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• Patrick Brown's campaign manager joins Michelle Rempel Garner for possible UCP leadership bid

  22-06-2022 23:50 via cbc.ca
  
  Patrick Brown's campaign manager has left to help Michelle Rempel Garner with her possible bid to lead the United Conservative Party in Alberta.
  
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• Patrick Brown’s campaign manager leaves for Rempel Garner’s possible Alberta UCP bid

  22-06-2022 23:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Brown's Conservative leadership campaign says Sean Schnell has stepped away to follow Rempel Garner, who announced last week she was leaving her role as Brown's national co-chair.
  
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• Alberta electricity rebates to start in July

  22-06-2022 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Electricity rebates announced by the UCP government more than three months ago will begin arriving next month. 
  
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• Loved ones remember ‘bright futures’ of couple killed in collision near Trochu, Alta.

  22-06-2022 22:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The families of two young adults who died in a car crash near Trochu, Alta., have released descriptions of the couple in the collision.
  
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• Four of a Kind - stampeders.com

  22-06-2022 22:35
  
  Four of a Kind  stampeders.com
  
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• Suspect in murder of Calgary woman needs to find lawyer before case proceeds - Calgary Herald

  22-06-2022 21:47
  
  Suspect in murder of Calgary woman needs to find lawyer before case proceeds  Calgary Herald
  
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• Vancouver Canucks release details of Young Stars tournament in Okanagan

  22-06-2022 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Young Stars Classic is returning after a four-year hiatus. The rookie tournament in Penticton will feature prospects from the Canucks, Flames, Oilers and Jets.
  
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• Alberta officials to give COVID-19 update Wednesday after lifting all restrictions

  22-06-2022 21:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's COVID-19 numbers are now updated weekly. As of June 13, there were 719 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 19 of whom were being treated in intensive care. 
  
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• Alberta health officials provide final ‘regularly scheduled COVID update’

  22-06-2022 21:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Health Minister Jason Copping said there were 661 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 17 of those patients were being treated in the ICU.
  
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• Alberta extends fuel tax relief as provincial inflation rate climbs to 7.1%

  22-06-2022 21:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta will extend its fuel tax relief program until September — an announcement that came as new data revealed inflation in the province climbed to 7.1% in May.
  
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• Alberta extends and expands consumer relief as provincial inflation rate climbs to 7.1%

  22-06-2022 21:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta will extend its fuel tax relief program until September and provide monthly electricity rebates of $50 for July, August and September.
  
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• Police release pictures of woman whose body was found in Calgary alley - CBC.ca

  22-06-2022 21:05
  
  Police release pictures of woman whose body was found in Calgary alley  CBC.ca
  
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• Police release pictures of woman whose body was found in Calgary alley

  22-06-2022 21:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Police have released pictures of a woman whose body was found earlier this year in a waste container in southeast Calgary as they try to find out how she came to be there.
  
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• Calgary man dead after crash near Morley - Calgary Herald

  22-06-2022 20:34
  
  Calgary man dead after crash near Morley  Calgary Herald
  
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• Billy Zane among actors coming to 10th annual Calgary Horror Con | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  22-06-2022 20:32
  
  Billy Zane among actors coming to 10th annual Calgary Horror Con | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Ryan Carpenter allegedly played for the Calgary Flames in 2021–22 - Flames Nation

  22-06-2022 20:30
  Ryan Carpenter allegedly played for the Calgary Flames in 2021–22  Flames Nation
  
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• ‘Permanent exile’: lawyer for trucker in Broncos crash hopes to argue deportation

  22-06-2022 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  The lawyer for the former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash hopes to argue against deportation before the Federal Court of Canada.
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline to result in net loss for Ottawa: PBO

  22-06-2022 19:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Part of the reason why the value of Trans Mountain is declining as the project costs soar is due to the way oil companies pay for the use of the pipeline.
  
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• Calgary lottery winners Stewart Harrison and Trieu Huynh share $1M windfall | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  22-06-2022 19:43
  
  Calgary lottery winners Stewart Harrison and Trieu Huynh share $1M windfall | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, oilsands executives in U.S. capital to rehabilitate Canada’s energy image

  22-06-2022 17:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  At the core of the effort is the Pathways Alliance, a coalition of oilsands producers that hopes to eliminate the industry's greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
  
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• Calgary weather: Storms possible in Calgary overnight | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  22-06-2022 17:19
  
  Calgary weather: Storms possible in Calgary overnight | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Family, Calgary police search for answers in woman’s February death

  22-06-2022 16:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary police and family members of a 35-year-old woman found dead in the Ramsay neighbourhood in February continue to search for answers in her death. 
  
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• CN Rail announces new investments in Ontario and Alberta

  22-06-2022 16:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Montreal-based company says the investments will be in technology, capacity, rolling stock units and company-wide decarbonization initiatives, as well as network improvements.
  
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• Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Wednesday, June 22

  22-06-2022 16:23 via cbc.ca
  
  In its latest update, the province reported a drop in hospitalizations from 816 to 719 as of June 13. Of those, 19 people are in an ICU with COVID-19.
  
