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• Calgary Co-op to close Beddington and Village Square locations - Calgary Herald

  25-01-2023 23:39 via news.google.com
  Calgary Co-op to close Beddington and Village Square locations  Calgary Herald
  
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• Dangerous skin lightening, acne products seized from Calgary | CTV ... - CTV News Calgary

  25-01-2023 23:28 via news.google.com
  Dangerous skin lightening, acne products seized from Calgary | CTV ...  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Banff tourism report seeks fewer private vehicles, more public transit in park

  25-01-2023 23:02
  
  "Private vehicle traffic is one of the single biggest challenges in terms of our congestion and our ability to be sustainable."
  
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• NDP questions fate of Smith’s long-promised advisory panel on public health

  25-01-2023 22:48
  
  Smith's long-promised public health science advisory panel has the NDP Opposition questioning whether it exists or ever will.
  
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• Hospital staff look for answers after 'unbelievable' network outage delayed surgeries, patient care

  25-01-2023 22:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Doctors and nurses say a provincewide network outage caused chaos in many hospitals and they hope a third party review, promised by Alberta Health Services, will result in a reliable backup plan.
  
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• Drew Barnes says he won't run for UCP nomination in Cypress-Medicine Hat

  25-01-2023 22:15 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta MLA Drew Barnes announced Wednesday he will not seek the upcoming United Conservative Party nomination for the Cypress-Medicine Hat riding. 
  
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• Drew Barnes considering his options after announcing he won't run for UCP nomination in Cypress-Medicine Hat

  25-01-2023 22:15 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta MLA Drew Barnes announced Wednesday he will not seek the upcoming United Conservative Party nomination for the Cypress-Medicine Hat riding. 
  
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• Alberta Health Services says network outage was caused by ‘routine maintenance’

  25-01-2023 22:10
  
  A senior health official said doctors and staff at hospitals had to use paper charts, whiteboards and phone calls to communicate with each other during the network outage.
  
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• High profile Canadian skating coach Richard Gauthier found guilty of sex assault, gross indecency

  25-01-2023 22:06
  
  Richard Gauthier, 61, was found guilty of two charges in a ruling rendered in Montreal. Gauthier spent more than three decades training world class pairs skaters.
  
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• La Poutine Week in Calgary: National festival enters 11th year | CTV ... - CTV News Calgary

  25-01-2023 21:52 via news.google.com
  La Poutine Week in Calgary: National festival enters 11th year | CTV ...  CTV News Calgary
  
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• City of Calgary implementing new work-from-home policies for employees

  25-01-2023 21:28
  
  City of Calgary employees are being asked to return to work in-person a year after the province's work from home orders were lifted.
  
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• Avalanche survivor from 2003 calling 2023 a challenging season, says be cautious, aware

  25-01-2023 21:10
  
  Avalanche Canada is reminding anyone going out to the backcountry to always check the avalanche forecast.
  
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• Premier pressured justice minister's office to get rid of COVID charges, sources say

  25-01-2023 21:07 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pressured the attorney general and his office to intervene in COVID-related court cases, according to multiple sources familiar with the interactions.
  
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• Drew Barnes announces he won’t run under UCP banner in spring election

  25-01-2023 20:18
  
  The three-term representative for Cypress-Medicine Hat announced Wednesday he will not seek the UCP nomination in his riding ahead of the spring vote.
  
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• Affordable housing for women and children opens in Calgary’s Inglewood neighbourhood - Global News

  25-01-2023 19:38 via news.google.com
  Affordable housing for women and children opens in Calgary’s Inglewood neighbourhood  Global News
  
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• Affordable housing for women and children opens in Calgary’s Inglewood neighbourhood

  25-01-2023 19:38
  
  YW Calgary announced the completion of the trauma-informed housing and shelter facility alongside the City of Calgary, and the provincial and federal government Wednesday morning.
  
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• Affordable housing for woman and children opens in Calgary’s Inglewood neighbourhood

  25-01-2023 19:38
  
  YW Calgary announced the completion of the trauma-informed housing and shelter facility alongside the City of Calgary, and the provincial and federal government Wednesday morning.
  
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• Oilsands execs say nowhere to invest in green technology, despite record profits

  25-01-2023 19:02
  
  The federal government says it wants to see the oil and gas industry 'step up', especially after record profit years due to high energy prices.
  
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• Man hospitalized after stabbing in Calgary, police seeing if road rage may have spurred violence

  25-01-2023 19:02
  
  A man was taken to hospital and another man was arrested following a stabbing in southeast Calgary on Tuesday that police believe may have occurred because of road rage.
  
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• Oilsands execs say they can't invest in decarbonization any faster, despite profits

  25-01-2023 16:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Oilsands executives insist they are all in on cutting emissions and will make big investments in green technology, but they maintain there isn't a place to invest that money yet.
  
