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• Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche byelection to be held March 15

  15-02-2022 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  A byelection in Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche will be held on March 15. The premier announced the date for the byelection during an unrelated news conference Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Toffoli making fast friends with new/old Flames teammates - Calgary Sun

  15-02-2022 23:18 via calgarysun.com
  
  Toffoli making fast friends with new/old Flames teammates  Calgary Sun
  
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• Recipes with Julie Van Rosendaal: Banana bread

  15-02-2022 23:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Banana bread has always been a popular recipe search, but it’s had a bit of a moment throughout the pandemic as people are baking more, seeking out the comforts of their childhoods and paying more attention to reducing waste. 
  
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• Calgary-shot Wynonna Earp leads local nominees for Canadian Screen Awards - Calgary Herald

  15-02-2022 22:50 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Calgary-shot Wynonna Earp leads local nominees for Canadian Screen Awards  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgarians to be left without official transit app as city transitions service

  15-02-2022 22:26 via cbc.ca
  
  The City of Calgary is replacing its trip planning app, leaving users without an official transit planning service for up to a month. 
  
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• Calgary city council votes in favour of repealing local mask bylaw

  15-02-2022 22:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary city council has voted to repeal the municipal mask bylaw whenever the province lifts its mask mandate.
  
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• Health minister and Dr. Deena Hinshaw to deliver Alberta COVID-19 update

  15-02-2022 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Health Minister Jason Copping and Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, will update Albertans on COVID-19 as the province continues to ease public health restrictions.
  
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• 14 more deaths as province moves from pandemic to endemic approach to COVID-19

  15-02-2022 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta is now in a period of transition as it begins to shift from a pandemic response to COVID-19 to an endemic one, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health said Tuesday. 
  
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• 14 more deaths as Alberta moves from pandemic to endemic approach to COVID-19

  15-02-2022 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta is now in a period of transition as it shifts from a pandemic response to COVID-19 to an endemic one, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, said Tuesday. 
  
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• B.C. Lions become 1st CFL team to hire full-time female coach: Alberta’s Tanya Walter

  15-02-2022 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The native of Forestburg, Alta., began coaching at Edmonton's St. Francis Xavier High School in Edmonton in 2017 and continued through last season.
  
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• Calgary cardiologist withdraws from practicing after being charged with sexual assault - CTV News Calgary

  15-02-2022 20:23 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary cardiologist withdraws from practicing after being charged with sexual assault  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Young roommates among those charged in Alberta border protesters, judge hears

  15-02-2022 19:21 via cbc.ca
  
  The first 11 protesters to be arrested in connection to the Coutts, Alta., border blockade made their first court appearance Tuesday afternoon on charges that include conspiracy to murder, mischief and possession of a weapon.
  
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• Young roommates among those charged in Alberta border protest, judge hears

  15-02-2022 19:21 via cbc.ca
  
  The first 11 protesters to be arrested in connection to the Coutts, Alta., border blockade made their first court appearance Tuesday afternoon on charges that include conspiracy to murder, mischief and possession of a weapon.
  
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• Protesters charged with conspiracy to murder, weapons offences as they make court appearance

  15-02-2022 19:21 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary police have laid charges against a group of protesters arrested in connection with a Coutts, Alta., border crossing as the 11 men and women are set to make their first court appearance Tuesday morning.
  
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• Alberta border protesters make court appearance on weapons charges, conspiracy to murder

  15-02-2022 19:21 via cbc.ca
  
  RCMP have laid charges against a group of protesters arrested in connection with a blockade at the Coutts, Alta., border crossing as the 11 men and women are set to make their first court appearance Tuesday morning.
  
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• 4 Alberta border protesters charged with conspiring to murder RCMP officers

  15-02-2022 19:21 via cbc.ca
  
  The first 11 protesters to be arrested in connection to the Coutts, Alta., border blockade made their first court appearance Tuesday afternoon on charges that include conspiracy to murder, mischief and possession of a weapon.
  
