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• Calgary water use still over target despite higher threshold - CityNews Calgary

  04-09-2024 23:45 via news.google.com
  Calgary water use still over target despite higher threshold  CityNews Calgary
  
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• Officials report steady progress on Calgary water system repairs - DiscoverAirdrie.com

  04-09-2024 23:34 via news.google.com
  Officials report steady progress on Calgary water system repairs  DiscoverAirdrie.com
  
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• 16th Avenue N.W. closure starts Thursday as city continues feeder main repairs

  04-09-2024 23:20 via cbc.ca
  
  As the City of Calgary moves forward with repairs to the Bearspaw south feeder main, a road closure will begin Thursday on a portion of 16th Avenue N.W. in Montgomery.
  
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• City in race against water rationing apathy, fatigue as feeder main repairs carry on - Calgary Herald

  04-09-2024 23:11 via news.google.com
  City in race against water rationing apathy, fatigue as feeder main repairs carry on  Calgary Herald
  
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• 'Merchants of death' need stiff sentences for trafficking fentanyl: Alberta Court of Appeal

  04-09-2024 22:41 via cbc.ca
  
  A Calgary man received a one-year sentence reduction Wednesday on his 17-year prison term for trafficking fentanyl, but the Alberta Court of Appeal reaffirmed the need to send a message to the city's "merchants of death" through stiff sentences. 
  
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• Fires and floods: 4 disasters across Canada led to record number of insurance claims in 2024

  04-09-2024 21:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Flooding in Toronto and elsewhere in southern Ontario, as well as in Quebec, along with the Jasper wildfire and Calgary hailstorm led to a 406 per cent increase in claims.
  
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• Calgary cannot afford Green Line project after Alberta says it’s pulling funding: mayor - Global News Toronto

  04-09-2024 21:41 via news.google.com
  Calgary cannot afford Green Line project after Alberta says it’s pulling funding: mayor  Global News Toronto
  
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• Calgary cannot afford Green Line project after Alberta says it’s pulling funding: mayor

  04-09-2024 21:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary's mayor says the city cannot afford its Green Line light rail transit project after the Alberta government announced it's pulling funding from the plan in its current form.
  
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• Alberta government reaches agreement with legal aid lawyers, law society

  04-09-2024 21:32 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta government says it has signed a new five-year governance agreement with the province's legal aid lawyers.
  
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• Alberta-born k.d. lang to reunite with Reclines for first time in 35 years at CCMA Awards

  04-09-2024 21:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Organizers of the country awards show say the Edmonton-raised singer will sing with the band as part of a celebration tied to lang's induction into the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame.
  
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• Calgary no longer able to afford Green Line project following provincial scope change: mayor - CTV News Calgary

  04-09-2024 20:15 via news.google.com
  Calgary no longer able to afford Green Line project following provincial scope change: mayor  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Vigil for Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau to be held outside Saddledome tonight

  04-09-2024 20:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Calgary Flames are holding a candlelight vigil for the Gaudreau brothers at the fan-created memorial outside the Saddledome on Wednesday evening.
  
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• Vigil for Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau to be held outside Saddledome

  04-09-2024 20:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Calgary Flames are holding a candlelight vigil for the Gaudreau brothers at the fan-created memorial outside the Saddledome on Wednesday evening.
  
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• 'Always meant to be legendary': Emotional vigil for Gaudreau brothers in Calgary draws hundreds - CBC.ca

  04-09-2024 20:00 via news.google.com
  'Always meant to be legendary': Emotional vigil for Gaudreau brothers in Calgary draws hundreds  CBC.ca
  
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• 'Always meant to be legendary': Emotional vigil for Gaudreau brothers in Calgary draws hundreds

  04-09-2024 20:00 via cbc.ca
  
  After chants of "Johnny! Johnny!," a hush fell over the crowd in front of the Saddledome on Wednesday night for 13 minutes of silence to honour the memories of former Calgary Flames star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, who were killed by a suspected drunk driver.
  
