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• Calgary police charge suspect in relation to extensive damage done to Peace Bridge - Calgary Herald

  27-07-2022 23:43 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Calgary police charge suspect in relation to extensive damage done to Peace Bridge  Calgary Herald
  
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• Councillor and former lifeguard saves six-year-old at Calgary pool - Calgary Herald

  27-07-2022 23:37 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Councillor and former lifeguard saves six-year-old at Calgary pool  Calgary Herald
  
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• Bowness Carousel featured in new Canada Post stamp collection

  27-07-2022 23:31 via cbc.ca
  
  A beloved attraction at Heritage Park Historical Village in S.W. Calgary has received the stamp of approval from Canada Post. The Bowness Carousel is one of five vintage carousels being featured in a new stamp collection.
  
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• Hospitalizations up as BA.5 becomes dominant variant in Alberta

  27-07-2022 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  The highly contagious and immune-evading BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants became dominant in Alberta in mid-June, according to new data from the University of Calgary.
  
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• BA.4 and BA.5 dominant subvariants in Alberta according to new wastewater data

  27-07-2022 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  The highly contagious and immune-evading BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants became dominant in Alberta in mid-June, according to new data from the University of Calgary.
  
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• Calgary junior golfer competes against the world in San Deigo | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  27-07-2022 23:10 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary junior golfer competes against the world in San Deigo | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Pope Francis apology: ‘Gaps’ in pontiff’s remarks can’t be ignored, says Miller

  27-07-2022 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says Indigenous people will decide for themselves what they think about the Pope's apology to residential school survivors.
  
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• Calgary Drop-In Centre looking to offer overdose prevention services - CTV News Calgary

  27-07-2022 22:07 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary Drop-In Centre looking to offer overdose prevention services  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Findings of Carra integrity investigation won’t be forwarded to Calgary police, province - Global News

  27-07-2022 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Findings of Carra integrity investigation won’t be forwarded to Calgary police, province  Global News
  
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• Findings of Carra integrity investigation won’t be forwarded to Calgary police, province

  27-07-2022 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  A motion to refer the findings of an integrity commissioner investigation into Ward 9 Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra was defeated in a tie vote at Calgary city council on Wednesday.
  
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• Suspect in Peace Bridge vandalism arrested, say Calgary police - CBC.ca

  27-07-2022 22:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Suspect in Peace Bridge vandalism arrested, say Calgary police  CBC.ca
  
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• Suspect in Peace Bridge vandalism arrested, say Calgary police

  27-07-2022 21:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary police have arrested and charged a man in connection to recent vandalism at the Peace Bridge.
  
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• There's still time to stop the spread of monkeypox in Canada: chief public health officer

  27-07-2022 21:38 via cbc.ca
  
  The number of confirmed monkeypox cases in Canada has hit 745 and public health officials say that now is the time for a domestic and international response to get a handle on the disease.
  
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• PHAC urges gay, bisexual men to practise safe sex as monkeypox spreads

  27-07-2022 21:38 via cbc.ca
  
  The Public Health Agency of Canada is urging gay and bisexual men to practise safe sex and limit the number of their sexual partners as it confronts the monkeypox outbreak.
  
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• Calgary man charged with Peace Bridge vandalism | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  27-07-2022 21:21 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary man charged with Peace Bridge vandalism | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Calgary police arrest one man after Peace Bridge vandalized

  27-07-2022 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police were called to the Peace Bridge at around 4 a.m. on Sunday for reports of a man shattering 70 glass windowpanes along the bridge. 
  
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• Albertans boycott Canadian Blood Services over dropped mask policy

  27-07-2022 20:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian Blood Services is facing a backlash over a decision this week to drop a COVID-19 mask requirement at its donation centres nationwide.
  
