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• Journalist says he's received threats following 'false' accusations that he's a Russian agent

  07-11-2024 23:48 via cbc.ca
  
  A veteran Ottawa journalist says he and his family have received threats since he was accused of being a Russian agent during a House of Commons committee meeting last month — a claim he refutes and describes as "preposterous."
  
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• Two Calgary businesses found selling fireworks without proper permits, city says - CTV News Calgary

  07-11-2024 23:34
  Two Calgary businesses found selling fireworks without proper permits, city says  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Calgary golfers tee off in November thanks to double-digit temperatures

  07-11-2024 23:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Golfers can enjoy the unusually warm November weather by hitting the links at two city-owned courses.
  
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• Alberta government fires AIMCo board citing rising costs, poor performance

  07-11-2024 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Finance Minister Nate Horner said the reason is poor performance, with rising staffing and management fees coupled with a consistent failure to meet mandated benchmark returns.
  
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• Calgary small business owner launches initiative to help local vets feed their pets - CTV News Calgary

  07-11-2024 23:16
  Calgary small business owner launches initiative to help local vets feed their pets  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Alberta forestry minister says wolverine, lynx, otter trapping limits lifted to gather data

  07-11-2024 22:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Forestry's Todd Loewen says it was impossible for him to defend the ban on wolverines, lynx, otters, and fishers because population numbers for the animals are unknown.
  
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• Alberta government fires AIMCo board to 'reset' pension management fund

  07-11-2024 22:13 via cbc.ca
  
  For now, Finance Minister Nate Horner has been appointed the sole director and chair for AIMCo, according to the province.
  
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• Alberta government fires AIMCo board, four top executives, in 'reset' for pension fund manager

  07-11-2024 22:13 via cbc.ca
  
  The province says the move comes "after years of AIMCo consistently failing to meet its mandated benchmark returns." For now, Finance Minister Nate Horner has been appointed the AIMCo board's sole director and chair. Senior public servant Ray Gilmour has been appointed interim CEO.
  
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• Alberta government fires AIMCo board, 4 top executives to 'reset' pension fund manager

  07-11-2024 22:13 via cbc.ca
  
  The province says the move comes 'after years of AIMCo consistently failing to meet its mandated benchmark returns.' For now, Finance Minister Nate Horner has been appointed the sole director and chair for AIMCo.
  
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• Road closures for serious crash involving school bus, flipped car in SW Calgary - CityNews Calgary

  07-11-2024 22:12
  Road closures for serious crash involving school bus, flipped car in SW Calgary  CityNews Calgary
  
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• Gord Bamford is asking Calgarians for help finding his stolen guitar and hat - CTV News Calgary

  07-11-2024 21:55
  Gord Bamford is asking Calgarians for help finding his stolen guitar and hat  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Chick-fil-A opens its first location in Calgary & here is what's on the menu - Curiocity

  07-11-2024 21:47
  Chick-fil-A opens its first location in Calgary & here is what's on the menu  Curiocity
  
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• Criminal history of man accused of killing Edmonton woman prompts calls for judicial reform

  07-11-2024 21:44 via cbc.ca
  
  The death of an Edmonton woman, allegedly at the hands of the man she was trying to leave, has prompted calls for stronger support for victims attempting to flee intimate partner violence and improved judicial systems to rehabilitate repeat offenders. 
  
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• Calgary’s luxury market forecast to chill after a strong run - Calgary Herald

  07-11-2024 20:36
  Calgary’s luxury market forecast to chill after a strong run  Calgary Herald
  
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• TC Energy cuts cost estimate for Southeast Gateway pipeline project

  07-11-2024 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  On a conference call with analysts, CEO François Poirier attributed the lowered cost estimate for Southeast Gateway to "really good project execution."
  
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• Calgary police lay additional charges in brazen daylight shootings related to organized crime

  07-11-2024 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary police have laid more charges in connection with two brazen daylight shootings in September 2023 that investigators say were related to organized crime.
  
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• Looking back on how the Calgary Flames did trading Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov - Calgary Herald

  07-11-2024 19:51
  Looking back on how the Calgary Flames did trading Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov  Calgary Herald
  
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• Remembrance Day in Calgary: ceremonies to attend and closures to be aware of - CTV News Calgary

  07-11-2024 19:49
  Remembrance Day in Calgary: ceremonies to attend and closures to be aware of  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Oilsands emissions to rise this year as oil production jumps, says report

  07-11-2024 19:48 via cbc.ca
  
  Total greenhouse gas emissions from Alberta's oilsands have remained relatively flat for the last few years but could climb yet again in 2024 as the industry ratchets up oil production, according to a new report released on Thursday.
  
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• Emissions from oilsands forecast to continue rising as oil production increases, says report

  07-11-2024 19:48 via cbc.ca
  
  Total greenhouse gas emissions from Alberta's oilsands have remained relatively flat for the last few years but could climb yet again in 2024 as the industry ratchets up oil production, according to a new report released Thursday.
  
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• Calgary to plant 930,000 new trees to increase urban canopy - CTV News Calgary

  07-11-2024 18:55
  Calgary to plant 930,000 new trees to increase urban canopy  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Canada prepares for a rise in border crossings with threat of mass deportations under Trump

  07-11-2024 17:52 via cbc.ca
  
  In 2017, in the months after Donald Trump was elected, thousands of people crossed into Canada at Quebec's Roxham Road. Now, community groups and authorities are preparing for another increase.
  
