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• Calgary Flames rush to Jacob Markstrom's defence after tough loss - Calgary Sun

  02-12-2022 23:55 via news.google.com
  Calgary Flames rush to Jacob Markstrom's defence after tough loss  Calgary Sun
  
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• Make the Season Kind: Annual coffee sale raises more than $10K for the Calgary Food Bank

  02-12-2022 23:50 via cbc.ca
  Alarm clocks went off earlier than usual for many Calgarians on Friday morning. The promise of good coffee brought dozens to Fratello Coffee Roasters in the city’s southeast for the start of CBC Calgary’s annual holiday fundraiser.
  
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• ‘Flashes of green’: Calgary sells part of transit network’s naming rights to TD Bank

  02-12-2022 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  Naming rights for a section of Calgary Transit's C-Train line were recently purchased by TD Bank, adding more green to downtown streets and city coffers.
  
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• Alberta Mountie on trial says he trusted information about man he shot

  02-12-2022 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  A Mountie charged in the fatal shooting of a man who had been sleeping in a pickup truck says he trusted information from a fellow officer that the man was wanted as a suspect.
  
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• Federal NDP leader says Alberta sovereignty act ‘a distraction’ from real problems

  02-12-2022 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  After a meeting Friday with union leaders in Calgary, Singh took aim at the bill Premier Danielle Smith introduced on Tuesday.
  
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• Beamount mom of Ryan Shtuka releases book on son’s disappearance at B.C. ski resort

  02-12-2022 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  Heather Shtuka’s book 'Missing from Me' details before and after her 20-year-old son Ryan Shtuka vanished in Sun Peaks, B.C. in February 2018. 
  
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• Christmas Fund: 75+ Calgary charities need your support - Calgary Herald

  02-12-2022 22:52 via news.google.com
  Christmas Fund: 75+ Calgary charities need your support  Calgary Herald
  
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• Alberta unemployment rate rises slightly in November, hitting 5.8% - Calgary Herald

  02-12-2022 22:49 via news.google.com
  Alberta unemployment rate rises slightly in November, hitting 5.8%  Calgary Herald
  
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• AHS redeploying staff to Alberta Children’s Hospital as respiratory viruses spike

  02-12-2022 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Health Services said, as of Friday morning, it has started to redeploy staff from Rotary Flames House to Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary.
  
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• The Airdrie Festival of Lights is now open just outside of Calgary - Curiocity

  02-12-2022 22:20 via news.google.com
  The Airdrie Festival of Lights is now open just outside of Calgary  Curiocity
  
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• Calgary groups tackle mental health and addictions challenges head-on - Calgary Herald

  02-12-2022 22:17 via news.google.com
  Calgary groups tackle mental health and addictions challenges head-on  Calgary Herald
  
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• Parkland to double size of announced EV charging network in Western Canada

  02-12-2022 22:14 via cbc.ca
  Parkland Corp. says it is doubling the size of its previously announced electric vehicle charging network in Western Canada.
  
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• Centre for persons with disabilities in Calgary given huge boost | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  02-12-2022 21:59 via news.google.com
  Centre for persons with disabilities in Calgary given huge boost | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Global Calgary holiday cookie sale raises more than $31K for Morning of Giving

  02-12-2022 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  A total of $31,705 was raised from the third Global Calgary holiday cookie sale in support of Morning of Giving that benefits the non-profit charity the Magic of Christmas.
  
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• Alcohol and high speed suspected in fatal head-on crash on Deerfoot Trail - Calgary Herald

  02-12-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
  Alcohol and high speed suspected in fatal head-on crash on Deerfoot Trail  Calgary Herald
  
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• Stretch of free downtown Calgary Transit stations now dubbed the TD Free Fare Zone

  02-12-2022 19:18 via cbc.ca
  Calgary Transit riders boarding a CTrain between City Hall and the Downtown West/Kerby station will now be doing so in a new branded zone paid for by the Toronto-Dominion Bank.
  
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• The City of Calgary announces new TD Free Fare Zone - City of Calgary Newsroom

  02-12-2022 18:30 via news.google.com
  The City of Calgary announces new TD Free Fare Zone  City of Calgary Newsroom
  
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• Extreme cold warning smothers most of Alberta

  02-12-2022 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  An extreme cold warning was issued by Environment and Climate Change Canada around 4 a.m. Friday for most if not all of Alberta.
  
