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• Passengers offered 7.5-hour bus ride after WestJet cancelled flight due to maintenance

  27-02-2023 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  WestJet passengers were flightless upon arriving in Calgary going to Regina as they were asked to take a bus due to aircraft maintenance.
  
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• Instead of an hour flight, these WestJet passengers ended up riding a bus for 8 hours

  27-02-2023 23:37 via cbc.ca
  
  WestJet says options were limited due to the high demand for travel over the weekend and significant weather events across Vancouver and Vancouver Island.
  
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• Travelling musician reacts to WestJet offering to exchange his flight for 9-hour bus ride

  27-02-2023 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Musician Chris Henderson reacted on Monday to an email from WestJet, offering to exchange his flight for a nine-hour bus ride between Calgary and Regina due to technical delays. Henderson said he couldn’t believe the offer when he first read it and decided to message WestJet on Twitter publicly with a screenshot of the email.
  
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• 'A family shattered': Son and sister of murder victim testify at faint hope hearing

  27-02-2023 23:13 via cbc.ca
  
  After hearing a week’s worth of evidence about convicted murderer Nancy McKinnon, jurors tasked with deciding whether she should get a shot at early release from prison got their first glimpse into the lives left “shattered” following the execution of her estranged husband Nick Maradyn. 
  
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• WestJet customers offered 7.5-hour bus ride from Calgary to Regina after flight cancelled - Calgary Herald

  27-02-2023 22:34
  WestJet customers offered 7.5-hour bus ride from Calgary to Regina after flight cancelled  Calgary Herald
  
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• 'Quite the show': Northern lights shimmer over Calgary, a likely trend for coming years - Calgary Herald

  27-02-2023 22:33
  'Quite the show': Northern lights shimmer over Calgary, a likely trend for coming years  Calgary Herald
  
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• Northern lights in Calgary: Aurora shines bright on Monday morning - Calgary Herald

  27-02-2023 22:33
  
  Northern lights in Calgary: Aurora shines bright on Monday morning  Calgary Herald
  
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• Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis resigns

  27-02-2023 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nick Bontis has resigned as president of Canada Soccer, acknowledging change is needed to achieve labour peace.
  
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• Premier Smith calls new health-care deal with Ottawa 'a productive first step' - Calgary Herald

  27-02-2023 21:56
  Premier Smith calls new health-care deal with Ottawa 'a productive first step'  Calgary Herald
  
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• Oilpatch funds balloon for pro-Danielle Smith political group after she supports royalty break

  27-02-2023 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The RStar proposal, developed by an industry group, has been criticized by legal experts, energy economists and some of the province's own internal analysts.
  
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• Canadian Animal Blood Bank says more blood supply from dogs needed

  27-02-2023 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Animal blood clinics across the country continue to advocate for donors as blood supplies used to save dogs are running low.
  
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• Wu-Tang and Nas to play Calgary | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  27-02-2023 19:16
  Wu-Tang and Nas to play Calgary | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Alberta, Ottawa sign health-care funding deal worth $24B over 10 years

  27-02-2023 18:41 via cbc.ca
  
  The $24-billion total includes $2.9 billion for a new bilateral agreement focused on shared health priorities and $233 million in an immediate, one-time top up to the Canada Health Transfer to address urgent needs.
  
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• Alberta signs 10-year, $24B health care funding deal with the Feds

  27-02-2023 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  With Alberta signing the agreement with Ottawa, the western province joins four Atlantic provinces, Ontario and Manitoba in signing on to the health-care deal.
  
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• Alberta signs 10-year, $24B health-care funding deal with feds

  27-02-2023 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  With Alberta signing the agreement with Ottawa, the western province joins four Atlantic provinces, Ontario and Manitoba in signing on to the health-care deal.
  
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• Edmonton has seen more opioid-related EMS calls than Calgary for past 2 years - CBC.ca

  27-02-2023 14:00
  
  Edmonton has seen more opioid-related EMS calls than Calgary for past 2 years  CBC.ca
  
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• Edmonton has seen more opioid-related EMS calls than Calgary for past 2 years

  27-02-2023 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Data from the provincial government shows paramedics have been responding to more opioid-related events in Edmonton than in Calgary for more than two years.
  
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• Want to know how COVID-19 subvariants are behaving in Alberta? Now it's a bit easier

  27-02-2023 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Albertans now have access to more detailed information on the COVID-19 variants circulating in the province.
  
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• Alberta's big budget question: What to do with the torrent of cash flooding provincial coffers

  27-02-2023 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Albertans are used to riding the resource rollercoaster, but the latest upswing has come at breakneck speed.
  
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• Alberta premier Danielle Smith looks to rural supporters for help ... - The Globe and Mail

  27-02-2023 13:00
  Alberta premier Danielle Smith looks to rural supporters for help ...  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Statistics Canada study on Black-owned businesses suggests systemic challenges hold them back

  27-02-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  While the number of Black-owned enterprises in Canada is growing, they tend to be smaller and less profitable than others, according to a new study by Statistics Canada — and entrepreneurs say the reasons why are complex.
  
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• Lock the doors. Get straight home. I live in fear because of hate crimes committed against others

  27-02-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Reem Elawad hasn’t graduated from high school. But the Black hijabi teen has already learned that the way she looks and the way she dresses could make her a victim of violence.
  
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• 'Awestruck': Northern lights in Calgary triggered by largest solar storm in over five years - Calgary Herald

  27-02-2023 09:00
  'Awestruck': Northern lights in Calgary triggered by largest solar storm in over five years  Calgary Herald
  
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• Battleground Calgary: Alberta NDP move election campaign HQ to city's core

  27-02-2023 03:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley confirmed Sunday that her party's main campaign headquarters for May's provincial election will be in downtown Calgary.
  
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• Alberta company raises funds for Calgary man in Turkey helping injured siblings - Global News

  27-02-2023 01:16
  Alberta company raises funds for Calgary man in Turkey helping injured siblings  Global News
  
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• Alberta company raises funds for Calgary man in Turkey helping injured siblings

  27-02-2023 01:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta company has started a fundraising campaign to help a Calgary man who is now in Turkey assisting injured relatives.
  
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• Gunfire exchange leads to charges for Canmore, Alta. man: RCMP

  27-02-2023 00:22 via cbc.ca
  
  A 27-year-old man has been charged with two offences following a shootout with a Banff RCMP officer in the Town of Canmore on Friday night.
  
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• Alberta RCMP press charges against man involved in police shooting

  27-02-2023 00:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Austin Desylva, 27, is being charged after a traffic stop Saturday led to both the suspect and officer firing their guns.
  
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• ‘I am begging people to care’: Calgary Syrian refugee organizes aid for earthquake survivors

  27-02-2023 00:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary refugee from Syria is helping organize an event to help get aid to earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria where it's hard to deliver aid.
  
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