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• Canadians react to CFB Wainwright explosion and fire

  18-10-2026 16:08 via : Calgary
  
  Work is still underway to maintain control of the fire and offers of condolences continue to pour in with dozens injured and at least seven dead.
  
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• Draisaitl scores twice as Oilers beat Rangers 3-1

  10-11-2026 04:59 via : Calgary
  
  Leon Draisaitl scored a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers swept their season series with New York, holding on to defeat the Rangers 3-1 on Monday.
  
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• Canadian Armed Forces sending nurses to Alberta to help treat CFB Wainwright survivors

  10-11-2026 02:41 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  The Canadian Armed Forces are sending 15 registered nurses to Alberta to help support the treatment of patients after last month’s fire at CFB Wainwright.
  
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• After months of delays, premier says Alberta's triage liaison physician program now in place at some ERs

  10-11-2026 01:44 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Premier Danielle Smith says six emergency rooms across Alberta now have physicians triaging patients.
  
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• City council considering where to cut ahead of Tuesday's budget release

  10-11-2026 01:04 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  The City of Calgary will release its four-year budget to the public on Tuesday, and it could include steep hikes to residential property tax and water bills. Councillors are already suggesting municipal projects that could be scrapped to soften those increases.
  
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• Calgary water use remains in ‘green zone’ as Bearspaw feeder main work progresses

  10-11-2026 00:58 via : Calgary
  
  Calgary and neighbouring communities have now recorded five consecutive days in the 'green zone' with water use remaining below the city’s target of 500 million litres a day.
  
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• Alberta plans to spend $39M to more than double the number of urgent care centres in province

  10-11-2026 00:31 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  The Alberta government is putting $39 million over three years toward planning nine new urgent care centres, which it says will ease pressure on crowded emergency rooms and reduce travel times for many patients.
  
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• Passenger killed in two-vehicle collision in Calgary

  09-11-2026 23:13 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Police are investigating a fatal traffic collision in southeast Calgary. The collision involving two vehicles comes a week after a toddler was struck and killed in the city's northeast.
  
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• Man who used fraudulent passport to get in and out of Canada 16 times handed 2-year sentence

  09-11-2026 22:26 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  A Ghanaian man who used a fraudulent Canadian passport to leave and re-enter the country 16 times has been sentenced to two years in prison for citizenship fraud.
  
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• What’s going on with the Russia IIHF World Juniors controversy?

  09-11-2026 22:18 via : Calgary
  
  The decision by the International Ice Hockey Federation to allow Russia back into the World Juniors Hockey Championship next month is continuing to stir backlash.
  
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• 15 soldiers on ventilators, 9 critical after deadly CFB Wainwright fire

  09-11-2026 22:02 via : Calgary
  
  A senior Alberta government official provided Global News with a confidential briefing after nearly a week of unanswered questions to the Department of National Defence.
  
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• Record 1.8M vehicles drove into Banff townsite this summer

  09-11-2026 22:00 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  A record 1.8 million vehicles entered Banff in July and August, and the town’s free train station parking lot filled up about 45 minutes earlier than the year before. Banff’s mayor wants Parks Canada to release its plan for managing traffic and parking across the national park.
  
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• How Medicine Hat hopes batteries can boost its power grid

  09-11-2026 21:06 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  As huge battery facilities are added to the Alberta power system, tech firms and developers are studying how smaller units could help utility companies manage flow and contain costs. Private sector research is underway in Medicine Hat, Alta., where the city owns the system.
  
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• Alberta advancing plans to open 9 new urgent care centres

  09-11-2026 20:50 via : Calgary
  
  The centres are planned for west and south Edmonton, the Stony Plain-Spruce Grove area, east Calgary, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Cold Lake, Fort McMurray and Sylvan Lake.
  
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• Montreal-Edmonton Grey Cup filled with history

  09-11-2026 20:10 via : Calgary
  
  Jason Maas knows all about the Alouettes' history against Edmonton.
  
