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• Calgary police find drugs, weapons during pair of traffic stops

  15-02-2023 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  A pair of recent traffic stops done by Calgary police officers resulted in the seizure of cash, weapons and a cornucopia of street drugs.
  
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• NDP announce health care plan for easier access to medical care, physicians

  15-02-2023 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The plan includes hiring 1,500 health care employees and building 10 family clinics across the province.
  
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• Alberta NDP announces health-care plan for easier access to medical care, physicians

  15-02-2023 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The plan includes hiring 1,500 health-care employees and building 10 family clinics across the province.
  
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• Speeding sedan caught 73 km/h over limit on Calgary road | CTV ... - CTV News Calgary

  15-02-2023 23:46 via news.google.com
  Speeding sedan caught 73 km/h over limit on Calgary road | CTV ...  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Stumping in Calgary, Poilievre targets crime, bail reform - Calgary Herald

  15-02-2023 23:41 via news.google.com
  Stumping in Calgary, Poilievre targets crime, bail reform  Calgary Herald
  
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• Recipes with Julie Van Rosendaal: Showing love through food

  15-02-2023 23:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Even seemingly small gestures can be grand acts of love. This week on the Calgary Eyeopener, we shared a few dishes inspired by such stories.
  
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• Drug busts lead to arrests of 2 Calgary men | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  15-02-2023 23:13 via news.google.com
  
  Drug busts lead to arrests of 2 Calgary men | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• 2 men charged after stabbing incident in northwest Calgary

  15-02-2023 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  The victim asked the suspects to leave the area when a verbal argument began, which escalated to a "physical altercation" according to the police. 
  
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• Alberta government announces $4M for Calgary Drop-In Centre’s overdose response team

  15-02-2023 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  The funding aims to establish 15 medical detox and 20 pre-treatment beds to support up to 1,000 Calgarians every year.
  
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• Medical detox, treatment beds expanding at Calgary Drop-In | CTV ... - CTV News Calgary

  15-02-2023 20:47 via news.google.com
  Medical detox, treatment beds expanding at Calgary Drop-In | CTV ...  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Netflix star Gwendoline Christie coming to Calgary Expo | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  15-02-2023 20:34 via news.google.com
  Netflix star Gwendoline Christie coming to Calgary Expo | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Government should broaden ban on research funding to cover any 'foreign dictatorship,' Poilievre says

  15-02-2023 20:11 via cbc.ca
  
  The Liberal government’s move to end all federal research grants for projects linked to “foreign state actors” that pose a risk to Canada’s national security should be expanded to include all foreign dictatorships, the Conservatives say.
  
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• Uber riders, drivers in Canada can now record audio of their trips

  15-02-2023 19:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Uber Technologies Inc. is introducing a new feature in Canada on Wednesday that gives riders and drivers the ability to record audio of their trips.
  
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• Poilievre backs Alberta’s concerns over federal ‘just transition’ legislation

  15-02-2023 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  The "just transition" legislation is aimed at helping Canadian workers adapt to the global move toward increasing reliance on renewable energy instead of fossil fuels.
  
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• Decision on new Suncor CEO expected ‘very soon’

  15-02-2023 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Calgary-based oil producer and refiner has been on the hunt for a new CEO ever since former chief executive Mark Little resigned last July.
  
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• Varcoe: 'We’re disheartened' — Calgary council rejects shifting some tax burden from businesses onto homeowners - Calgary Herald

  15-02-2023 17:56 via news.google.com
  Varcoe: 'We’re disheartened' — Calgary council rejects shifting some tax burden from businesses onto homeowners  Calgary Herald
  
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• AHS investigating after Fargo film crew stumbles onto medical records in Didsbury - Calgary Herald

  15-02-2023 17:56 via news.google.com
  AHS investigating after Fargo film crew stumbles onto medical records in Didsbury  Calgary Herald
  
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• Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre delivers speech in Calgary ... - CTV News Calgary

  15-02-2023 17:29 via news.google.com
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• Alberta Justice official: 'never appropriate' for politicians to reach out to Crowns

  15-02-2023 15:56 via cbc.ca
  
  The top civil servant at Alberta Justice says there are no formal rules stopping politicians from directly interfering in court prosecutions, but says his department relies on Crown lawyers knowing the boundaries and pushing back if it happens.
  
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• Alberta child advocacy centres report increases in demand for services

  15-02-2023 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Four Alberta child advocacy centres, which help child abuse surivors and their families, say they have seen recent increases in demand for their services.
  
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• 2 in hospital after double Wednesday morning shootings: Calgary police

  15-02-2023 14:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary police were called to a shooting in the NE neighbourhood of Temple around 2:40 a.m. and then were also called to Penbrooke Meadows in the SE for a shooting around 3:15 a.m.
  
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• Cars and Kananaskis moss: researchers find evidence of vehicle emissions in ecosysyem

  15-02-2023 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The moss in Alberta's K-Country has a story to tell — researchers were able to use the plant to study whether nitrogen from visitor vehicles has been seeping into the local plant population.
  
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• Cars and Kananaskis moss: researchers find evidence of vehicle emissions in ecosystem

  15-02-2023 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The moss in Alberta's K-Country has a story to tell — researchers were able to use the plant to study whether nitrogen from visitor vehicles has been seeping into the local plant population.
  