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• Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Thursday, June 23

  22-06-2022 16:23 via cbc.ca
  
  The province announced that Wednesday's news conference would be its last regularly scheduled COVID-19 update, but data would continue to be updated online.
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline to lose money for government, says federal budget officer

  22-06-2022 15:42 via cbc.ca
  
  The Parliamentary Budget Officer says the federal government now stands to lose money from its investment in the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  
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• Federal budget officer says Trans Mountain pipeline to result in net loss for government

  22-06-2022 15:42 via cbc.ca
  
  The Parliamentary Budget Officer says the federal government now stands to lose money from its investment in the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  
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• Budget officer says Trans Mountain pipeline to result in net loss for government

  22-06-2022 15:42 via cbc.ca
  
  The Parliamentary Budget Officer says the federal government now stands to lose money from its investment in the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  
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• Lawyer for trucker in Broncos crash wants chance to argue against 'permanent exile' through deportation

  22-06-2022 15:01 via cbc.ca
  
  In March, the Canada Border Services Agency recommended Jaskirat Singh Sidhu be handed over to the Immigration and Refugee Board to decide if he should be deported. Sidhu's lawyer says that system is flawed.
  
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• Canada's inflation rate now at 7.7% — its highest point since 1983

  22-06-2022 14:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's inflation rate rose at its fastest pace in almost 40 years in the year up to May, as the price of just about everything continues to go up fast. Statistics Canada reported that an uptick in the price of gasoline was a major factor causing the overall inflation rate to hit 7.7 per cent.
  
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• Zelenskyy virtually addresses Canadian university students

  22-06-2022 13:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland attended the event, which was hosted by the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
  
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• Zelenskyy set to virtually address Canadian university students

  22-06-2022 13:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is also expected to attend the event, which is being hosted by the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
  
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• Zelenskyy calls for more Ukraine support in virtual address to Canadian students

  22-06-2022 13:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland attended the event, which was hosted by the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
  
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• Varcoe: Enmax names new CEO following turbulent period at utility — and major challenges ahead - Calgary Herald

  22-06-2022 13:03
  
  Varcoe: Enmax names new CEO following turbulent period at utility — and major challenges ahead  Calgary Herald
  
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• Shelter focused on women's cultural needs buys home to secure its future

  22-06-2022 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A women's shelter run by a Calgary charity focused on helping women and children from various cultural backgrounds escape domestic violence has purchased its own home, helping to secure its future in the city.
  
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• Not ‘rigidly defined’: Bisexual people still fight to overcome stereotypes, stigma

  22-06-2022 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  When you’re not straight, but you're also not gay, where do you fit in? For some bisexual Canadians, a lack of community coupled with harmful stigmas has had a damaging impact.
  
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• Commons could soon pass legislation to study environmental racism

  22-06-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The House of Commons is close to adopting Canada's first-ever legislation on environmental racism — environmental hazards that disproportionately affect Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities.
  
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• Air Miles hits turbulence after Sobeys and Safeway pull out of program

  22-06-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The long-running Air Miles rewards system is facing turbulence after the withdrawal of one of its only remaining national grocery chains from the program, say experts in the Canadian loyalty points industry.
  
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• A 'glass cliff' may threaten UCP women running for leader

  22-06-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  While the “glass ceiling” for women in Alberta politics may well have cracked, there are many reasons to think that the party’s leadership is nothing but an increasingly crowded glass cliff.
  
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• Things to Do in Calgary in July 2022 - To Do Canada

  22-06-2022 09:00
  Things to Do in Calgary in July 2022  To Do Canada
  
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• Tara Niptanatiak identified as woman found dead in Calgary garbage bin | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  22-06-2022 09:00
  
  Tara Niptanatiak identified as woman found dead in Calgary garbage bin | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Calgary police ask for public's assistance as they investigate northeast shooting - Calgary Herald

  22-06-2022 09:00
  
  Calgary police ask for public's assistance as they investigate northeast shooting  Calgary Herald
  
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• Global Calgary – Heritage Park Annual Membership Giveaway - GlobalNews Contests & Sweepstakes - Global News

  22-06-2022 06:18
  
  Global Calgary – Heritage Park Annual Membership Giveaway - GlobalNews Contests & Sweepstakes  Global News
  
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• RCMP homicide investigation underway after man found injured in central Alberta dies

  22-06-2022 05:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The RCMP is asking for tips in connection with a homicide investigation looking into the death of a man in central Alberta this week.
  
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• Calgary's Cale Makar was named the best NHL defenseman Tuesday night | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  22-06-2022 05:49
  
  Calgary's Cale Makar was named the best NHL defenseman Tuesday night | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Lightning look to even Stanley Cup Final in Game 4 against Avalanche

  22-06-2022 05:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  So much for the notion that the Tampa Bay Lightning might be running out of gas against the speedy Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup Final.
  
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• Use-of-force incidents involving Calgary Transit peace officers nearly doubled in 2021 - Global News

  22-06-2022 04:24
  
  Use-of-force incidents involving Calgary Transit peace officers nearly doubled in 2021  Global News
  
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• Use-of-force incidents involving Calgary Transit peace officers nearly doubled in 2021

  22-06-2022 04:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to the Calgary Transit public safety citizen oversight committee, transit peace officers were involved in 819 use-of-force incidents in 2021 compared to 448 in 2020.
  
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• Titus Wall, René Paredes saluted as CFL top performers after Stampeders' comeback - Calgary Sun

  22-06-2022 04:21
  
  Titus Wall, René Paredes saluted as CFL top performers after Stampeders' comeback  Calgary Sun
  
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• RCMP investigate deadly highway crash near Morley

  22-06-2022 03:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP said investigators were looking into what caused a fatal crash on Highway 1A at Branch Road near Morley, Alta., on Tuesday evening.
  
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