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• Albertans mixed on other referendum questions after rejecting separation

  20-10-2026 14:29 via : Calgary
  
  Albertans decisively rejected moving toward separation in Monday’s referendum, while several of the remaining questions produced narrower margins.
  
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• Dogtor Conrad Sparkles elected Calgary's dog mayor

  27-10-2026 20:53 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Dogtor Conrad Sparkles has officially been elected Calgary’s dog mayor. His handler, Tom Sloan, says his campaign was built on simple promises: sniffing opportunities, chasing solutions and fetching results.
  
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• Serial Calgary rapist from 1980s convicted of 9 offences against mothers, teen girl

  27-10-2026 20:38 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  A serial rapist who targeted vulnerable victims who were home alone with young children at the time they were attacked has been convicted of his crimes more than 40 years after the fact.
  
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• RCMP investigating Alberta health procurement for possible fraud, money laundering

  27-10-2026 20:21 via : Calgary
  
  Mounties looking into an Alberta health care spending controversy are investigating potential fraud, breach of trust, and money laundering.
  
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• Q&A: Elections Alberta explains why the referendum took so long to count

  27-10-2026 19:32 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Elections Alberta said more than 20 million ballots were counted in the days following the vote. That's more than any electoral event in Canadian history, including federal elections.
  
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• Pedestrian seriously injured in northwest Calgary crash

  27-10-2026 18:16 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  For the second time in as many mornings police are responding to a pedestrian hit by a vehicle. At roughly 7:30 a.m., a pedestrian was struck at the corner of Fourth Street and 32nd Avenue northwest.
  
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• Rourke, Oliveira, Philpot top Canadian finalists

  27-10-2026 17:08 via : Calgary
  
  B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke is in the running to defend his CFL top Canadian award.
  
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• No evidence stolen Crime Stoppers data used for fraud, provider says

  27-10-2026 16:06 via : Calgary
  
  The provider of software used by Crime Stoppers says it has found no evidence that personal information exposed in a cybersecurity breach has been used for fraud or identity theft.
  
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• Constituents weigh in as Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan steps aside

  27-10-2026 13:00 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  After UCP MLA Jason Stephan announced he would not seek re-election, some Red Deer-South constituents expressed sadness and gratitude for his years of service, while others welcomed the news.
  
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• Parks Canada ends search and rescue dog program

  27-10-2026 12:00 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Parks Canada has quietly axed a search and rescue dog program that dates back to the early 1970s. It was highly used in the mountain national parks for backcountry rescues, to search for missing people, support local police, locate people who died in avalanches and find illegal campsites.
  
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• Nopes to the nine? Blue walls? Five takeaways from Alberta's referendum results

  27-10-2026 11:00 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  A majority of provincial ridings rejected most of Danielle Smith's ballot questions.
  
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• Gridin shows off superb shot, Griddy celebration

  27-10-2026 06:35 via : Calgary
  
  First two-goal game. First three-point game. First on-ice Griddy.
  
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• Guilty verdicts in case of Calgary victim who was beaten, killed with fentanyl before body burned

  27-10-2026 04:42 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  A Calgary mother sobbed in the courtroom gallery as a jury found her son’s killer guilty of second-degree murder, more than three years after he was beaten and overdosed on fentanyl.
  
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• Gridin scores twice as Flames win fourth straight

  27-10-2026 04:38 via : Calgary
  
  Matvei Gridin scored twice as the surging Calgary Flames made it four straight wins and a perfect homestand with a 4-2 NHL victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.
  
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• Alberta government paying $26M for construction projects at 5 independent schools

  27-10-2026 02:03 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Alberta’s education minister says demand far exceeded the dollars he has available for a pilot project that funds independent school construction.
  
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• Man lying on sidewalk succumbs to injuries after he was run over: Calgary police

  27-10-2026 00:44 via : Calgary
  
  Calgary police investigators are still trying to figure out why a man was lying on a sidewalk before he was run over in the northeast community of Martindale.
  
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• UCP backbencher Shane Getson quits legislature on eve of fall sitting

  27-10-2026 00:31 via : Calgary
  
  Shane Getson made headlines for controversial comments, including comparing transgender surgery to livestock castration in 2025.
  
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• Outspoken UCP MLA Shane Getson leaving Alberta’s legislature

  27-10-2026 00:15 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  A plainspoken, two-term United Conservative backbencher who has at times courted controversy and riled up the Opposition NDP is resigning his seat in Alberta’s legislature.
  
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• Trial for Sundre woman accused of sexually assaulting teenager begins

  27-10-2026 00:03 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  A two-week trial got underway Monday for Alexa Suitor, who is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.
  
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• Online gaming brings in roughly $56M for Alberta since July launch

  26-10-2026 23:42 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Online gambling in Alberta generated roughly $56 million in non-adjusted gross revenue since the launch of legal gaming sites in July, according to the Crown corporation in charge.
  
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• Online gambling brings in roughly $56M for Alberta since July launch

  26-10-2026 23:42 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Online gambling in Alberta generated roughly $56 million in non-adjusted gross revenue since the launch of legal gaming sites in July, according to the Crown corporation in charge.
  
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• Lions set to face familiar foe in West semifinal

  26-10-2026 23:42 via : Calgary
  
  The B.C. Lions are well aware of what they're up against this week. 
  
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• Pedestrian who was run over twice succumbs to injuries

  26-10-2026 23:02 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  At approximately 5:40 a.m. Monday morning, investigators received a report of a serious injury collision involving a pedestrian and a vehicle at 135 Martindale Blvd. in northeast Calgary, said Traffic Unit Staff Sgt. Andy Woodward.
  
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• 'A matter of life and death': Arson suspected at home where murder trial witness staying

  26-10-2026 22:34 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  One week before the Crown’s key witness was scheduled to testify at her former boyfriend’s second-degree murder trial in Calgary, police say someone set fire to the home where she was staying, CBC News can now report.
  
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• WestJet signs code-share partnership deal with Qatar Airways

  26-10-2026 20:11 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Under the agreement, WestJet will start by placing its airline code on Qatar Airways' non-stop flights to Doha from Toronto and Montreal.
  
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• Draisaitl, Cooley, Fowler named NHL’s three stars

  26-10-2026 18:34 via : Calgary
  
  Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl, Calgary Flames goaltender Devin Cooley and Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacob Fowler have been named the NHL's three stars of the week.
  
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• Federal Conservatives renew push to end B.C. North Coast tanker ban

  26-10-2026 16:05 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has asked Prime Minister Mark Carney to repeal the oil tanker ban on British Columbia's northern coast months after Canada inked a deal not to change it.
  
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• Alberta referendum tallies reveal rural-urban divide on ‘the 9’

  26-10-2026 15:04 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Elections Alberta officials are finishing counting referendum ballots, but the results so far suggest Albertans in rural areas seem to hold different views on immigration and constitutional fights than those living in urban areas.
  
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• Vulcan County man proposing to build AI centre to revive local economy

  26-10-2026 13:00 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Vulcan County farmer Eric Steeves says his proposed AI data centre represents a big opportunity for him, his family and the farmers who've invested and the community.
  
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• Red Deer locks in nearly $10M in federal funding help to replace aging bus fleet

  26-10-2026 13:00 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  The City of Red Deer has secured funding from the federal government’s Canada Public Transit Fund that will cover 40 per cent of capital costs for approximately three new buses per year over a period of 10 years.
  
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