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• 3 month shelter waits for Calgary domestic violence victims | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  02-12-2022 18:12 via news.google.com
  3 month shelter waits for Calgary domestic violence victims | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Hockey Canada says over 900 cases of on-ice discrimination reported last season

  02-12-2022 16:44 via cbc.ca
  Hockey Canada says there were more than 900 documented or alleged incidents of on-ice discrimination — verbal taunts, insults and intimidation — across all levels and age groups during the 2021-22 season.
  
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• CWB Financial Group reports Q4 profit down from year ago, raises dividend

  02-12-2022 16:28 via globalnews.ca
  CWB said its provision for credit losses amounted to $12.2 million in its latest quarter compared with a $10.2-million recovery of credit losses in its fourth quarter last year.
  
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• How this Calgary company is transforming empty offices into housing units - Maclean’s

  02-12-2022 15:35 via news.google.com
  How this Calgary company is transforming empty offices into housing units  Maclean’s
  
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• Calgary weather for Friday, Dec. 2 | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  02-12-2022 15:13 via news.google.com
  Calgary weather for Friday, Dec. 2 | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Section of Deerfoot Trail closed after 1 killed in collision

  02-12-2022 14:03 via cbc.ca
  Calgary police say part of Deerfoot Trail is expected to be closed for several hours after a fatal collision early this morning.
  
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• Red Deer man faces multiples charges for Deerfoot collision that killed 1 person

  02-12-2022 14:03 via cbc.ca
  Calgary police say alcohol is considered a factor in an early morning collision that killed one person on Friday.
  
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• Red Deer man faces multiple charges for Deerfoot collision that killed 1 person

  02-12-2022 14:03 via cbc.ca
  Calgary police say alcohol is considered a factor in an early morning collision that killed one person on Friday.
  
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• Alcohol considered a factor in Deerfoot collision that killed 1 person

  02-12-2022 14:03 via cbc.ca
  Calgary police say alcohol is considered a factor in an early morning collision that killed one person on Friday.
  
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• Fatal crash closes stretch of Deerfoot Trail on Friday morning

  02-12-2022 13:57 via globalnews.ca
  A fatal crash Friday morning had Calgary police shut down both northbound and southbound lanes of Deerfoot Trail between 32nd Avenue and 16th Avenue N.E. as of 3:45 a.m.
  
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• Calgary police say alcohol, speed considered factors in fatal Deerfoot Trail crash

  02-12-2022 13:57 via globalnews.ca
  A fatal crash Friday morning had Calgary police shut down both northbound and southbound lanes of Deerfoot Trail between 32nd Avenue and 16th Avenue N.E. for several hours.
  
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• Bottom Six Minutes: Jake Allen commits highway robbery in Calgary - Habs Eyes on the Prize

  02-12-2022 11:00 via news.google.com
  Bottom Six Minutes: Jake Allen commits highway robbery in Calgary  Habs Eyes on the Prize
  
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• Some CDI College recruiters are misleading students, Marketplace investigation finds

  02-12-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  A CBC Marketplace investigation into CDI College, one of Canada’s largest for-profit career colleges, has found a pattern of misleading practices being used to pressure would-be students into signing up for online programs that can cost upward of $20,000.
  
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• Skier Valérie Grenier set for return to World Cup super-G at Lake Louise, 4 years after severe leg injury

  02-12-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Valérie Grenier is ready to return "for real" to super-G and speed racing on Sunday at a World Cup stop in Lake Louise, Alta., nearly four years after the Canadian skier broke her right leg in four places in a training run and suffered a subsequent mental block.
  
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• 'I feel like myself again': Valérie Grenier set for return to World Cup super-G, Lake Louise

  02-12-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Valérie Grenier is ready to return "for real" to super-G and speed racing on Sunday at a World Cup stop in Lake Louise, Alta., nearly four years after the Canadian skier broke her right leg in four places in a training run and suffered a subsequent mental block.
  
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• Caufield's third-period goal lifts Canadiens over Flames

  02-12-2022 06:17 via cbc.ca
  Cole Caufield broke a third-period tie and Sean Monahan had a pair of assists against his old team as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Flames 2-1 on Thursday in Calgary.
  