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• Calgary Flames to host Candlelight Vigil for Gaudreau brothers - DiscoverAirdrie.com

  04-09-2024 19:58 via news.google.com
  Calgary Flames to host Candlelight Vigil for Gaudreau brothers  DiscoverAirdrie.com
  
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• Provinces told to pull existing COVID-19 vaccines ahead of arrival of updated shots

  04-09-2024 19:03 via cbc.ca
  
  Health Canada says it has directed all provinces to withdraw existing supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine targeting the XBB form of Omicron.
  
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• Provinces told to destroy existing COVID-19 vaccines ahead of arrival of updated shots

  04-09-2024 19:03 via cbc.ca
  
  Health Canada has directed all provinces to pull and destroy existing supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine that targets the XBB form of Omicron, a spokesperson for Ontario's health minister says.
  
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• The NDP is ending its governance agreement with the Liberals

  04-09-2024 18:47 via cbc.ca
  
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is terminating the confidence-and-supply agreement his party made with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government.
  
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• NDP says it will tear up governance agreement with Liberals

  04-09-2024 18:47 via cbc.ca
  
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is terminating the confidence-and-supply agreement his party made with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government.
  
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• NDP announcing it will tear up governance agreement with Liberals

  04-09-2024 18:47 via cbc.ca
  
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is terminating the confidence-and-supply agreement his party made with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government.
  
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• Alberta government announces new governance agreement with Legal Aid Alberta

  04-09-2024 18:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  The new governance agreement will come into effect on Friday.
  
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• ‘The Hollowing of the Calgary Herald’ is now a book - The Sprawl

  04-09-2024 18:28 via news.google.com
  ‘The Hollowing of the Calgary Herald’ is now a book  The Sprawl
  
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• Calgary to gather details on a wind-down of the Green Line - LiveWire Calgary

  04-09-2024 18:07 via news.google.com
  Calgary to gather details on a wind-down of the Green Line  LiveWire Calgary
  
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• City can no longer afford Green Line LRT project, Calgary mayor says

  04-09-2024 18:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said Wednesday morning that the city's Green Line LRT project is, for all intents and purposes, scrapped — at least for the foreseeable future.
  
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• Calgary Flames to host vigil to honour lives of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau - Global News Toronto

  04-09-2024 17:10 via news.google.com
  Calgary Flames to host vigil to honour lives of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau  Global News Toronto
  
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• Calgary Flames to host vigil to honour lives of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau

  04-09-2024 17:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  The vigil will take place at 8 p.m. local time.
  
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• Canadiens’ Cole Caufield will don No. 13 jersey to honour hero Johnny Gaudreau

  04-09-2024 16:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Montreal Canadiens forward Cole Caufield is changing jersey numbers to honour hockey star and his hero Johnny Gaudreau, who was killed while cycling last week. The American-born player announced the touching gesture Tuesday on his Instagram account, saying he will wear no. 13 this season in tribute of Gaudreau. They played together for Team USA...
  
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• Canola farmers say China retaliatory probe ‘one more thing’ to worry about

  04-09-2024 16:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  After a rail shutdown, inflation and drought, farmers are worried they'll end up paying the price for the fallout over Canada's tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
  
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• Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate to 4.25%, citing cooling inflation

  04-09-2024 15:50 via cbc.ca
  
  In its third consecutive cut since June, the Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate to 4.25 per cent on Wednesday, citing the continued easing of inflation. 
  
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• Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate to 4.25%

  04-09-2024 15:50 via cbc.ca
  
  The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate to 4.25 per cent on Wednesday, the third consecutive cut since June. 
  
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• Edmonton-based CWB says shareholders approve National Bank takeover

  04-09-2024 15:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  The takeover would see National Bank expand further westward.
  
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• Transportation Safety Board to send investigators after small airplane crashed at northern Alberta airport

  04-09-2024 15:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The TSB says in a brief news release it will gather information and assess the event.
  
