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• Ex-Wildrose leader Danielle Smith returns to Alberta politics, will vote against Kenney leadership

  01-04-2022 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  If Jason Kenney loses the upcoming leadership review, then the UCP must hold a contest to pick a new leader — a race Danielle Smith says she wants in on.
  
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• Local MLAs comment on recent downsizing of Calgary Metropolitan Region Board - DiscoverAirdrie.com

  01-04-2022 23:30 via discoverairdrie.com
  
  Local MLAs comment on recent downsizing of Calgary Metropolitan Region Board  DiscoverAirdrie.com
  
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• Lawsuit claims RCMP descended on rural home in botched raid, terrorizing couple - Calgary Herald

  01-04-2022 23:02 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Lawsuit claims RCMP descended on rural home in botched raid, terrorizing couple  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary man sentenced to seven years over teen's hit and run death - Calgary Herald

  01-04-2022 22:08 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Calgary man sentenced to seven years over teen's hit and run death  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary sees record home sales as supply returns to market: real estate board - CTV News Calgary

  01-04-2022 21:52 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary sees record home sales as supply returns to market: real estate board  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Fuel tax break comes into effect as Albertans struggle with high prices at the pump

  01-04-2022 21:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's pause on its provincial fuel tax has come into effect, meaning the government will not collect the provincial tax of 13 cents per litre of gasoline or diesel until at least June 30.
  
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• COVID-19 Update: Canada in for a spring COVID 'bump' | Test dropped for vaccinated travellers to Canada - Calgary Herald

  01-04-2022 21:29 via calgaryherald.com
  
  COVID-19 Update: Canada in for a spring COVID 'bump' | Test dropped for vaccinated travellers to Canada  Calgary Herald
  
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• Canadian men’s soccer team to face Belgium, Morocco and Croatia in World Cup first round

  01-04-2022 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada will face Belgium, Morocco and Croatia in Group F in the opening group stage of the World Cup in Qatar this November.
  
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• Quarry Park: Transforming a gravel pit into a unique Calgary community - Calgary Herald

  01-04-2022 19:58 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Quarry Park: Transforming a gravel pit into a unique Calgary community  Calgary Herald
  
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• Alberta’s drug crisis continues with 160 deaths in January 2022: government data

  01-04-2022 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The vast majority of deaths were opioid-related and took place in Calgary and Edmonton, however the city with the highest rate of overdose deaths was Lethbridge.
  
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• Alberta’s deadly drug problem continues: government data

  01-04-2022 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The vast majority of deaths were opioid-related and took place in Calgary and Edmonton.
  
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• Vacationing Calgary couple offer home to stranded Ukrainian traveller - CBC.ca

  01-04-2022 19:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Vacationing Calgary couple offer home to stranded Ukrainian traveller  CBC.ca
  
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• BREAKING: Calgary Flames announce new arena deal, first NHL team with open-air arena - The Win Column

  01-04-2022 19:32 via thewincolumn.ca
  
  BREAKING: Calgary Flames announce new arena deal, first NHL team with open-air arena  The Win Column
  
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• Calgary's official bird? Citizens can now vote | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  01-04-2022 19:26 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary's official bird? Citizens can now vote | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Calgary's 4th Street Lilac Festival expands to 17th Avenue for 2022 - CTV News Calgary

  01-04-2022 19:15 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary's 4th Street Lilac Festival expands to 17th Avenue for 2022  CTV News Calgary
  
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• ‘Now I’m able to forgive’: Alberta residential school survivors speak out on Pope apology

  01-04-2022 18:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta survivors of residential schools are speaking out after Pope Francis delivered an official apology on behalf of the Catholic church.
  
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• ‘Now I’m able to forgive’: Alberta residential school survivor speaks out on Pope apology

  01-04-2022 18:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta survivors of residential schools are speaking out after Pope Francis delivered an official apology on behalf of the Catholic church.
  
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• MORE HOMES COMING TO CALGARY - Canada NewsWire

  01-04-2022 18:00 via newswire.ca
  
  MORE HOMES COMING TO CALGARY  Canada NewsWire
  
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• COVID-related hospitalizations at a low point but BA.2 subvariant is driving new infections: modelling

  01-04-2022 17:47 via cbc.ca
  
  New federal modelling released today suggests there will be an increase in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks because the much more infectious BA.2 subvariant is circulating widely.
  
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• Calgary police investigate ‘racially motivated’ graffiti - Global News

  01-04-2022 17:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary police investigate ‘racially motivated’ graffiti  Global News
  
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• Calgary police investigate ‘racially motivated’ graffiti

  01-04-2022 17:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police said three cement barriers were painted with racially motivated slogans on 17 Avenue S.W.
  
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• Beakerhead to team up with Telus Spark - Calgary Herald

  01-04-2022 17:19 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Beakerhead to team up with Telus Spark  Calgary Herald
  
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• Gas prices drop as Alberta stops collecting gas tax

  01-04-2022 17:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  At 12:01 a.m., Friday the provincial government stopped collecting the 13-cent-per-litre gas tax. The move was made as a way to help consumers with the rising price of gas.
  
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• Calgary police investigating suspicious death in Arbour Lake greenspace

  01-04-2022 17:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police received a call about an injured man in the greenspace near the 100 block of Arbour Meadows Close N.W. When they arrived, they discovered he had died.
  
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• Calgary police investigating murder of 16-year-old teen near Arbour Lake

  01-04-2022 17:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police received a call about an injured man in the greenspace near the 100 block of Arbour Meadows Close N.W. When they arrived, they discovered he had died.
  