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• Caufield's 3rd-period goal lifts Canadiens over Flames

  02-12-2022 06:17 via cbc.ca
  Cole Caufield broke a third-period tie and Sean Monahan had a pair of assists against his old team as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Flames 2-1 on Thursday in Calgary.
  
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• Flames fall 2-1 to Canadiens at Saddledome on Thursday night

  02-12-2022 06:09 via globalnews.ca
  Juraj Slafkovsky gave Montreal the lead just 13 seconds in.
  
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• Federal government already preparing for what organizers call 'Freedom Convoy 2.0'

  02-12-2022 05:26 via cbc.ca
  The federal government is already preparing to deal with a new convoy protest being planned for February, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's national security adviser told a parliamentary committee Thursday evening.
  
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• City committee looks to silence train whistles at southwest Calgary rail crossing - Calgary | Globalnews.ca - Global News

  02-12-2022 05:08 via news.google.com
  City committee looks to silence train whistles at southwest Calgary rail crossing - Calgary | Globalnews.ca  Global News
  
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• City committee looks to silence train whistles at southwest Calgary rail crossing

  02-12-2022 05:08 via globalnews.ca
  Train whistles at the CP Rail crossing at 210 Ave. S.W. have prompted complaints to the City of Calgary over the noise, resulting in the proposed whistle cessation.
  
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• ‘Like winning the lottery’: life-changing renovation possible because of Pledge Day

  02-12-2022 04:29 via globalnews.ca
  A Calgary family is overwhelmed with gratitude after receiving a free bathroom renovation -- complete with accessible shower -- for their son, who uses a wheelchair.
  
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• Quota boost to foreign exchange workers will ease Banff labour shortage, tourism industry officials predict

  02-12-2022 02:56 via cbc.ca
  The federal government is opening the door for 15,000 more foreign exchange workers to enter Canada next year, and that's welcome news for the general manager of the Mount Norquay Ski Resort in Banff National Park. 
  
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• IEC quota increase may alleviate Banff's labour shortage

  02-12-2022 02:56 via cbc.ca
  The federal government is opening the door for 15,000 more foreign exchange workers to enter Canada next year, and that's welcome news for the general manager of the Mount Norquay Ski Resort in Banff National Park. 
  
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• Gold certification for accessible rink in Calgary | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  02-12-2022 02:54 via news.google.com
  Gold certification for accessible rink in Calgary | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Global News Hour at 6 Calgary: Dec. 1 | Watch News Videos Online - Global News

  02-12-2022 02:44 via news.google.com
  Global News Hour at 6 Calgary: Dec. 1 | Watch News Videos Online  Global News
  
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• Canadian airline crew detained in Dominican Republic since April back in Canada

  02-12-2022 02:43 via cbc.ca
  A Canadian passenger airline crew detained in the Dominican Republic since April has arrived back in Canada.
  
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• Alberta gets 2nd grid alert in 3 days as mercury drops

  02-12-2022 02:29 via globalnews.ca
  For the second time in a week, Alberta’s electricity system controllers issued a warning that the grid is under extra stress.
  
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• Alberta premier open to amendments on sovereignty act

  02-12-2022 02:11 via cbc.ca
  Premier Danielle Smith and some of her ministers suggested on Thursday they are open to changes to the proposed sovereignty act. 
  
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• 75th anniversary of W.O. Mitchell's classic novel celebrated with new edition, endowment fund

  02-12-2022 01:44 via cbc.ca
  It's the 75th anniversary this year of Canadian author W.O. Mitchell’s Who Has Seen The Wind. To mark the occasion, his family announced the W.O. Mitchell Scholarship endowment fund, benefitting the Writers’ Guild of Alberta. 
  
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• Arctic airmass across much of Alberta prompts extreme cold warning

  02-12-2022 01:00 via globalnews.ca
  An arctic airmass has settled over much of Alberta, where temperatures will dip below -30 C Thursday into Friday and the wind chill will make it feel like - 40.
  
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• Wait times at Calgary's Discovery House hit 112 days for those fleeing domestic violence - Calgary | Globalnews.ca - Global News

  02-12-2022 00:53 via news.google.com
  Wait times at Calgary's Discovery House hit 112 days for those fleeing domestic violence - Calgary | Globalnews.ca  Global News
  
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