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• 2 dead after small airplane crash at northern Alberta airport

  04-09-2024 15:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two people are dead following a small plane crash at a northern Alberta airport Tuesday. 
  
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• Diet and demographics behind wasp outbreak on Prairies

  04-09-2024 15:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Edmonton says its pest management team has removed 374 wasp nests so far this year and is in the process of removing more.
  
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• Alberta government ‘unable’ to fund revised Green Line LRT project: letter - Global News Toronto

  04-09-2024 14:05 via news.google.com
  Alberta government ‘unable’ to fund revised Green Line LRT project: letter  Global News Toronto
  
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• Alberta government ‘unable’ to fund revised Green Line LRT project: letter

  04-09-2024 14:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  In a letter to Calgary's mayor, Alberta Transportation Minister says the Green line LRT plan throws 'good money after bad' and 'is simply not an option for our government.'
  
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• Edmonton, Calgary see hottest July on record - CBC.ca

  04-09-2024 14:00 via news.google.com
  Edmonton, Calgary see hottest July on record  CBC.ca
  
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• Edmonton, Calgary see hottest July on record

  04-09-2024 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  This July was the hottest on record for both Edmonton and Calgary. This weekend, multiple communities across the province broke single-day temperature records. On the whole, this was the third-warmest summer in Edmonton.
  
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• Alberta hazardous waste plant allowed to operate for years without continuous mercury monitoring

  04-09-2024 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Swan Hills Treatment Centre was allowed to operate for a period of multiple years without meeting the mercury monitoring requirements of its permit, documents show.
  
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• Minister’s letter says they won’t fund Calgary’s new Green Line - LiveWire Calgary

  04-09-2024 06:05 via news.google.com
  Minister’s letter says they won’t fund Calgary’s new Green Line  LiveWire Calgary
  
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• Province pulling funding for Calgary's Green Line LRT project, letter says - CBC.ca

  04-09-2024 05:41 via news.google.com
  Province pulling funding for Calgary's Green Line LRT project, letter says  CBC.ca
  
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• Province pulling funding for Calgary's Green Line LRT project, letter says

  04-09-2024 05:41 via cbc.ca
  
  In the Sept. 3 letter, a copy of which was obtained by CBC News, Transportation and Economic Corridors Minister Devin Dreeshen called the city's revised Green Line LRT plan "unacceptable," saying the province would not support it.
  
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• Alberta Health Minister says AHS, Covenant Health hospital transfer plan isn’t ‘hard and fast’

  04-09-2024 03:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  AHS operates more than 100 facilities across the province, while Covenant Health's website lists fewer than a dozen hospitals and rural health centres.
  
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• Calgary retools pumps to ease some strain on water system, hands out 5 bylaw tickets - Global News Toronto

  04-09-2024 03:36 via news.google.com
  Calgary retools pumps to ease some strain on water system, hands out 5 bylaw tickets  Global News Toronto
  
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• Calgary retools pumps to ease some strain on water system, hands out 5 bylaw tickets

  04-09-2024 03:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary has seen an average of nearly 495 million litres going down the drain every day since the latest restrictions took effect on Aug. 26.
  
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• Calgary drivers frustrated with construction, heavier traffic heading into September - Global News Toronto

  04-09-2024 03:31 via news.google.com
  Calgary drivers frustrated with construction, heavier traffic heading into September  Global News Toronto
  
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• Calgary drivers frustrated with construction, heavier traffic heading into September

  04-09-2024 03:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  They say there are four seasons in Alberta — almost winter, winter, still winter and construction — and this year in Calgary there has been no shortage of frustrating road work.
  
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• Province rejects revised Green Line plan, says funding to be withheld - Calgary Herald

  04-09-2024 02:42 via news.google.com
  Province rejects revised Green Line plan, says funding to be withheld  Calgary Herald
  
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• Friends, family of slain Indigenous teen protest sentencing delays

  04-09-2024 02:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Repeated calls for justice for Colton Crowshoe, who went missing and was killed in July 2014, follow repeated delays in sentencing.
  
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