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• UCP caucus offers messaging to MLAs who oppose vaccine passport, internal document shows

  03-02-2022 23:41 via cbc.ca
  
  An internal email sent to the United Conservative Party caucus Thursday outlines approved messaging for MLAs who oppose the restriction exemption program, stating that "questions have been raised" about the program's effectiveness.
  
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• Roadmap for relaxation of Alberta's COVID-19 restrictions coming next week, says premier

  03-02-2022 23:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney says a firm date for scrapping Alberta's vaccine passport program and almost all other public health restrictions will be announced next week. 
  
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• Kenney under fire as MLAs call for Alberta's vaccine passport to be scrapped

  03-02-2022 23:41 via cbc.ca
  
  A growing number of UCP MLAs are calling for Alberta’s version of a vaccine passport to be scrapped, even as medical experts warn against it. 
  
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• 8 sports bars where you can catch the Super Bowl in Calgary this year - Curiocity

  03-02-2022 23:41 via curiocity.com
  
  8 sports bars where you can catch the Super Bowl in Calgary this year  Curiocity
  
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• Alberta First Nation calls attention to ‘blatant disparity’ in response to Coutts protests

  03-02-2022 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  'When railroads... major infrastructure is being halted by First Nations, you know right away authorities are there in a heartbeat. They'll start making arrests if they have to.'
  
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• Alberta Health acknowledges excess deaths, defends COVID-19 deaths reporting - Calgary Herald

  03-02-2022 23:06 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Alberta Health acknowledges excess deaths, defends COVID-19 deaths reporting  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary Hitmen unveil Every Child Matters game uniform - CTV News Calgary

  03-02-2022 22:45 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary Hitmen unveil Every Child Matters game uniform  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Judge upholds decision to stay charges against Calgary home renovator - Calgary Herald

  03-02-2022 21:39 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Judge upholds decision to stay charges against Calgary home renovator  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary Flames head into All-Star break in playoff position | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  03-02-2022 21:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary Flames head into All-Star break in playoff position | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  
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• MPs vote to call GoFundMe to testify before Commons committee on convoy protest

  03-02-2022 21:19 via cbc.ca
  
  A parliamentary committee has voted unanimously to call officials from the popular crowdfunding site GoFundMe to answer questions about a fundraiser that has collected more than $10.1 million to support the anti-vaccine mandate protest in Ottawa.
  
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• MPs vote to call GoFundMe to testify at Commons committee on convoy protest

  03-02-2022 21:19 via cbc.ca
  
  A parliamentary committee has voted unanimously to call officials from the popular crowdfunding site GoFundMe to answer questions about a fundraiser that has collected more than $10.1 million to support the anti-vaccine mandate protest in Ottawa.
  
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• 'Keep Alberta RCMP' community tour makes its way through to Airdrie, Calgary - CTV News Calgary

  03-02-2022 21:16 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  'Keep Alberta RCMP' community tour makes its way through to Airdrie, Calgary  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Calgary police seek help identifying suspect vehicle in Sunalta homicide - Global News

  03-02-2022 21:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary police seek help identifying suspect vehicle in Sunalta homicide  Global News
  
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• Calgary police seek help identifying suspect vehicle in Sunalta homicide

  03-02-2022 21:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Eric Reindeau was pronounced dead at the scene and police believed he was targeted. Police are seeking help identifying a suspect vehicle in connection with Reindeau's homicide.
  
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• Appeal granted, another rejected in Calgary Superstore double-homicide case - CTV News Calgary

  03-02-2022 21:02 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Appeal granted, another rejected in Calgary Superstore double-homicide case  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Suncor adopting mining safety technology for first time in oilsands, says CEO

  03-02-2022 20:49 via cbc.ca
  
  The chief executive of Suncor Energy Inc. says the company is adopting mining safety technology for the first time in the oilsands following a recent death and several incidents.
  
