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• Alberta bottle depots start offering refunds on reusable takeout food containers

  26-07-2023 02:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  A program that allows reusable takeout containers to be taken by bottle depots is expanding to more communities in southern Alberta.
  
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• Viral videos show Calgary Transit buses running red lights, stop signs

  05-06-2026 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two viral videos from May show Calgary Transit buses failing to abide by traffic signals. Calgary Transit is reviewing the incidents and will follow up with the bus drivers.
  
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• Calgary university seeks appeal as controversial academic eyes reinstatement

  05-06-2026 22:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary’s Mount Royal University is seeking to appeal a recent decision from the Alberta Labour Relations Board tied to the termination and potential reinstatement of a former tenured professor. Frances Widdowson, an academic known for her controversial views on Canada's residential school system, was fired from the university in 2021.
  
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• Judge sentences Calgary man to 8 years in ‘inconceivable’ rabbit killings

  05-06-2026 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nicholas Weseen was found guilty of killing or injuring rabbits by causing them unnecessary pain and suffering, and of failing to provide adequate food, water, shelter or care.
  
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• Former Flames, Leafs GM Cliff Fletcher dead at 90

  05-06-2026 21:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Former NHL general manager Cliff Fletcher, who led
  the Calgary Flames to the 1989 Stanley Cup title and helped turn the
  Toronto Maple Leafs into a contender in the 1990s, has died at 90.
  
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• NHL executive Cliff Fletcher dead at 90

  05-06-2026 21:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  NHL executive Cliff Fletcher, who led the Calgary Flames to the 1989 Stanley Cup title and helped turn the Toronto Maple Leafs into a contender in the 1990s, has died at 90.
  
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• NewsAlert: Former NHL GM Fletcher dead at 90

  05-06-2026 21:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Former NHL general manager Cliff Fletcher, who led the Calgary Flames to the 1989 Stanley Cup title and helped turn the Toronto Maple Leafs into a contender in the 1990s, has died at 90.
  
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• Alberta eyes downtown-to-airport trains as 1st passenger rail master plan project

  05-06-2026 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province is spending $15 million over the next three years to advance planning efforts for train connections between Edmonton and Calgary's airports and the downtown cores.
  
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• Summer traffic delays expected near Radium Hot Springs, Kootenay National Park

  05-06-2026 20:43 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government is upgrading sections of Highway 93 South near the popular tourist area of Radium Hot Springs.
  
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• Calgary police investigating southeast shooting

  05-06-2026 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary police say a man who is in hospital in stable condition after being shot in the Forest Lawn neighbourhood Friday morning is being 'unco-operative' with the investigation.
  
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• Cracked tiles and broken glass. Former downtown Calgary Hudson's Bay building showing signs of disrepair

  05-06-2026 19:04 via cbc.ca
  
  After sitting vacant for more than a year, the exterior of the former Hudson's Bay building on Calgary's Stephen Avenue has seen some better days.
  
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• Central Alberta town challenges province’s viability review as prospect of dissolution looms

  05-06-2026 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The mayor of the Town of Gibbons says he does not agree with the province's viability review and has made his thoughts known to the municipal affairs minister. The viability review was initiated after the town's financial challenges came to light.
  
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• Canadian economy adds 88,000 jobs in May, helping offset job losses so far this year

  05-06-2026 14:56 via cbc.ca
  
  The increase in jobs was driven by a growth in full-time roles, with the construction, information and culture, and transportation sectors leading the way. May's job additions are the first significant employment gain since November 2025, Statistics Canada said.
  
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• Canadian economy adds 88,000 jobs in May, defying economists' expectations

  05-06-2026 14:56 via cbc.ca
  
  The increase in jobs was driven by a growth in full-time roles, with the construction, information and culture, and transportation sectors leading the way. May's job additions are the first significant employment gain since November 2025, Statistics Canada said.
  
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• Stamps kick off season versus Blue Bombers, with eyes on Grey Cup at McMahon

  05-06-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Calgary Stampeders are looking to build on their 2025 turnaround when they kick off their 2026 campaign versus the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday night. Calgary is hosting this year's Grey Cup, and the team has its sights set on winning the title at home. To do so, they'll be without mainstay René Paredes to start the season.
  