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• Calgary city council votes to repeal face covering bylaw | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  15-02-2022 19:08 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary city council votes to repeal face covering bylaw | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Hinshaw, Copping to provide Alberta COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon

  15-02-2022 18:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw and Health Minister Jason Copping are scheduled to provide a COVID-19 update for Albertans Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Jason Kenney sees opportunity in political chaos

  15-02-2022 18:53 via cbc.ca
  
  While many people are still tiptoeing into a new normal, the Alberta premier has laced up the running shoes and is in a sprint to a post-pandemic world, writes Graham Thomson.
  
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• Border operations resume after Coutts blockade dismantled in southern Alberta

  15-02-2022 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Trucks and other vehicles with horns blaring have rolled out of a southern Alberta town, ending a blockade that paralyzed a United States border crossing for more than two weeks.
  
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• Ottawa dropping pre-arrival PCR test for travellers as of Feb. 28

  15-02-2022 18:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Effective Feb. 28, travellers to Canada will no longer have to take a molecular test, such as a PCR test. Travellers will still be required to take a pre-arrival test, but they can instead opt for a cheaper rapid antigen test.
  
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• Ottawa dropping pre-arrival PCR test for fully vaccinated travellers as of Feb. 28

  15-02-2022 18:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Effective Feb. 28, fully vaccinated travellers to Canada will no longer have to take a molecular test, such as a PCR test. Travellers will still be required to take a pre-arrival test, but they can instead opt for a cheaper rapid antigen test.
  
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• Ottawa dropping pre-arrival PCR test for fully vaccinated Canadian travellers on March 1: sources

  15-02-2022 18:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Effective March 1, fully vaccinated Canadians who travel abroad will no longer have to take a molecular test, such as a PCR test, to return home, according to sources. Those travellers will still be required to take a pre-arrival test, the sources said, but they can instead opt for a cheaper rapid antigen test.
  
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• Imitation firearm recovered from scene of RCMP shooting in Ponoka, investigators say

  15-02-2022 17:01 via cbc.ca
  
  An imitation firearm was recovered from the scene where a 39-year-old man was shot by an RCMP officer in Ponoka last week, Alberta's police watchdog says.
  
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• Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Tuesday, Feb. 15

  15-02-2022 15:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta reported 35 more COVID-related deaths on Monday as the province provided an update to COVID-19 data from the weekend. With 35 new deaths, the province's total has reached 3,776.
  
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• Average house price hit record $748,450 in January — up 21% in past year

  15-02-2022 15:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Cold weather did little to chill out Canada's red-hot housing market in January, with the Canadian Real Estate Association reporting that average house prices have increased by 21 per cent in the past year to $748,450 — the highest on record.
  
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• Traffic moving at Alberta border crossing as blockade dismantled, RCMP says

  15-02-2022 15:31 via cbc.ca
  
  The international border crossing that had been blocked by protesters opposed to Canada's vaccine mandates was open again on Tuesday morning as demonstrators left voluntarily, RCMP spokesperson Gina Slaney said.
  
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• 'Threat was very serious': RCMP provide update on Coutts arrests after blockade ends

  15-02-2022 15:31 via cbc.ca
  
  Deputy Commissioner Curtis Zablocki says the RCMP weapons seizure and arrests on Monday speak to "serious criminal activity" that was "real and organized" amid the now disassembled Coutts border blockade.
  
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• Border blockade in Alberta begins to wind down

  15-02-2022 15:31 via cbc.ca
  
  The RCMP says some vehicles have left the blockade near the Coutts border crossing in Alberta.
  
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• Bell: Kenney rips Calgary mask fight, Trudeau and Let 'Er Rip crowd - Calgary Sun

  15-02-2022 13:04 via calgarysun.com
  
  Bell: Kenney rips Calgary mask fight, Trudeau and Let 'Er Rip crowd  Calgary Sun
  
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• Fetch the black bag! Calgary doctors now make house calls for home-bound seniors - CBC.ca

  15-02-2022 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Fetch the black bag! Calgary doctors now make house calls for home-bound seniors  CBC.ca
  
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• Fetch the black bag! Calgary doctors now make house calls for home-bound seniors

  15-02-2022 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The house calls are a throwback to another era — "slow medicine," as one doctor calls it.
  