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• Got time? At this slow grocery store check-out lane, a leisurely chat is OK

  25-01-2023 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Jason Rutledge mans his grocery store register while wearing a green squid hat — and if you want to chat about it, he's got the time. That's because the Edmonton Sobeys cashier often works the new "slow social lane" that offers customers the chance to take a breath and enjoy a conversation.
  
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• Bank of Canada raises interest rate again — but hits 'pause' on any more for now

  25-01-2023 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark interest rate again, to 4.5 per cent, but hinted that it may now be done with its aggressive campaign of rate hikes.
  
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• SAIT teacher urges school to reopen hands-on construction lab where students built houses

  25-01-2023 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  SAIT instructor Carlo Velcic is urging the school to reopen a lab where students in the civil engineering and architectural technology programs would build a house to better understand the process.
  
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• Society told me to love my big breasts. I never did

  25-01-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Olivia Malley used to wear a H-cup bra for her large breasts. She never understood why this small part of her became such a large piece of her identity.
  
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• Co-op closing 2 north Calgary grocery stores in March, cites poor sales performance

  25-01-2023 06:57
  
  Calgary Co-op is moving forward with plans to shut down a couple of its stores – a decision that will impact dozens of jobs at both the Village Square and Beddington locations.
  
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• Council to beef up fines in response to catalytic converter thefts in Calgary

  25-01-2023 03:55
  
  The Calgary Police Service said there were 3,174 reported catalytic converter thefts between January and November last year, up from 1,560 thefts in 2021.
  
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• Pop-up care village aims to help Calgary’s vulnerable population

  25-01-2023 03:48
  
  The Pop-up Care Village, which was set up at the Kerby Centre Tuesday, is designed to support the community by offering basic and necessary services — all under one roof.
  
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• Alberta woman accuses Play Alberta of playing games with her late stepdad’s money

  25-01-2023 03:42
  
  A Calgary woman believes the online gambling site Play Alberta played with her feelings for months before paying out her late stepdad’s account.
  
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• Alberta dad learns about son’s death in Victoria after Googling his name, finding obituary

  25-01-2023 03:13
  
  The funeral home in B.C. posted Scott Grier’s obituary online as a courtesy, in hopes a family member would come across it after the Alberta man died in Victoria in May 2022.
  
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• Thousands of kilometres of undocumented, unmanaged trails found in Alberta and B.C.

  25-01-2023 02:09 via cbc.ca
  
  New research has spelled out for the first time the gap between official lists of trails in the southern Rockies and the number of trails there actually are, suggesting effects from the growing number of backcountry users may be larger than suspected.
  
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• Alberta NDP says it would scrap COVID-19 review panel if party wins election

  25-01-2023 02:07
  
  "(Manning) brings no objectivity (and) no scientific expertise to the job of assessing and evaluating this issue," Notley added.
  
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• Tainted milk led to deaths of Alberta residential school children, group says

  25-01-2023 01:54 via cbc.ca
  
  A new report suggests tainted milk carrying disease was responsible for the deaths of many First Nations children at an Alberta residential school.
  
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• Road rage suspected in serious stabbing in southeast Calgary | CTV ... - CTV News Calgary

  25-01-2023 01:36 via news.google.com
  Road rage suspected in serious stabbing in southeast Calgary | CTV ...  CTV News Calgary
  
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• More stabilized housing market forecasted for 2023, says Calgary Real Estate Board

  25-01-2023 01:20 via cbc.ca
  
  The Calgary Real Estate Board says it's expecting the city’s housing market to stabilize this year after two years of significant growth.
  
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• Calgary lays out new standardized work-from-home employee policy - LiveWire Calgary

  25-01-2023 01:20 via news.google.com
  
  Calgary lays out new standardized work-from-home employee policy  LiveWire Calgary
  
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• Black, Indigenous and other racialized communities don’t trust City of Calgary: report

  25-01-2023 00:57
  
  Many of the 2,500 Calgarians surveyed in a community engagement process indicated that racism and discrimination are widespread in the city.
  
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• Poilievre announces consultations with First Nations on resource revenues

  25-01-2023 00:47 via cbc.ca
  
  Pierre Poilievre is launching countrywide consultations between First Nations and industry leaders on an opt-in policy he’s proposing for First Nations to share the revenue generated by resource development on their lands.
  
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• Calgary man creates one-of-a-kind guitars from reclaimed wood

  25-01-2023 00:21 via cbc.ca
  
  A decade ago, Kevin Gullion wouldn't have guessed his last job would be creating one-of-a-kind guitars from pieces of old furniture and barn wood. But now nothing sounds sweeter. 
  
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• Alberta musician becomes artisan harpmaker

  25-01-2023 00:14
  
  An Alberta man living in the mountain hamlet of Bragg Creek has developed a niche career. Out of his garage he is creating stunning works of art that make beautiful sounds.
  
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