames Nation

  12-01-2022 16:00 via flamesnation.ca
  Calgary Flames prospect update: junior trade deadlines  Flames Nation
  
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• Shaw Communications reports $196M first-quarter profit, up from $163M a year ago

  12-01-2022 15:46 via cbc.ca
  
  Shaw Communications Inc. says it earned $196 million in its latest quarter, up from $163 million in the same quarter last year.
  
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• Alberta unions call for circuit-breaker COVID-19 lockdown but Premier Jason Kenney says no

  12-01-2022 15:35 via cbc.ca
  
  The leaders of Alberta's largest public and private sector unions are calling for drastic lockdown measures immediately to fight the spiralling COVID-19 Omicron variant.
  
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• Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Wednesday, Jan. 12

  12-01-2022 15:25 via cbc.ca
  
  The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 continues to grow as the Omicron variant spreads across Alberta. There are 708 people in hospital with COVID-19, compared to 436 one week ago.
  
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• Employers told to use honour system for sick leave as Alberta limits PCR testing

  12-01-2022 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  With PCR restrictions in place many Albertans will have to rely on at-home rapid tests for proof of COVID-19 infection.
  
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• Varcoe: Neo Financial's move into downtown ties Calgary's past to its tech future - Calgary Herald

  12-01-2022 13:05 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Varcoe: Neo Financial's move into downtown ties Calgary's past to its tech future  Calgary Herald
  
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• Trying to make sense of inflation? So is everybody else

  12-01-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  From beef to gas, the price of everything is on the rise. Understanding what's happening may not fix the problem, but knowledge may help you cope.
  
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• I watched the opioid crisis from the front lines. I'm glad I'm leaving

  12-01-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadians need to know what first responders see every day of the opioid crisis, writes former Calgary firefighter Dan Scheuerman.
  
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• How to build resilience when there's 'no end in sight' to the pandemic

  12-01-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Omicron emerged at the end of November, causing already fragile morales to shatter. Nearly two years after the pandemic was declared, people have moved from 'How will I get through this?' to 'When is this pandemic ever going end?' 
  
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• Calgary's downtown vacancy rate the highest in Canada, report says | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  12-01-2022 09:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary's downtown vacancy rate the highest in Canada, report says | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Calgary council votes to pursue new event centre deal, will use 3rd party to gauge CSEC interest - CBC.ca

  12-01-2022 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary council votes to pursue new event centre deal, will use 3rd party to gauge CSEC interest  CBC.ca
  
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• Calgary city council discusses how event centre deal fell through - Globalnews.ca

  12-01-2022 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary city council discusses how event centre deal fell through  Globalnews.ca
  
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• 25 Things to Do During 2022 Winter Season in Calgary - To Do Canada

  12-01-2022 09:00 via todocanada.ca
  25 Things to Do During 2022 Winter Season in Calgary  To Do Canada
  
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• Alberta child and youth advocate calls for more provincial accountability

  12-01-2022 06:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta child and youth advocate is asking for more accountability when it comes to the province taking action on recommendations his office has made.
  
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• Hitmen trade Captain van de Leest in multi-player WHL deal - Calgary Sun

  12-01-2022 04:43 via calgarysun.com
  
  Hitmen trade Captain van de Leest in multi-player WHL deal  Calgary Sun
  
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• Canadian Natural Resources expects to increase capital spending for 2022

  12-01-2022 04:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. says it expects about $4.3 billion in capital spending this year, up from nearly $3.5 billion in 2021.
  
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• COVID-19 Update: Alberta reports 4,704 new cases | Hospitalizations on the rise due to Omicron | Absentee rates rise in schools as districts fill vacancies with administrators - Calgary Herald

  12-01-2022 03:37 via calgaryherald.com
  
  COVID-19 Update: Alberta reports 4,704 new cases | Hospitalizations on the rise due to Omicron | Absentee rates rise in schools as districts fill vacancies with administrators  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary police seek help identifying people in stolen car seen at a shooting - Global News

  12-01-2022 03:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary police seek help identifying people in stolen car seen at a shooting  Global News
  
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• Calgary police seek help identifying people in stolen car seen at a shooting

  12-01-2022 03:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary police are looking for help to identify suspects and a “suspicious vehicle” in connection with the theft of another vehicle and a shooting in August 2021.
  
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• Alberta child advocate calls for greater accountability from government

  12-01-2022 03:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta’s child and youth advocate is calling for government officials to publicly account for how they are implementing recommendations made by his office by regularly appearing before a committee of MLAs. 
  
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• Premier Kenney says no after Alberta unions call for circuit breaker COVID-19 lockdown

  12-01-2022 03:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The leaders of Alberta's largest public and private sector unions are calling for drastic lockdown measures immediately to fight the spiralling COVID-19 Omicron variant.
  
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• Alberta sees historic demand for paramedics: AHS

  12-01-2022 02:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta paramedics union is raising concerns with the province seeing a historic number of calls for paramedics.
  
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• Council set to revisit plans for new event centre Wednesday - Calgary Herald

  12-01-2022 02:21 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Council set to revisit plans for new event centre Wednesday  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary Transit, mayor address recent violence near LRT stations - Globalnews.ca

  12-01-2022 02:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary Transit, mayor address recent violence near LRT stations  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Calgary Transit, mayor address recent violence near LRT stations

  12-01-2022 02:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  A spokesperson with Calgary Transit says with 1,200 security cameras, 24/7 patrol from safety officers on platforms and a live text line, it is a well-monitored system.
  
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