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• Calgary Gets A New ECHL Affiliate - Matchsticks and Gasoline

  25-08-2022 21:39
  
  Calgary Gets A New ECHL Affiliate  Matchsticks and Gasoline
  
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• AI data centres have 4 in 5 Albertans concerned over environment, electricity costs: Poll

  22-07-2026 01:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  As Alberta encourages more AI data centre investment and more projects are proposed in the province, a new poll shows most residents are concerned over the potential impacts.
  
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• Medicine Hat mayor, city hall deny wrongdoing in manager's firing

  22-07-2026 00:24 via cbc.ca
  
  Legal documents filed on behalf of the City of Medicine Hat and Mayor Linnsie Clark ask that court action brought by former top administrator Ann Mitchell be dismissed. The defendants in the combined $1.3-million lawsuits say that serious misconduct led to Mitchell's dismissal in the fall of 2025. The claims have not been tested in court.
  
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• New Ivor Strong Bridge to open as Deerfoot Trail upgrades continue

  21-07-2026 23:48 via cbc.ca
  
  A major milestone has been reached in Alberta’s $700-million Deerfoot Trail improvements project, with the new Ivor Strong Bridge scheduled to open to traffic on July 27.
  
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• How the Northern Tornadoes Project helps verify twisters as Alberta on track for record year

  21-07-2026 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  The director of the Northern Tornadoes Project explains the work his research team does and what observations they've made about Alberta's 2026 summer storm season.
  
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• Mother calling for ‘indigo alerts’ amid search for Calgary boy with autism

  21-07-2026 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary mother has launched a campaign calling for faster public notification for missing vulnerable children, even when there's no evidence they have been abducted.
  
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• New Ivor Strong Bridge on Calgary’s Deerfoot Trail to open on July 27

  21-07-2026 22:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  The daily commute along Deerfoot Trail in south Calgary is expected to take drivers a bit less time with the opening of a new bridge over the Bow River on July 27.
  
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• 9 premiers agree to lift interprovincial trade barriers on alcohol products

  21-07-2026 22:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Under a new deal, the premiers say they are updating rules to allow more Canadian brewers and distillers to sell alcohol directly to Canadians outside of their home provinces.
  
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• Provinces to introduce direct-to-consumer sales for Canadian alcohol

  21-07-2026 22:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Provinces across Canada will introduce direct-to-consumer alcohol sales — a step forward in breaking down interprovincial trade barriers that prevent the free movement of alcohol across Canada.
  
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• 9 premiers to allow wineries, distilleries, breweries to sell directly to consumers across provinces

  21-07-2026 22:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Provinces across Canada will introduce direct-to-consumer alcohol sales — a step forward in breaking down interprovincial trade barriers that prevent the free movement of alcohol across Canada.
  
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• Proposal for new reservoir in central Alberta met with questions, concerns at public consultation session

  21-07-2026 22:09 via cbc.ca
  
  As the provincial government considers potential options for building a new reservoir near Ardley, Alta., a recent public consultation event had attendees stating they left without answers and feel that their concerns went unheard.
  
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• Alberta minister skirts questions about separation vote, says it's an important topic

  21-07-2026 21:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen skirted questions at a press conference on Tuesday about how he'll vote in the upcoming referendum on whether the province should remain in Canada.
  
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• Dreeshen skirts questions about Alberta separation vote but says it’s an important topic

  21-07-2026 21:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen was asked repeatedly whether he'd vote for Alberta to stay or vote to hold a second referendum on quitting Canada.
  
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• Canada’s first ‘dementia-inclusive’ park set to open in Calgary in fall 2026

  21-07-2026 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Martin Family Legacy Garden, designed to help people living with dementia "immerse themselves in the therapeutic benefits of nature," is expected to open in the fall of 2026.
  
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• Defensive linemen Lemon, Hendrix back with Argos

  21-07-2026 17:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Shawn Lemon and DeWayne Hendrix are back with the Toronto Argonauts.
  