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• Agreement between The City of Calgary and the Government of Canada to significantly expand urban canopy as part of 2 Billion Trees program - City of Calgary Newsroom

  07-11-2024 17:07
  Agreement between The City of Calgary and the Government of Canada to significantly expand urban canopy as part of 2 Billion Trees program  City of Calgary Newsroom
  
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• What's open and closed on Remembrance Day in Calgary - Calgary Herald

  07-11-2024 15:55
  What's open and closed on Remembrance Day in Calgary  Calgary Herald
  
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• Stoney Trail closed in both directions at 17 Avenue: Calgary police - CityNews Calgary

  07-11-2024 15:49
  Stoney Trail closed in both directions at 17 Avenue: Calgary police  CityNews Calgary
  
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• Calgary police investigate targeted shooting in NW - CityNews Calgary

  07-11-2024 15:16
  Calgary police investigate targeted shooting in NW  CityNews Calgary
  
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• Calgary talent to walk the runway for world's top modelling agencies on Saturday - Calgary Herald

  07-11-2024 14:58
  Calgary talent to walk the runway for world's top modelling agencies on Saturday  Calgary Herald
  
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• RCMP national security unit monitored 'threats' linked to Wet'suwet'en anti-pipeline activism, records show

  07-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  An RCMP national security unit monitored First Nations-led anti-pipeline activism for “potential threats” to the the energy, transportation and banking sectors between 2021 and 2022, according to classified and unclassified internal police reports.
  
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• Calgary company's app helping to rescue veterans' stories from fading memories

  07-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In a high-tech attempt to save history from the ravages of time, a Canadian company has come up with a new app to tell the stories of more than 300,000 slain soldiers around the world.
  
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• A new app is helping to rescue veterans' stories from fading memories

  07-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In a high-tech attempt to save history from the ravages of time, a Canadian company has come up with a new app to tell the stories of more than 300,000 slain soldiers around the world.
  
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• Boston Bruins - Calgary Flames - Nov 7, 2024 - NHL.com

  07-11-2024 09:00
  Boston Bruins - Calgary Flames - Nov 7, 2024  NHL.com
  
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• Gunfire erupts in northwest Calgary; police say shooting was targeted - CTV News Calgary

  07-11-2024 07:01
  Gunfire erupts in northwest Calgary; police say shooting was targeted  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Alberta municipalities asked to 'nominate' oil companies not paying taxes for more enforcement

  07-11-2024 03:29 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta government is asking rural municipalities to send letters pointing the finger at specific oil and gas companies that aren't paying their property taxes — but one rural leader says there's no hope for enforcement.
  
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• Restaurant owners fear dine-and-dash on the rise: ‘They knew what they were doing’

  07-11-2024 02:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several restaurants in Calgary have seen an uptick in people ditching out on paying their bill and a few owners believe the same culprits are behind the food and drink theft.
  
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• WestJet disputes ‘deceptive’ reimbursement policy claims in B.C. court

  07-11-2024 02:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Advocacy group Air Passenger Rights is seeking an injunction that would block WestJet from using the alleged policy, ahead of a future trial on the matter.
  
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• Alberta government proposes new privacy law to safeguard personal information

  07-11-2024 02:29 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta government seeks to overhaul privacy and access laws for the public sector by introducing legislation that ministers say will create the strongest privacy protections in the country.
  
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• Province freezing policing cost increase in rural Alberta for 1 year

  07-11-2024 01:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  The freeze will be in effect until March 2026, during which time the province said it’ll give municipalities time to determine how to cover policing cost increases going forward.
  
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• 2025 Calgary Stampede poster ‘Grit to Greatness’ unveiled

  07-11-2024 01:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  The winner of the 2025 Youth Stampede Poster competition, 22-year-old Elora Kiddle, has been announced.Her poster is titled "From Grit to Greatness."
  
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• ‘Hang up. Call your grandchildren’: Alberta grandparents warn of financial scam

  07-11-2024 01:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  An elderly couple in southern Alberta were nearly duped out of more than $8,000 when they were told their grandson needed bail money.
  
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• Tariffs and 'drill, baby, drill' — What Trump 2.0 could mean for Alberta's energy sector

  07-11-2024 00:53 via cbc.ca
  
  With Donald Trump set to become the next president of the United States, some market watchers are feeling uneasy about what the Republican leader's "America First," protectionist trade policies will do to Alberta's economy.
  
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• Bell: Trump's win puts elitist politicians everywhere on notice - Calgary Herald

  07-11-2024 00:42
  Bell: Trump's win puts elitist politicians everywhere on notice  Calgary Herald
  
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• Alberta government introduces new FOIP rules, clarifies private info not for sale

  07-11-2024 00:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  The bill clarifies when and how information is shared with public bodies, which include provincial and municipal governments, schools and police.
  
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• Two Calgary charities receiving millions in funding from the province - Calgary Herald

  07-11-2024 00:03
  Two Calgary charities receiving millions in funding from the province  Calgary Herald
  
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