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• Canmore cross-country skier wants Canada Winter Games debut to inspire young girls

  15-02-2023 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Sabine Comeau wants to use her success as a way to inspire young women to stay in sports. She also wants to raise awareness of what participation can bring to their lives.
  
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• Two recent stories show that hurt sentiments are the privilege of a few

  15-02-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Both the Widdowson and Elghawaby cases revolve around freedom of speech and the giving and taking of offence. But who their words hurt and how they are expected to respond is telling, writes Anam Zakaria.
  
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• Global technology leader Applexus opens Canadian headquarters ... - Calgary Economic Development

  15-02-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Global technology leader Applexus opens Canadian headquarters ...  Calgary Economic Development
  
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• Global tech firm Applexus Technologies to open Calgary headquarters - Calgary Herald

  15-02-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  Global tech firm Applexus Technologies to open Calgary headquarters  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary's Drop-In Centre receives more support | CityNews Calgary - CityNews Calgary

  15-02-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Calgary's Drop-In Centre receives more support | CityNews Calgary  CityNews Calgary
  
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• Calgary crews respond to multi-vehicle crash on John Laurie | CTV ... - CTV News Calgary

  15-02-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  Calgary crews respond to multi-vehicle crash on John Laurie | CTV ...  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Alberta government announces $4M for Calgary Drop-In Centre’s overdose response team - Global News

  15-02-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  Alberta government announces $4M for Calgary Drop-In Centre’s overdose response team  Global News
  
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• Calgary city council opts not to reduce tax hike for businesses - CBC.ca

  15-02-2023 05:30 via news.google.com
  
  Calgary city council opts not to reduce tax hike for businesses  CBC.ca
  
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• Calgary city council opts not to reduce tax hike for businesses

  15-02-2023 05:30 via cbc.ca
  
  On Tuesday, council voted to keep the ratio at 52 to 48 instead of shifting more taxes onto residential properties after debating during a meeting whether or not they would adjust this year's tax increase with a stated goal of relieving some of the pressure being felt by Calgary's business sector.
  
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• Calgary councillors narrowly opt for status-quo tax share for another year

  15-02-2023 05:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Right now, residential properties in Calgary pay 52 per cent of property taxes, with business and commercial properties paying the other 48 per cent.
  
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• Convenience store giant 7-Eleven criticized over ID-scanning policy

  15-02-2023 04:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary man is among several Albertans who contacted Global News concerned over an ID-scanning policy at convenience store giant 7-Eleven.
  
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• 2 injured in Highway 2 crash near Okotoks, Alta.

  15-02-2023 02:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The collision happened around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. One person was in life-threatening condition and another person was in non-life-threatening condition.
  
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• Suncor's fourth-quarter profits increase 76 per cent to $2.7 billion

  15-02-2023 02:17 via cbc.ca
  
  The energy giant says its total upstream production increased to 763,100 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the fourth quarter of 2022.
  
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• Suncor’s fourth quarter profits increase 76 per cent to $2.74B

  15-02-2023 01:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Suncor Energy Inc. says it earned $2.74 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022, a 76 per cent increase from the $1.55 billion it earned in the same three months of 2021.
  
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• Changes to Alberta Fish and Wildlife could weaken environmental management, critics say

  15-02-2023 01:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Critics say crucial expertise within Alberta Environment and Protected Areas is being broken up and dispersed, weakening fish and wildlife programs that should be working together and putting responsibility for conservation within ministries where that concern may not be central.
  
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• Provincial pilot project to add 12 sheriffs to Calgary's downtown core

  15-02-2023 01:10 via cbc.ca
  
  The provincial government announced Tuesday a 12-week pilot project where they are sending a dozen Alberta Sheriffs to Calgary's downtown core. 
  
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• Eyeing improved safety, UCP deploy Alberta Sheriffs to downtown Calgary - Calgary Herald

  15-02-2023 01:02 via news.google.com
  Eyeing improved safety, UCP deploy Alberta Sheriffs to downtown Calgary  Calgary Herald
  
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• CBE investigating video of Pride flag being burned outside Senator Patrick Burns School - Calgary Herald

  15-02-2023 00:38 via news.google.com
  CBE investigating video of Pride flag being burned outside Senator Patrick Burns School  Calgary Herald
  
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• Top justice official says boundaries need to be respected between prosecutors, politicians

  15-02-2023 00:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Frank Bosscha's comments Tuesday to the legislature's public accounts committee came amid questions surrounding Premier Danielle Smith's involvement in COVID-19-related cases.
  
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• Hockey game at Logan Boulet Arena inspires organ donor registration

  15-02-2023 00:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Boulet, who died in the Humboldt Broncos bush crash in 2018, was an organ donor. Every year, an event is hosted to raise awareness for organ donation registration.
  
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• Calgary city council approves formation of multi-sport field house committee

  15-02-2023 00:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The idea to revamp the area around the Foothills Athletic Park and McMahon Stadium was first proposed in 2019. A committee has been struck to develop a field house for the site.
  
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• Love on lockdown: how the pandemic pushed relationships into hyperspeed

  15-02-2023 00:08 via cbc.ca
  
  The pandemic caused many couples to move in together well before they would have considered it otherwise. Others became very close much sooner than dating normally would have allowed. 
  
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