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• First responders testify at murder trial for Alberta day home operator accused in infant’s death

  21-07-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Day 1 of the trial for an Alberta day home operator charged in the death of a seven-month-old baby heard emotional testimony from paramedics and RCMP officers who responded to the child's medical emergency nearly four years ago.
  
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• Alberta's aquatic ecosystems are being put at risk by illegal dumping of goldfish

  21-07-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta government is sounding the alarm about the significant risks native ecosystems are facing due to the dumping of goldfish into bodies of water across the province. The invasive fish have established populations in more than 100 locations.
  
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• What’s the personal story behind how you will vote in the Alberta separation referendum? Share it on CBC News

  21-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  We're looking for several people to publish their perspectives on CBC. Not the same political commentators, but real people with real stakes who are willing to share the why behind how they feel.
  
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• Administration recommends Calgary double contribution to Werklund Centre modernization

  21-07-2026 05:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  The expanded scope of the project and a more refined design has the Werklund Centre's modernization cost estimated at $345 million, up $75 million from previous estimates.  
  
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• Calgary emergency crews say more water rescue calls coming in 2026 than 2025

  21-07-2026 05:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgarians are making their way onto the city's rivers after safety advisories dropped. Emergency crews are answering more water rescue calls so far this summer compared to 2025.
  
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• Inquiry hears avalanche danger moderate on day of fatal Alberta snow slide

  21-07-2026 01:36 via cbc.ca
  
  A Parks Canada official in charge of visitor safety said the avalanche danger was rated moderate and didn't need updating on the day of a fatal snow slide in Banff National Park.
  
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• Calgary faces $75M overrun to renovate Werklund Centre

  21-07-2026 01:14 via cbc.ca
  
  City councillors heard on Monday the estimated budget attached to renovations of the existing Werklund Centre building, formerly the Arts Commons, is $345 million, most of which still needs to be secured.
  
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• Federal court orders Edmonton women's prison to address history of heat complaints

  21-07-2026 00:15 via cbc.ca
  
  Correctional Service Canada has failed to put an effective solution in place at the Edmonton Institution for Women's secure unit, the federal court says, noting an affidavit showed one cell exceeded 40 C in 2018.
  
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• Inquiry hears avalanche danger moderate on day of 2021 fatal Banff snow slide

  20-07-2026 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Parks Canada official in charge of visitor safety said the avalanche danger was rated moderate and didn’t need updating on the day of a fatal 2021 snow slide.
  
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• Search for missing Calgary boy prompts concerns over when Amber Alerts are issued

  20-07-2026 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The search for a missing 11-year-old Calgary boy is into its fifth day.As the search drags on, questions are being asked about why an Amber Alert wasn't issued sooner.
  
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• Air quality warning in Edmonton, much of Alberta due to N.W.T. wildfire smoke

  20-07-2026 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  From hot and muggy to torrential downpours, it's been a dramatic few weeks of weather and now, a condition Albertans had hoped to evade has drifted down from the N.W.T.
  
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• Cannabis, alcohol found in SUV of Saskatchewan Roughrider killed in fatal collision

  20-07-2026 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan Roughriders captain Jayden Dalke was driving on the wrong side of Highway 11 between Lumsden and Regina when he was involved in a fatal head-on collision.
  
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• Federal Court orders Edmonton prison to act on complaints about extreme heat

  20-07-2026 21:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  One affidavit from an inmate in 2018 who was housedin a corner cell nicknamed "the oven" says a maintenance worker recorded a temperature of over 40 C in her cell.
  
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• Elections Alberta opens applications for special referendum mail-in ballots

  20-07-2026 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Applications for mail-in ballots close Oct. 9, and voters have until Oct. 16 to return the envelopes by mail, with photocopies of their identification.
  
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• Construction to begin on $2.9B natural gas pipeline in central Alberta

  20-07-2026 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  ATCO has billed the $2.9-billion Yellowhead pipeline as its largest-ever energy infrastructure project, stretching 235-kilometres from Peers to Fort Saskatchewan.
  
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