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• You can now talk to select light posts in Calgary, and they will respond | Urbanized - Daily Hive

  03-02-2022 20:36 via dailyhive.com
  
  You can now talk to select light posts in Calgary, and they will respond | Urbanized  Daily Hive
  
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• Suncor CEO says company adopting mining safety technology for first time in oilsands

  03-02-2022 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The change is among a series of efforts to improve safety at its sites, the chief executive of Suncor Energy Inc. said during a conference call to discuss fourth quarter earnings.
  
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• 33 Acres Brewing Opening Calgary Location – Canadian Beer News - Canadian Beer News

  03-02-2022 20:00 via canadianbeernews.com
  
  33 Acres Brewing Opening Calgary Location – Canadian Beer News  Canadian Beer News
  
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• Alberta ranchers worried about border protest rattling cattle sector

  03-02-2022 19:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Groups representing ranchers and feedlot operators are raising red flag about the economic impact prolonged border disruptions could have on an agricultural sector hit hard during the pandemic.
  
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• 10 cheap, FREE & romantic date ideas for Valentine’s Day in Calgary - Curiocity

  03-02-2022 19:55 via curiocity.com
  
  10 cheap, FREE & romantic date ideas for Valentine’s Day in Calgary  Curiocity
  
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• Traffic slowly rolling toward U.S. border crossing after 2nd blockade stops vehicles

  03-02-2022 19:53 via cbc.ca
  
  RCMP tweeted Thursday morning that traffic is moving — albeit slowly — after a second blockade on a highway leading to the United States border crossing at Coutts, Alta., had briefly choked it off.
  
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• Organizers of Coutts blockade quickly change course, say border protest will continue

  03-02-2022 19:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Protestors impeding access to the main United States border crossing at Coutts, Alta., have reversed course about their plans to vacate an ongoing border protest.
  
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• Border protest in Coutts, Alta., coming to an end, say RCMP

  03-02-2022 19:53 via cbc.ca
  
  RCMP said Thursday the remaining protesters impeding access to the main United States border crossing at Coutts, Alta., have informed police that they intend to pull out of the area soon.
  
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• Friend of Superstore double murderer sees manslaughter conviction overturned

  03-02-2022 19:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's top court has overturned the manslaughter conviction of a Calgary man who was found guilty of helping his friend murder two people in a Superstore parking lot.
  
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• Hinshaw to provide COVID-19 update on Thursday

  03-02-2022 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The latest Alberta COVID update comes after the province reported 1,598 people are in hospital due to COVID-19 as of Wednesday with 106 of those in intensive care.
  
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• COVID-19: Alberta’s eyes shifting to endemic response as Hinshaw sidesteps questions on Restriction Exemptions Program

  03-02-2022 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The update comes after Hinshaw reported that 2,370 more COVID-19 cases were identified in the province in the past 24 hours, along with 16 additional deaths.
  
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• Alberta doctor who hugged and ‘air kissed’ staff without consent receives 3-month suspension

  03-02-2022 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Efe Michael Ovueni admitted that he hugged and air kissed one of his medical office staff on Jan. 21, 2020 and texted her afterwards asking if he went too far.
  
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• Calgary doctor suspended over non-consensual workplace hugs, blown kiss - CTV News Calgary

  03-02-2022 18:58 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary doctor suspended over non-consensual workplace hugs, blown kiss  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Trudeau rules out negotiating with protesters, says military deployment 'not in the cards'

  03-02-2022 18:55 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving no sign he's willing to negotiate with the protesters occupying Ottawa who are demanding either an end to all vaccine mandates or a change in government.
  
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• Suncor adopting mining safety technology for first time in oilsands, says CEO - CTV News Calgary

  03-02-2022 18:51 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Suncor adopting mining safety technology for first time in oilsands, says CEO  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Alberta must begin moving toward endemic approach of managing COVID-19, Hinshaw says

  03-02-2022 18:50 via cbc.ca
  
  Managing the future of COVID-19 in Alberta requires balancing 'the harms of COVID and the harms of the measures needed to prevent an overwhelming surge of severe outcomes,' says Dr. Deena Hinshaw
  
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• Alberta hospitalizations level off as 15 more COVID-19 deaths reported Thursday

  03-02-2022 18:50 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta reported 15 more COVID-19 deaths on Thursday as the number of patients in hospital with the illness fell for the first time in days. There have been 3,608 COVID-19-related deaths in Alberta. 
  