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• 'FluxJet' unveiled: proposed Calgary-Edmonton line could travel 1000 km/hr - CHAT News Today

  27-07-2022 20:30 via chatnewstoday.ca
  
  'FluxJet' unveiled: proposed Calgary-Edmonton line could travel 1000 km/hr  CHAT News Today
  
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• Could Nazem Kadri be a fit with the Calgary Flames? - Flames Nation

  27-07-2022 20:00 via flamesnation.ca
  Could Nazem Kadri be a fit with the Calgary Flames?  Flames Nation
  
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• Environment Canada issues heat warnings for much of Alberta

  27-07-2022 19:27 via cbc.ca
  
  Environment Canada says daytime temperatures into the mid-30s are expected, combined with overnight temperatures ranging from around 14 to the high teens.
  
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• Alberta government to provide financial relief for continuing care residents

  27-07-2022 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta said residents' accommodations will only increase by 3.2 per cent during this time period, compared to this year's rate of 5.5 per cent.
  
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• Weather warning issued for Calgary as heat wave spreads east from B.C. - Calgary Herald

  27-07-2022 18:33 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Weather warning issued for Calgary as heat wave spreads east from B.C.  Calgary Herald
  
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• United Conservative Party leadership contenders to square off in first debate

  27-07-2022 18:29 via cbc.ca
  
  The seven candidates vying to become the next United Conservative Party leader and Alberta premier are to tackle health, the economy and other key issues in their first debate tonight.
  
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• Danielle Smith faces criticism of sovereignty plan, cancer remarks in UCP leadership debate

  27-07-2022 18:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Danielle Smith, considered one of the front-runners in the United Conservative Party leadership race, faced sharp criticism Wednesday from debate rivals over her Alberta sovereignty plan and controversial comments on cancer.
  
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• Calgary police net $77K in drugs in trafficking investigation | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  27-07-2022 18:15 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary police net $77K in drugs in trafficking investigation | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Much of Alberta under heat warnings, including Edmonton and Calgary

  27-07-2022 17:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Heat warnings stretch from areas as far north as Peace River and Wabasca, south through the Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary regions and into High River and Claresholm.
  
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• Hockey Canada paid out $8.9 million in sexual abuse settlements since 1989

  27-07-2022 16:44 via cbc.ca
  
  Hockey Canada executives told a House of Commons committee Wednesday that they've paid $8.9 million for sexual abuse settlements to 21 complainants since 1989.
  
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• Hockey Canada has paid out $7.6 million in sexual abuse settlements from dedicated fund since 1989

  27-07-2022 16:44 via cbc.ca
  
  Hockey Canada executives told a House of Commons committee Wednesday that nine complainants alleging sexual abuse have received $7.6 million in settlements since 1989 from a dedicated fund maintained in part by membership fees.
  
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• Council votes to greenlight 5 new communities on Calgary's outer edges - CBC.ca

  27-07-2022 16:08 via cbc.ca
  
  Council votes to greenlight 5 new communities on Calgary's outer edges  CBC.ca
  
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• Council votes to greenlight 5 new communities on Calgary's outer edges

  27-07-2022 16:08 via cbc.ca
  
  City council has approved proposals that will see new developments popping up on Calgary's outskirts for years to come.
  
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• Calgary's largest AHL departures this offseason - Flames Nation

  27-07-2022 16:00 via flamesnation.ca
  Calgary's largest AHL departures this offseason  Flames Nation
  
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• Alberta UCP leadership contenders to square off in first debate in Medicine Hat

  27-07-2022 15:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wednesday's debate is the only scheduled debate before the crucial Aug. 12 cutoff for UCP members to sign up if they wish to vote in the leadership contest.
  
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• Council greenlights 5 new communities on Calgary’s outskirts amid debate

  27-07-2022 15:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said the process of approving business cases for new growth has become a "beauty contest" and needs to be depoliticized.
  
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• Second Calgary Farmers' Market location to open in the northwest - LiveWire Calgary

  27-07-2022 14:30 via livewirecalgary.com
  
  Second Calgary Farmers' Market location to open in the northwest  LiveWire Calgary
  
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• Canmore gourmet business fires owner after sending transphobic email

  27-07-2022 14:10 via cbc.ca
  
  The email repeated untruths of trans people as dangerous to children and perpetrators of violence but in reality it is trans people who are in danger of being on the receiving end of violence and abuse, a Canmore Pride co-chair said.
  