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• Poll suggests 84% of Albertans want privacy law to cover political parties and candidates

  05-06-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  At least four in five Albertans agree that the privacy law applying to businesses should also apply to political parties, suggests a new Ipsos poll, conducted for a B.C. privacy advocacy organization.
  
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• Provincial downloading cost Calgary taxpayers $1B over last decade: report

  05-06-2026 13:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to the report from city administration, Calgary is facing a fiscal gap of $145 million next year due to provincial downloading.
  
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• Is it time to cap indoor temperatures for renters? Yes, say housing, climate advocates

  05-06-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A housing group is calling on Calgary to create a maximum temperature bylaw that would cap the allowable indoor temperature in rental suites at 26 C. It comes as New Westminster, B.C., passed a similar bylaw in the face of rising temperatures across the country.
  
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• Already-low Alberta separatism support drops sharply from early 2026: Ipsos poll

  05-06-2026 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Ipsos poll done last weekend found 18 per cent of Albertans support leaving Canada — down 10 points from January, when 28 per cent of Albertans said they backed separation.
  
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• Alberta separatism support drops sharply from early 2026: Ipsos poll

  05-06-2026 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Ipsos poll done last weekend found 18 per cent of Albertans support leaving Canada — down 10 points from January, when 28 per cent of Albertans said they backed separation.
  
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• Strong start to Calgary’s tourism season leads to optimistic outlook

  05-06-2026 02:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  After more than 10 million people visited Calgary in 2025, Tourism Calgary expects this year to be even stronger — with a substantial increase in visitors to the city already.
  
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• Meet the babies brought in to the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society

  05-06-2026 01:26 via cbc.ca
  
  The organization says each spring and summer they see an 800 per cent increase in incoming wildlife patients — including many baby animals. Here's what it takes to care for the more than 100 animals currently at the facility.
  
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• RCMP discourages vigilante action after Okotoks man released following charges

  05-06-2026 01:21 via cbc.ca
  
  Okotoks RCMP said on Thursday they have received reports of threats being made on social media after a man was charged with possessing and accessing child sexual abuse materials.
  
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• Calgary police issue warning to public following trio of impaired driving crashes

  05-06-2026 00:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  In the span of less than four hours on Wednesday evening, police say three crashes — each of them involving several vehicles — are attributed to impaired drivers.
  
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• Man left with ‘life-altering injuries’ after daylight Beltline shooting in public park

  04-06-2026 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Acting Staff Sgt. Cory Der said the mid-afternoon shooting at Connaught Park was a 'brazen act of public violence' that left a man with life-altering injuries.
  
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• Civil disobedience an option if Alberta referendum proceeds: First Nations chiefs

  04-06-2026 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Treaty 8's grand chief said First Nations will stop the referendum in any way they can, including getting in the way of industry, or, in his words, 'getting out on the highway.'
  
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• Road to the Referendum: What impact could separating have on Alberta’s economy?

  04-06-2026 22:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta would be the 125th largest country, economically, in the world if it was to become an sovereign nation, experts say — which could affect business investment and jobs.
  
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• What are AI data centres? A closer look as Canada eyes ‘large-scale’ push

  04-06-2026 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ottawa's AI strategy includes plans to build out data centres, which many Canadians have pushed back against because of the environmental and community impacts.
  
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• 'Garbage juice,' burping landfill could be cause of rotten stench in southeast Calgary

  04-06-2026 22:03 via cbc.ca
  
  After a year of monitoring air condition near the Shepard Landfill, the city believes it has found the source of a "rotten grass" smell that residents living in nearby neighbourhoods have complained about for years.
  
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• Alberta Law Foundation hits back in defence against $2M lawsuit filed by former employees

  04-06-2026 21:15 via cbc.ca
  
  The foundation that funds legal non-profit work in Alberta has filed a scathing defence to a $2-million lawsuit launched by former employees who quit en masse in protest of alleged political interference within the organization.
  
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