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• Election 2023: Five ridings to watch in Calgary and southern Alberta - Calgary Herald

  03-05-2023 23:53
  Election 2023: Five ridings to watch in Calgary and southern Alberta  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary police promote motorcycle safety as riding season starts - Global News

  03-05-2023 23:21
  
  Calgary police promote motorcycle safety as riding season starts  Global News
  
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• Calgary police promote motorcycle safety as riding season starts

  03-05-2023 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sergent Dale Seddon is urging motorcyclists to tune and check their bikes before heading out for a ride.
  
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• Three Calgary Flames Added To Team Canada Roster For Upcoming Hockey World Championship - Flame for Thought

  03-05-2023 23:13
  Three Calgary Flames Added To Team Canada Roster For Upcoming Hockey World Championship  Flame for Thought
  
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• A dozen could-be candidates to be next GM of the Calgary Flames - Winnipeg Sun

  03-05-2023 23:12
  A dozen could-be candidates to be next GM of the Calgary Flames  Winnipeg Sun
  
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• New evacuation alert issued near Drayton Valley, as some wildfire evacuees return home

  03-05-2023 23:11 via cbc.ca
  
  An evacuation order for areas west of Edmonton lifted Wednesday afternoon, with residents in and around Wildwood, Lobstick and Chip Lake being allowed to return to their homes at 3 p.m.
  
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• More Alberta wildfire evacuees allowed to return home

  03-05-2023 23:11 via cbc.ca
  
  An evacuation order for areas west of Edmonton lifted Wednesday afternoon, with residents in and around Wildwood, Lobstick and Chip Lake being allowed to return to their homes at 3 p.m.
  
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• Calgary zoo, Tourism Calgary, others tell city they're rebounding from the pandemic - Calgary Herald

  03-05-2023 23:08
  Calgary zoo, Tourism Calgary, others tell city they're rebounding from the pandemic  Calgary Herald
  
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• Calgary fire crews battling multi-home blaze in Cougar Ridge  

  03-05-2023 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  An afternoon house fire in a southwest Calgary neighbourhood spread to at least three homes.
  
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• Calgary fire crews battle multi-home blaze in Cougar Ridge - Global News

  03-05-2023 22:57
  
  Calgary fire crews battle multi-home blaze in Cougar Ridge  Global News
  
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• Calgary fire crews battle multi-home blaze in Cougar Ridge  

  03-05-2023 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  An afternoon house fire in a southwest Calgary neighbourhood spread to at least three homes.
  
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• Calgary fire crews battle Cougar Ridge fire - Global News

  03-05-2023 22:45
  Calgary fire crews battle Cougar Ridge fire  Global News
  
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• Three homes destroyed by fire in Cougar Ridge - CityNews Calgary

  03-05-2023 22:32
  
  Three homes destroyed by fire in Cougar Ridge  CityNews Calgary
  
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• As Glencore eyes Teck, Brad Wall sees echoes of 2010 battle for Potash Corp.

  03-05-2023 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wall declined to say whether he believes Teck should remain Canadian, saying he doesn't know all the details of Glencore's offer.
  
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• Clean energy initiatives draw huge interest in Calgary | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  03-05-2023 21:04
  Clean energy initiatives draw huge interest in Calgary | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Residents safe following home electrical fire in Calgary - Global News

  03-05-2023 20:45
  
  Residents safe following home electrical fire in Calgary  Global News
  
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• Residents safe following home electrical fire in Calgary

  03-05-2023 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two people who were inside a Calgary home when the exterior caught fire are safe.
  
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• Residents safe following apparent home electrical fire in Calgary

  03-05-2023 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two people who were inside a Calgary home when the exterior caught fire are safe.
  
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• Sex charges laid in 3 decades-old Calgary cold cases

  03-05-2023 20:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Police say advances in forensic technology helped them lay charges against an Edmonton man in a series of sexual assaults in Calgary nearly four decades ago, including a teenage babysitter and two women attacked in their own homes.
  
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• Edmonton man charged in 3 sexual assaults in Calgary from 4 decades ago

  03-05-2023 20:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Police say advances in forensic technology helped them lay charges against an Edmonton man in a series of sexual assaults in Calgary nearly four decades ago, including a teenage babysitter and two women attacked in their own homes.
  
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• Olympic gold-medallist becomes Classroom Champion for kids - Calgary Herald

  03-05-2023 20:21
  Olympic gold-medallist becomes Classroom Champion for kids  Calgary Herald
  
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• A second Alt Hotel is opening in Calgary and they are hiring for ... - Curiocity

  03-05-2023 20:20
  
  A second Alt Hotel is opening in Calgary and they are hiring for ...  Curiocity
  
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• Alberta wildfires: Parkland and Yellowhead county residents allowed to return Wednesday

  03-05-2023 20:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Evacuation orders are being lifted for Parkland County at 11 a.m. Wednesday and 3 p.m. Wednesday for Yellowhead County.
  
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• Charges laid in connected Calgary sexual assault cases from 1984-85

  03-05-2023 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to a news release, the charges are related to three sexual assault cases that happened nearly 40 years ago and were linked to an Edmonton man who was arrested Monday.
  
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• Lawyers charged by regulatory body after judge followed during churches' COVID-19 court challenge

  03-05-2023 19:47 via cbc.ca
  
  Two lawyers face charges under the Law Society of Manitoba after the regulatory body investigated complaints they hired a private investigator to surveil a judge who was hearing a case involving COVID-19 public health orders.
  
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• Lab waits in Medicine Hat drive patients to emergency room for tests

  03-05-2023 19:46 via cbc.ca
  
  Doctors in Medicine Hat say long waits for lab tests are putting extra pressure on their hospital. DynaLife took over community lab services in the south zone at the end of February, after being contracted by Alberta Health Services.
  