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• Bayern Munich says Edmonton’s Alphonso Davies is fine but ‘bored’ as he recovers from myocarditis

  03-02-2022 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Bayern said Jan. 5 that the 21-year-old from Edmonton had joined a lengthy list of players who had tested positive for COVID, adding Davies was well and self-isolating at home.
  
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• Calgary Flames seven game segments 2021-22: 5-2-0 in sixth segment - Flames Nation

  03-02-2022 18:00 via flamesnation.ca
  Calgary Flames seven game segments 2021-22: 5-2-0 in sixth segment  Flames Nation
  
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• Milk prices soar across Canada as record price increases for farmers kick in

  03-02-2022 17:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Steep price increases in the price of milk, which took effect at many grocery stores on Tuesday, are as high as 15 per cent in some provinces.
  
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• Milk prices soar across Canada as record pay increases for farmers kick in

  03-02-2022 17:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Steep price increases in the price of milk, which took effect at many grocery stores on Tuesday, are as high as 15 per cent in some provinces.
  
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• Beef industry voices ‘serious concerns’ about Coutts border blockade

  03-02-2022 17:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian beef producers say they are seriously concerned about the impact the blockade at a southern Alberta border crossing is having on their industry.
  
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• Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Thursday, Feb. 3

  03-02-2022 15:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta reported 14 more deaths related to COVID-19 on Wednesday as the number of patients in hospital with the illness continues to increase.
  
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• Calgary weather for Thursday, Feb. 3 | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  03-02-2022 15:11 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary weather for Thursday, Feb. 3 | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Alberta restaurateurs eager, anxious about possible end to vaccine passport program

  03-02-2022 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  As Alberta considers winding down its vaccine passport system by the end of the month, small businesses enforcing the current rules say the changes can’t come soon enough.
  
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• Trucks heading to U.S. finally get through Alberta border protests at Coutts

  03-02-2022 14:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Demonstrators began parking their vehicles near the Coutts border crossing Saturday in solidarity with events in Ottawa and elsewhere to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
  
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• Partial reopening of Coutts border crossing running into problems as protest enters 6th day

  03-02-2022 14:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Demonstrators began parking their vehicles near the Coutts border crossing Saturday in solidarity with events in Ottawa and elsewhere to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
  
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• New blockade pops up as Coutts border protest enters 6th day

  03-02-2022 14:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Demonstrators began parking their vehicles near the Coutts border crossing Saturday in solidarity with events in Ottawa and elsewhere to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
  
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• Tanev's 4-point game leads Calgary to 4-2 win over Arizona - CTV News Calgary

  03-02-2022 14:09 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Tanev's 4-point game leads Calgary to 4-2 win over Arizona  CTV News Calgary
  
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• The thread of uncertainty: Calgary artist addresses perils of the modern world with new exhibit - Calgary Herald

  03-02-2022 14:06 via calgaryherald.com
  
  The thread of uncertainty: Calgary artist addresses perils of the modern world with new exhibit  Calgary Herald
  
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• Health-care coverage runs out for Alberta workers awaiting permit renewals, permanent residency

  03-02-2022 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In 2020, Alberta Health extended health-care coverage to people waiting for the federal government to renew their work permits. Many of those extensions have now run out, leaving foreign nationals responsible for paying for their own health care.
  
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• Opinion: Why Alberta's police chiefs are misguided on drug decriminalization - Calgary Herald

  03-02-2022 13:05 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Opinion: Why Alberta's police chiefs are misguided on drug decriminalization  Calgary Herald
  
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• Letters, Feb. 3: 'Convoy won't help the COVID cause' - Calgary Sun

  03-02-2022 13:05 via calgarysun.com
  
  Letters, Feb. 3: 'Convoy won't help the COVID cause'  Calgary Sun
  
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• Some experts urging caution as Alberta sees 170 COVID-related deaths in 2 weeks

  03-02-2022 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta continues to routinely report daily COVID-19 related deaths in the double digits even as the Alberta government publicly muses about lifting widespread public health restrictions later this month.
  
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