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• Calgary aim to strike balance between manicured and sustainable green space | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  09-08-2022 23:30 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary aim to strike balance between manicured and sustainable green space | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Women sought in relation to July shooting in Calgary

  09-08-2022 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  CPS said it has charged three men in relation to the shooting and is now looking for a woman believed to be involved.
  
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• NHL Hot Seat Radar: Calgary Flames - The Hockey News

  09-08-2022 22:45 via thehockeynews.com
  
  NHL Hot Seat Radar: Calgary Flames  The Hockey News
  
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• Calgary’s most haunting festival to return this October with a new attractions & a boozy adults ... - Curiocity

  09-08-2022 22:44 via curiocity.com
  
  Calgary’s most haunting festival to return this October with a new attractions & a boozy adults ...  Curiocity
  
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• Alberta Court of Appeal upholds five-year sentence handed to Indigenous man for historical rape - Calgary Herald

  09-08-2022 22:44 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Alberta Court of Appeal upholds five-year sentence handed to Indigenous man for historical rape  Calgary Herald
  
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• Alberta pot shops allowed to remove window coverings after spree of robberies

  09-08-2022 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  In a letter sent to retailers, the AGLC saidthe move was prompted by a 'significant rise' in robberies at licensed pot retailers in recent months, in particular in Calgary.
  
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• Campfires restricted in Kananaskis Country as southern Alberta fire risk increases

  09-08-2022 22:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Continuing hot and dry conditions have prompted officials to put a fire restriction in a stretch of the Rocky Mountains and foothills.
  
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• Hockey Canada trying to ‘salvage’ World Juniors amid scandal, low ticket sales

  09-08-2022 22:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  The World Juniors are run by the International Ice Hockey Federation, which confirmed last week it is now among the growing number of official bodies investigating Hockey Canada.
  
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• Status of Women minister apologizes for racist, sexist essay contest in Alberta

  09-08-2022 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  'This is absolutely horrific and these comments should be condemned by elected leaders.'
  
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• NDP ask who’s responsible after UCP women’s essay contest winner sparks outrage

  09-08-2022 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  'This is absolutely horrific and these comments should be condemned by elected leaders.'
  
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• NDP ask for who’s responsible after UCP women’s essay contest winner sparks outrage

  09-08-2022 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  'This is absolutely horrific and these comments should be condemned by elected leaders.'
  
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• Racist, sexist essay awarded prize disavowed by Alberta cabinet minister

  09-08-2022 21:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's associate minister in charge of women's issues Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk says that an essay with sexist, racist and white nationalist elements never should have been awarded a prize in a contest for young women launched earlier this year. 
  
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• Alberta cabinet minister disavows racist, sexist essay that won prize

  09-08-2022 21:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's associate minister in charge of women's issues Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk says that an essay with sexist, racist and white nationalist elements never should have been awarded a prize in a contest for young women launched earlier this year. 
  
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• Calgary police warn of threatening text fraud scheme

  09-08-2022 20:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  In the scam, victims receive text messages from an international number claiming the victim owes money for using personal services. Threats are followed if money isn't sent.
  
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• Calgary Police Youth Foundation stuffs backpacks for students | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  09-08-2022 20:04 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary Police Youth Foundation stuffs backpacks for students | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Calgary police warn of new twist on marketing extortion scam | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  09-08-2022 19:31 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary police warn of new twist on marketing extortion scam | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Alberta essay contest winner slammed for discriminatory gender, race views - CityNews Calgary

  09-08-2022 19:00 via calgary.citynews.ca
  Alberta essay contest winner slammed for discriminatory gender, race views  CityNews Calgary
  
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• Defence lawyers begin work stoppages to protest ‘perpetual underfunding’ of Legal Aid Alberta

  09-08-2022 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Danielle Boisvert estimates between 450 and 600 lawyers are taking part in the job action -- about half of Legal Aid Alberta's overall roster. 
  
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• Search continues for man, dog in Kananaskis drowning - Calgary Herald

  09-08-2022 18:48 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Search continues for man, dog in Kananaskis drowning  Calgary Herald
  
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• Man believed drowned after attempt to save dog near Canmore, Alta.

  09-08-2022 18:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Diving crews were on scene at the Spray Lakes Reservoir on Tuesday, looking for a man who disappeared after he jumped off a boat to rescue his dog. 
  
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• Origin and Cause Welcomes Simon Nguyen to Structural Forensics Group in Calgary - Canadian Underwriter

  09-08-2022 18:23 via canadianunderwriter.ca
  
  Origin and Cause Welcomes Simon Nguyen to Structural Forensics Group in Calgary  Canadian Underwriter
  
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• Calgary man drowns in Spray Lakes, RCMP search for body | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  09-08-2022 17:40 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary man drowns in Spray Lakes, RCMP search for body | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Assessing the Boston Bruins as a trade partner for the Calgary Flames - The Win Column

  09-08-2022 16:30 via thewincolumn.ca
  
  Assessing the Boston Bruins as a trade partner for the Calgary Flames  The Win Column
  
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• Hockey Canada names interim board chair after Brind’Amour resignation

  09-08-2022 15:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hockey Canada is under the public and governmental microscope for its handling of sexual assault allegations against members of past junior men's hockey teams.
  
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• City of Calgary's positive credit ratings reaffirmed by globally recognized rating agencies - City of Calgary Newsroom

  09-08-2022 15:57 via newsroom.calgary.ca
  
  City of Calgary's positive credit ratings reaffirmed by globally recognized rating agencies  City of Calgary Newsroom
  
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• Calgary weather: Heat warning remains in effect | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  09-08-2022 15:21 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary weather: Heat warning remains in effect | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Your letters for Aug. 9, 2022 - Calgary Herald

  09-08-2022 14:36 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Your letters for Aug. 9, 2022  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary downtown underpass project aims to turn over busy roadway to pedestrians, cyclists permanently - The Globe and Mail

  09-08-2022 14:00 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  Calgary downtown underpass project aims to turn over busy roadway to pedestrians, cyclists permanently  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Alberta's committee report on EMS system is delayed. What changes do you want to see?