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• Already struggling, this Alberta village faces losing its only school

  03-05-2023 19:46 via cbc.ca
  
  Although the school in Andrew, Alta., has capacity for 385 students, only 62 children attend. Enrolment is expected to plunge next year to 44, with only three kids in kindergarten. The school is being considered for closure.
  
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• DiscoverTechYYC Expo and job fair connects employees with ... - LiveWire Calgary

  03-05-2023 19:37
  
  DiscoverTechYYC Expo and job fair connects employees with ...  LiveWire Calgary
  
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• Danielle Smith says she won't comment on controversial Calgary street pastor - National Post

  03-05-2023 19:36
  Danielle Smith says she won't comment on controversial Calgary street pastor  National Post
  
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• Calgary fire crews extinguish balcony blaze at southwest apartment building

  03-05-2023 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  An investigation is underway into a Wednesday morning fire in Rosscarrock that saw the evacuation of a three-storey apartment building.
  
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• Youth Singers of Calgary putting a million dreams on stage at the ... - LiveWire Calgary

  03-05-2023 19:16
  
  Youth Singers of Calgary putting a million dreams on stage at the ...  LiveWire Calgary
  
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• Richard Hubert Jones charges in 3 Calgary sex assaults | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  03-05-2023 19:08
  Richard Hubert Jones charges in 3 Calgary sex assaults | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Country singer Corb Lund wants strong stance against coal mines in Alberta election

  03-05-2023 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Corb Lund wants to see guarantees of protection for the eastern slopes becomes an election issue before Albertans head to the polls May 29.
  
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• Saskatchewan premier says province looking into whether it can block federal emissions policy

  03-05-2023 18:46 via cbc.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the province may not go along with an incoming federal emission policy that he believes would make it difficult to keep the lights on.
  
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• Sci-fi, locked-room, and Mother's Day brunch experiences at ... - LiveWire Calgary

  03-05-2023 18:10
  
  Sci-fi, locked-room, and Mother's Day brunch experiences at ...  LiveWire Calgary
  
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• Crime, hail storms and vaccines on the minds of voters in Calgary ... - The Calgary Journal

  03-05-2023 17:59
  
  Crime, hail storms and vaccines on the minds of voters in Calgary ...  The Calgary Journal
  
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• Alberta UCP Leader Smith won’t comment on Pawlowski conviction

  03-05-2023 17:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Smith will join Shaye Ganam on 630 CHED and QR Calgary at 10 a.m. NDP Leader Rachel Notley will join Ganam Thursday at the same time.
  
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• Alberta election: Smith to make radio appearance in Calgary, Edmonton Wednesday

  03-05-2023 17:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Smith will join Shaye Ganam on 630 CHED and QR Calgary at 10 a.m. NDP Leader Rachel Notley will join Ganam Thursday at the same time.
  
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• New Canadian retail chain set to launch from ashes of former Bed Bath & Beyond locations

  03-05-2023 15:44 via cbc.ca
  
  Serial entrepreneur Doug Putman plans to launch his latest retail venture by taking over most of the remnants of Bed Bath & Beyond, in a new chain called rooms + spaces.
  
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• Alberta's election race is on! Or it's strangely slow. Or it's all just one long slog

  03-05-2023 15:16 via cbc.ca
  
  The provincial campaign just launched. So why is one leader rehashing a previous announcement and another saying nothing at all?
  
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• To see or to save the world? These young Calgarians wrestle with their own climate anxiety

  03-05-2023 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC Calgary spoke with dozens of youth about climate anxiety at the recent launch of Young Calgary, carried out in partnership with the Calgary Public Library. 
  
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• Smaller political parties hope to break through UCP-NDP dominance in Alberta election

  03-05-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta Liberal Leader John Roggeveen launched his party's provincial election campaign on Sunday in front of a handful of candidates and media in the cavernous atrium of a Calgary office building.
  
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• CRA holding back tax refunds from people it says received pandemic benefits by mistake

  03-05-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The government has started withholding tax refunds from Canadians who it says received Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) payments for which they weren't eligible.
  
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• Alberta's early May heat the perfect recipe for wildfires

  03-05-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Record heat has moved in Alberta for the first week of May, driving extreme wildfire conditions before the summer green up.
  
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• Health experts urge precautions as Calgary sees faster-than-usual ... - CTV News Calgary

  03-05-2023 09:00
  Health experts urge precautions as Calgary sees faster-than-usual ...  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Calgary business owner urges employers to look at workers often “overlooked” - Global News

  03-05-2023 03:09
  Calgary business owner urges employers to look at workers often “overlooked”  Global News
  
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• Calgary business owner urges employers to look at workers often “overlooked”

  03-05-2023 03:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary businessman is urging other employers to explore hiring people with "diverse abilities" adding they are missing out on loyal and skilled workers.
  
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• WestJet pilots may go on strike in 2 weeks — what this could mean for passengers

  03-05-2023 02:26 via cbc.ca
  
  With two weeks until a potential strike by WestJet pilots, both sides are still at the negotiating table. WestJet passengers whose flights are cancelled because of the strike should be entitled to a refund or a rebooked flight, says a consumer rights expert.
  
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• WestJet pilots may go on strike in 1 week — what this could mean for passengers

  03-05-2023 02:26 via cbc.ca
  
  With one week until a potential strike by WestJet pilots, both sides are still at the negotiating table. WestJet passengers whose flights are cancelled because of the strike should be entitled to a refund or a rebooked flight, says a consumer rights expert.
  
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• WestJet and Air Line Pilots Association still negotiating as strike deadline looms, union says

  03-05-2023 02:26 via cbc.ca
  
  With two weeks until a potential strike by WestJet pilots, both sides are still at the negotiating table, says a union official with the pilots association.
  
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