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• Lawsuit against premier's office by former staffer enters evidence, testimony phase

  15-02-2022 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ariella Kimmel, the former Alberta government staffer suing the office of Premier Jason Kenney, has filed her final reply, pushing the case on to the next step. Discovery for the case, including producing documents and examining witnesses, is expected to wrap up before the height of summer.
  
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• COVID-19: Calgary mask bylaw to end when provincial health measures are lifted - Globalnews.ca

  15-02-2022 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  COVID-19: Calgary mask bylaw to end when provincial health measures are lifted  Globalnews.ca
  
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• COVID-19: Calgary mask bylaw to end when provincial health measures are lifted - Global News

  15-02-2022 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  COVID-19: Calgary mask bylaw to end when provincial health measures are lifted  Global News
  
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• City council votes to end mask bylaw when Alberta's mandate lifts - Calgary Herald

  15-02-2022 09:00 via calgaryherald.com
  
  City council votes to end mask bylaw when Alberta's mandate lifts  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary city council votes in favour of repealing local mask bylaw - CBC.ca

  15-02-2022 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary city council votes in favour of repealing local mask bylaw  CBC.ca
  
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• Pedestrian in potentially life-threatening condition after being hit by vehicle: Calgary police

  15-02-2022 06:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  A person is in potentially life-threatening condition after a vehicle hit him in Calgary on Monday, police said.
  
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• Province expanding Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation mandate

  15-02-2022 05:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney was in Kainai Nation on Monday to announce new areas of investment within the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation mandate.
  
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• Flames goaltender Markstrom earns first star nod in NHL weekly awards - Calgary Sun

  15-02-2022 04:23 via calgarysun.com
  
  Flames goaltender Markstrom earns first star nod in NHL weekly awards  Calgary Sun
  
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• Calgary students walk out to protest removal of mandatory masking - CBC.ca

  15-02-2022 04:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary students walk out to protest removal of mandatory masking  CBC.ca
  
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• Calgary students walk out to protest removal of mandatory masking

  15-02-2022 04:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta students are no longer required to wear masks at school, prompting some students across the province to walk out of their classrooms to protest the change.
  
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• City council to weigh next steps for Calgary's mask bylaw - CBC.ca

  15-02-2022 03:50 via cbc.ca
  
  City council to weigh next steps for Calgary's mask bylaw  CBC.caCOVID-19: Calgary city councillors look to repeal mask bylaw to align with provincial measures  Global NewsCouncil reaches another mask bylaw crossroads as Alberta lifts COVID measures  Calgary HeraldBell: Calgary on our own with masks, looks like Kenney won't help  Calgary SunView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• City council to weigh next steps for Calgary's mask bylaw

  15-02-2022 03:50 via cbc.ca
  
  City council will discuss during its meeting this week whether to pull, keep or alter Calgary's mask bylaw.
  
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• Kenney says federal government’s use of Emergencies Act ‘not necessary’ in Alberta

  15-02-2022 03:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said the province has the the legal powers and the operational resources needed to enforce the blockade at the Coutts border crossing.
  
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• Calgary council to discuss Indigenous gathering place, Métis Nation says it hasn't been consulted - CTV News Calgary

  15-02-2022 02:47 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary council to discuss Indigenous gathering place, Métis Nation says it hasn't been consulted  CTV News Calgary
  
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• COVID-19 Update: 35 deaths over three days | Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act | RCMP seize guns, arrest 13 at Coutts - Calgary Herald

  15-02-2022 02:41 via calgaryherald.com
  
  COVID-19 Update: 35 deaths over three days | Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act | RCMP seize guns, arrest 13 at Coutts  Calgary Herald
  
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• Valentine's Day at a Calgary florist - CBC.ca

  15-02-2022 02:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Valentine's Day at a Calgary florist  CBC.ca
  
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• Valentine's Day at a Calgary florist

  15-02-2022 02:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Photographer Ose Irete spent an afternoon with a florist in Calgary on one of their busiest days of the year, Valentine's Day.
  
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• Calgarians could see even higher gas prices come spring, experts warn - Global News

  15-02-2022 02:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgarians could see even higher gas prices come spring, experts warn  Global News
  
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