  09-08-2022 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's EMS system is under considerable stress, and has been for some time. We want to hear from you about your experiences with emergency care.
  
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• 4 in 5 people who died last year while receiving child welfare in Alberta were Indigenous

  09-08-2022 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Advocates and researchers are calling for the Alberta government to decolonize the child welfare system after a record number of children, youth and young adults died last year — about four-in-five of whom were Indigenous.
  
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• Calgary businesses switch to eco-friendly packaging ahead of single-use plastics ban - CBC.ca

  09-08-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary businesses switch to eco-friendly packaging ahead of single-use plastics ban  CBC.ca
  
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• Calgary businesses switch to eco-friendly packaging ahead of single-use plastics ban

  09-08-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Some Calgary businesses are already preparing alternative and eco-friendly packaging options ahead of the federal government's single-use plastics ban.
  
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• After losing their children to rare cancer, Alberta parents advocate for nationwide change

  09-08-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Gabriel Rey passed away after an 11-month battle with a rare childhood cancer. But his parents are still fighting for more research and treatment options in their son's name.
  
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• A real estate transaction gave me neighbours. A car crash taught me to value them

  09-08-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A car crash outside writer Becky Sarafinchan’s house opened her eyes to the beauty of having neighbours this spring. They’re connected by a random act of real estate and disagree on many issues, but that no longer matters.
  
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• Calgary somehow beat Toronto in a ranking of the best places to live in North America - blogTO

  09-08-2022 09:00 via blogto.com
  
  Calgary somehow beat Toronto in a ranking of the best places to live in North America  blogTO
  
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• Calgary crash: One person sent to hosptial after hit-and-run | CityNews Calgary - CityNews Calgary

  09-08-2022 09:00 via calgary.citynews.ca
  Calgary crash: One person sent to hosptial after hit-and-run | CityNews Calgary  CityNews Calgary
  
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• Recovery efforts underway after boater goes missing on Alberta’s Spray Lakes Reservoir

  09-08-2022 06:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Loved ones of a man who went into the water at Spray Lakes Reservoir on Sunday evening arrived at the scene Monday afternoon.
  
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• Canada wins 4-3 over Sweden in pre-world junior test

  09-08-2022 04:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada outshot Sweden 30-26 and went 1-for-4 with the man advantage. Sweden went 0-for-5 on the power play.
  
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• 'We don't have that much time': Inglewood seniors disappointed by delay of small-scale care home

  09-08-2022 04:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Proposed affordable small scale care home for seniors in inglewood has been on hold while awaiting provincial funding. Now the project is delayed another year as the province says it won't open up the small homes funding stream until 2023
  
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• Hiker shoots and injures bear in Jasper National Park

  09-08-2022 03:57 via cbc.ca
  
  A person called Jasper Dispatch to report their friend had shot a black bear with a 20-gauge shotgun on the Overlander Trail, about seven kilometres east of the trailhead.
  
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• Saskatchewan RCMP issue Amber Alert for two children who may be in the U.S.

  09-08-2022 03:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP in Saskatchewan have issued an amber alert for a 7-year-old girl and 8-year-old boy believed to be with a 50-year-old man and potentially the children's mother.
  
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• Man at centre of Amber Alert for 2 children is a convicted child sex offender: courts records

  09-08-2022 03:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP in Saskatchewan have issued an amber alert for a 7-year-old girl and 8-year-old boy believed to be with a 50-year-old man and potentially the children's mother.
  
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• Calgary drivers frustrated by fuel price flip flop at local gas station - Global News

  09-08-2022 02:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary drivers frustrated by fuel price flip flop at local gas station  Global News
  
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• Calgary drivers frustrated by fuel price flip flop at local gas station

  09-08-2022 02:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Frustration is growing among some Calgary residents after they say one Bowness gas station is raising prices much higher than average, multiple times a day.
  
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• Braid: The UCP perils of disagreeing with Danielle Smith - Calgary Herald

  09-08-2022 02:31 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Braid: The UCP perils of disagreeing with Danielle Smith  Calgary Herald
  
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• Is the TransPod Calgary-Edmonton passenger hyperloop Canada's future? - Electric Autonomy

  09-08-2022 02:18 via electricautonomy.ca
  
  Is the TransPod Calgary-Edmonton passenger hyperloop Canada's future?  Electric Autonomy
  
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• Stanley Cup makes its way to Innisfail, Alta., hometown of Colorado Avalanche assistant coach

  09-08-2022 01:55 via cbc.ca
  
  It was a special day for Ray Bennett, assistant coach with the NHL's Colorado Avalanche, as he brought the Stanley Cup to his hometown of Innisfail, Alta.
  
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• Suncor’s Colorado refinery back to normal operations after Monday outage

  09-08-2022 01:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Suncor sent out an alert Monday morning warning residents in the area that the temporary shutdown could result in additional flames and smoke from the refinery flares.
  
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• Imperial Oil continues to investigate pipeline spill in the Northwest Territories

  09-08-2022 01:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Imperial Oil reported on July 27 that it discovered about 55,000 litres of produced water had spilled before it shut down the pipeline in Norman Wells, N.W.T.
  
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• Cabinet minister Nate Glubish switches leadership loyalties from Travis Toews to Danielle Smith

  09-08-2022 01:01 via cbc.ca
  
  The minister of Service Alberta is the first member of cabinet and second caucus member to switch his allegiance to Smith after first endorsing Travis Toews.
  
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