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• Calgary police investigating homicide in Arbour Lake greenspace

  01-04-2022 17:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police received a call about an injured man in the greenspace near the 100 block of Arbour Meadows Close N.W. When they arrived, they discovered he had died.
  
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• Suspicious death of 16-year-old being investigated as homicide: Calgary police

  01-04-2022 16:52 via cbc.ca
  
  A suspicious death that occurred Thursday in the Arbour Lake area, in northwest Calgary, is now being investigated as a homicide, following an autopsy, police say.
  
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• Calgary police investigating suspicious death in city's northwest

  01-04-2022 16:52 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary police are investigating after a man was found dead in the northwest community of Arbour Lake on Thursday.
  
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• Andersson scores shootout winner as Kings down Flames 3 2

  01-04-2022 16:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lias Andersson scored the deciding goal in the shootout as the Kings earned a 3-2 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.
  
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• Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Friday, April 1

  01-04-2022 16:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Health Minister Jason Copping says it's not surprising that COVID is spreading as the vast majority of public health measures in the province have been lifted. "There are simply more opportunities for the virus to spread," he said Wednesday.
  
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• Vacationing Calgary couple offer home to stranded Ukrainian traveller

  01-04-2022 15:35 via cbc.ca
  
  A Ukrainain woman found herself stranded in Cuba, with limited funds and unsure of where to go, because her holiday was ending in just a few days and the airspace over Ukraine was closed to commercial flights. Then, a couple from Calgary made her a life- changing offer to come live with them.
  
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• Calgary weather for Friday, April 1 | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  01-04-2022 15:21 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary weather for Friday, April 1 | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Pent-up home sales churn Calgary's rental market - The Globe and Mail

  01-04-2022 15:00 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  Pent-up home sales churn Calgary's rental market  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Gas prices drop an average of more than 10 cents in Calgary and Edmonton overnight | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  01-04-2022 14:56 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Gas prices drop an average of more than 10 cents in Calgary and Edmonton overnight | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Calgary company helps women advance their tech careers with Career Pathing - The Kingston Whig-Standard

  01-04-2022 14:50 via thewhig.com
  
  Calgary company helps women advance their tech careers with Career Pathing  The Kingston Whig-Standard
  
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• One of Alberta's last dry communities could soon see pours of alcohol

  01-04-2022 14:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Raymond, a close-knit agricultural community about 250 kilometres southeast of Calgary, has been dry since it was founded in 1903. These days, you can drink in town, but you just can't purchase alcohol there — yet.
  
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• Five things to do in Calgary this weekend - Calgary Herald

  01-04-2022 14:05 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Five things to do in Calgary this weekend  Calgary Herald
  
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• Oversubscribed Calgary resilient roofing rebate provides 3:1 benefit: study - Global News

  01-04-2022 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Oversubscribed Calgary resilient roofing rebate provides 3:1 benefit: study  Global News
  
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• Oversubscribed Calgary resilient roofing rebate provides 3:1 benefit: study

  01-04-2022 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary homeowners are still encouraged by the city to apply for the resilient roofing rebate, and a study shows there's a benefit even without a rebate.
  
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• Northstar Announces Project Economics For Its Calgary Scale Up Facility Based On Front-end Engineering Design - Canada NewsWire

  01-04-2022 14:00 via newswire.ca
  
  Northstar Announces Project Economics For Its Calgary Scale Up Facility Based On Front-end Engineering Design  Canada NewsWire
  
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• City of Red Deer welcomes gondola proposal, but not all local businesses are on board 

  01-04-2022 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton developer Prairie Sky Gondola announced plans this week to build a 350-metre urban ropeway in Red Deer, crossing the Red Deer River between the Capstone neighbourhood and Bower Ponds.
  
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• City looking at refining temporary patio rules for Calgary bars and restaurants

  01-04-2022 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary's flirtation with temporary patios may look a bit different this year.
  
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• City looking at refining temporary patio rules

  01-04-2022 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary's flirtation with temporary patios may look a bit different this year.
  
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• Letters, April 1: 'Insatiable appetite for more money from taxpayers' - Calgary Sun

  01-04-2022 13:03 via calgarysun.com
  
  Letters, April 1: 'Insatiable appetite for more money from taxpayers'  Calgary Sun
  
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• Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous delegates for 'deplorable' abuses at residential schools

  01-04-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Pope Francis has apologized for the conduct of some members of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada's residential school system, following a week of talks with First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegations.
  
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• 16-year-old found dead in Arbour Lake park identified by Calgary police - CTV News Calgary

  01-04-2022 09:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  16-year-old found dead in Arbour Lake park identified by Calgary police  CTV News Calgary
  
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• SNAPSHOTS: Kings gain a little ground as Flames fall in shootout - Calgary Sun

  01-04-2022 07:26 via calgarysun.com
  
  SNAPSHOTS: Kings gain a little ground as Flames fall in shootout  Calgary Sun
  
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• Calgary Flames Post-Game: Kings beat Flames in a shootout - Flames Nation

  01-04-2022 05:46 via flamesnation.ca
  Calgary Flames Post-Game: Kings beat Flames in a shootout  Flames Nation
  
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• Flames gear up for intense month of Western Conference and divisional opponents - Calgary Sun

  01-04-2022 03:52 via calgarysun.com
  
  Flames gear up for intense month of Western Conference and divisional opponents  Calgary Sun
  
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• Roughnecks rookie Cooks up hot start to NLL career, but he wants more - Calgary Sun

  01-04-2022 03:11 via calgarysun.com
  
  Roughnecks rookie Cooks up hot start to NLL career, but he wants more  Calgary Sun
  
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