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• Canmore gourmet business fires owner after he sent transphobic email

  27-07-2022 14:10 via cbc.ca
  
  The email repeated untruths of trans people as dangerous to children and perpetrators of violence but in reality it is trans people who are in danger of being on the receiving end of violence and abuse, a Canmore Pride co-chair said.
  
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• Canmore gourmet business dumps president who sent transphobic email

  27-07-2022 14:10 via cbc.ca
  
  A prominent gourmet food supplier, caterer and retailer in Canmore, Alta. — Valbella Gourmet Foods — has removed its president from running the company after he sent a transphobic email to organizers of that town's Pride events.
  
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• Canmore gourmet business dumps president after he sent transphobic email

  27-07-2022 14:10 via cbc.ca
  
  A prominent gourmet food supplier, caterer and retailer in Canmore, Alta. — Valbella Gourmet Foods — has removed one of its owners from running the company after he sent a transphobic email to organizers of that town's Pride events.
  
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• Canmore gourmet business dumps owner after he sent transphobic email

  27-07-2022 14:10 via cbc.ca
  
  A prominent gourmet food supplier, caterer and retailer in Canmore, Alta. — Valbella Gourmet Foods — has removed one of its owners from running the company after he sent a transphobic email to organizers of that town's Pride events.
  
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• Just how healthy is Alberta's soil? A new database aims to find out

  27-07-2022 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A new database is being put together at the University of Alberta measuring the province’s soil health, carbon storage capabilities and providing data to farmers to help plan management practices.
  
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• Pope Francis travels to Quebec City for final days of Indigenous reconciliation visit

  27-07-2022 12:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pope Francis is to visit with officials on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec's capital shortly after his plane touches down after flying from Edmonton.
  
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• Pope Francis to travel to Quebec City from Edmonton for final days of reconciliation visit

  27-07-2022 12:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pope Francis is to visit with officials on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec's capital shortly after his plane touches down after flying from Edmonton.
  
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• Plane carrying Pope Francis leaves Edmonton, makes way to Quebec City

  27-07-2022 12:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pope Francis is to visit with officials on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec's capital shortly after his plane touches down after flying from Edmonton.
  
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• ‘Dance with the universe:’ Indigenous languages, reconciliation and the papal tour

  27-07-2022 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  “We have a perpetual dance with the universe,” said Tom McCallum, translating the Cree word for "prayer" in an interview after Pope Francis arrived in Edmonton.
  
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• Canada needs a firm emissions reductions target for the aviation sector: open letter

  27-07-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government needs to be more transparent — and ambitious — about its upcoming plan to reduce carbon emissions from the aviation industry, a group of environmental organizations are saying in an open letter.
  
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• Calgary weather: Environment Canada issues heat warning | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  27-07-2022 09:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary weather: Environment Canada issues heat warning | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Singer says impromptu song at Maskwacis papal apology being mistaken for ‘O Canada’

  27-07-2022 07:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  An anguished rendering of a song that sounds similar to Canada's national anthem was sung by Si Pih Ko at the papal apology in Maskwacis.
  
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• Sentencing arguments heard for Calgary man who killed wife with U-Haul van - Global News

  27-07-2022 06:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sentencing arguments heard for Calgary man who killed wife with U-Haul van  Global News
  
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• Sentencing arguments heard for Calgary man who killed wife with U-Haul van

  27-07-2022 06:17 via globalnews.ca
  Ronald Candaele was convicted of second-degree murder a year ago in the February 2020 killing of Melissa Rae Blommaert.
  
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• The City Of Calgary Is Hiring For So Many Jobs & You Could Get Paid Over $100K - Narcity Canada

  27-07-2022 06:11 via narcity.com
  
  The City Of Calgary Is Hiring For So Many Jobs & You Could Get Paid Over $100K  Narcity Canada
  
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