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• Grey Cup matchup against Edmonton brings plenty of history for Alouettes’ GM, coach

  09-11-2026 20:10 via : Calgary
  
  The Montreal Alouettes' head coach Jason Maas and general manager Danny Maciocia both have extensive experience with the Edmonton football team: 'Good friends with a lot of them.'
  
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• Canada's secretary of sport questions Russia competing as neutrals at Alberta world juniors

  09-11-2026 20:10 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Adam van Koeverden, Canada's Secretary of State for Sport, has cast doubt on whether Russia can compete as a neutral team at the upcoming world junior hockey championship in Alberta.
  
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• Retrial underway for Calgary man accused of participating in kidnapping, group killing of victim

  09-11-2026 20:08 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  A manslaughter retrial got underway Monday for Robert Daignault, who is accused of participating in a kidnapping and group killing. Kasif Hirani was stabbed 39 times and left to die in a snowbank near the Springbank Airport in December 2019.
  
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• Sweden says it won’t play Russia at world juniors as Norway faces losing spot

  09-11-2026 19:56 via : Calgary
  
  The Swedish Ice Hockey Association says it sympathized with Norway, which qualified for the world juniors hockey tournament in Alberta but now risks losing its place.
  
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• Red Deer, Alta., wins bid to host the 2028 Brier men’s national curling championship

  09-11-2026 19:28 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Central Alberta curling fans have a big upcoming event to celebrate in 2028. The Brier is set to return to Red Deer, Alta., for the first time in more than three decades. In Red Deer Monday, Curling Canada announced that the 2028 Montana’s Brier will be hosted in the city from Feb. 25 to March 5, 2028.
  
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• Calgary living wage up slightly from last year: report

  09-11-2026 15:00 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  The Alberta Living Wage Network says Calgary's living wage — or the amount a full-time worker needs to meet their basic needs, manage unexpected expenses and participate meaningfully in their community — is now $26.90, up from $26.50 last year.
  
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• How autonomous vehicles are changing oilsands mining

  09-11-2026 14:30 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  All ore at Suncor’s Base Plant is now moved by autonomous haul trucks. Imperial Oil converted 81 haul trucks to autonomous operations in 2023 and the technology is only being developed further.
  
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• Norway says it has been bumped for Russia to compete at world juniors in Canada

  09-11-2026 13:55 via : Calgary
  
  The Norwegian Ice Hockey Association said Sunday it has been informed that it is being bumped by Russia from competing in the world junior championships in Canada.
  
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• Decoding report card ‘edu-ese’: Why parents are frustrated and the province is getting involved

  09-11-2026 12:00 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Alberta’s education minister has reopened the report card debate, proposing new legislation to make them more transparent for parents. Here’s what we learned by talking with parents and education experts about the issue.
  
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• Parents warned extremist groups are targeting a growing number of kids online across Prairies

  09-11-2026 11:00 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Violent extremist groups are grooming, recruiting and radicalizing a growing number of children and teenagers across the Prairies, police and researchers say.
  
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• Veterans, families call for better access to make claims for exposure-related illness

  09-11-2026 10:00 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  A new report calls for the federal government to make it easier for service members and others exposed to health risks to find the information they need when making medical claims.
  
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• Flames winger Farabee finds his breakaway touch

  09-11-2026 06:43 via : Calgary
  
  Calgary Flames head coach Ryan Huska said at the beginning of the NHL season he expected a lot from Joel Farabee.
  
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• Coronato scores OT winner, Flames beat Flyers 4-3

  09-11-2026 04:15 via : Calgary
  
  Matt Coronato scored the overtime winner for the Calgary Flames in a 4-3 win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday.
  
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• Flames defenceman Kevin Bahl out for season with ruptured Achilles tendon

  09-11-2026 03:01 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  The Calgary Flames say defenceman Kevin Bahl will have season-ending surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon.
  
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• Canada's Dunstone beats Mouat to win 2nd straight Masters curling title

  09-11-2026 01:46 via CBC | Calgary News
  
  Winnipeg skip Matt Dunstone scored three points in the fourth end to grab a 6-1 lead, then held on to beat Scotland's Bruce Mouat 7-6 in the P&H Masters final on Sunday in Medicine Hat, Alta.
  
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