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• Markstrom makes 46 saves as Flames win 5-2 over Leafs

  11-02-2022 06:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jacob Markstrom made his 11th straight start for Calgary in a 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, extending Calgary's winning streak to five games.
  
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• Federal Tories launch ‘Conservatives for Canada’ campaign ahead of Alberta referendum

  05-09-2026 00:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal Conservatives have launched a campaign to engage their supporters and encourage them to vote to stay in Canada in the upcoming Alberta referendum.
  
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• Federal Tories launch 'Conservatives for Canada' campaign ahead of Alberta referendum

  05-09-2026 00:10 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal Conservatives have launched a campaign to engage their supporters and encourage them to vote to stay in Canada in the upcoming Alberta referendum.
  
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• 'Smile! You're on Camera' says Alberta independence groups' campaign signs

  04-09-2026 23:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Several referendum campaign signs set up around Calgary have a note on them to inform members of the public they are being recorded, with a camera set up nearby pointed at the signs. The groups' leaders say the measure is a deterrent to vandalism.
  
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• Calgary mayor calls special council meeting to address ‘serious privacy breach’

  04-09-2026 23:37 via cbc.ca
  Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas says he has called a special council meeting to address the release of privileged council documents. The meeting, set for Tuesday morning, comes after Ward 14 Coun. Landon Johnston acknowledged that he leaked documents showing preliminary discussions about the city’s four-year budget.
  
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• Canadian canola has seen some tough years. This could be one of its best

  04-09-2026 23:36 via cbc.ca
  
  Canola farmers across the Prairies are hauling in what could be one of the country’s biggest harvests ever, with producers reporting a record 23.4 million acres planted earlier this season.
  
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• Family friend of 2 young girls charged with sexual assault in Lethbridge: Police

  04-09-2026 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 30-year-old man has been charged after Lethbridge police received reports of sexual assaults and interference involving two young girls. 
  
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• 'A self-destructive act': Judge grants conditional discharge to RCMP officer who assaulted teen boys

  04-09-2026 22:30 via cbc.ca
  
  An Alberta RCMP officer who assaulted two teenage boys in a hotel room during what the judge described as a “boozy social event” will not have a criminal record after being handed a conditional discharge.
  
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• Trump to sign order making it easier for U.S. ranchers to sell, process own beef

  04-09-2026 22:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Trump said he would take steps to require country-of-origin labelling for imported beef and make it easier for ranchers and farmers to sell food they have processed themselves.
  
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• Alberta introduces $14 solar panel recycling fee, landfill ban

  04-09-2026 20:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Solar industry associations and advocates have said the Alberta government's $14 price tag is far too steep, punitive and being imposed without clear accounting to back it up.
  
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• ‘Wild West’: Teachers, experts call for unified policies to address AI in classrooms

  04-09-2026 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Educators across Canada are grappling with how best to incorporate AI in their classrooms while fostering critical thinking and intellectual honesty.
  
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• Special city council meeting called over leak of confidential Calgary budget docs

  04-09-2026 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Preliminary budget documents obtained by Global News show a large property tax increase would be required to pay for the funding requests in front of Calgary city council.
  
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• Alberta's end to seasonal clock changes causing digital calendar chaos for some

  04-09-2026 18:02 via cbc.ca
  
  In June, Alberta passed the Official Time Act , keeping the province on year-round daylight time, when it would have set clocks back an hour on Nov. 1. Some experts say digital calendar disruptions as a result of the change are to be expected and should hopefully be resolved by the fall.
  
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• Alberta government touts Oct. 1 launch of $14 solar panel recycling fee, landfill ban

  04-09-2026 15:54 via cbc.ca
  
  Albertans purchasing new solar panels next month will face a hefty fee for recycling them.
  
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• UCP loses exclusive use of Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta trademarks after ruling

  04-09-2026 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta’s United Conservative Party is losing its exclusive use of the trademarks of the legacy Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta following a ruling by the Trademarks Opposition Board of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
  
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• Some voters alarmed by self-declaration requirement on mail-in ballots for Alberta referendum

  04-09-2026 14:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Some Albertans who received their mail-in ballots for the province's fall referendum say they were surprised and concerned by a self-declaration requirement on the front page of their voting package and fear it could deter others from casting their votes.
  
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• Jann Arden to appear at pro-Canada concert ahead of Alberta separation vote

  04-09-2026 14:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jann Arden is set to join a cohort of Alberta performers for a free concert promoting national unity ahead of the province's fall referendum on quitting Canada.
  
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• What to expect when you’re voting in the Alberta referendum and watching results

  04-09-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The final vote count for Alberta's referendum on the province’s future in Canada will likely be available in the wee hours on the day after ballots are cast, officials say.
  
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• Health-care hiring has propped up Canada’s job market. Will patients see a difference?

  04-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A hiring boom across Alberta and Ontario health-care systems has been singlehandedly propping up Canada's national job market — but that growth may say more about the sluggish state of the rest of the economy than about improving patient outcomes.
  
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• Calgary mayor claims confidential budget docs show ‘wishlist’ as whistleblower revealed

  04-09-2026 02:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  'This is a wishlist. Everybody comes out of the woodwork around budget time and asks for all of the stuff,' Mayor Jeromy Farkas told reporters Thursday.
  
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• Site of proposed Wonder Valley data centre in northern Alberta gets special industrial zone designation

  04-09-2026 02:35 via cbc.ca
  
  A parcel of land earmarked for a major AI data centre development in northwestern Alberta has been officially classified as a designated industrial zone by the province.
  
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• Canadian canola had a rough few years. This could be one of its best

  04-09-2026 02:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada’s canola industry is in full bloom. As farmers prepare to haul in one of the country’s biggest harvests ever, CBC’s Jo Horwood takes a look at how the Prairies’ iconic ‘sea of gold’ is finding a more reliable and diverse market.
  
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• RCMP investigate after one lamb shot, another killed near Wainwright

  04-09-2026 02:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  It's believed the lambs were shot when someone trespassed onto the pasture along Highway 14, near Wainwright, sometime between the morning of Aug. 23, and noon on Aug. 24.
  
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• Some referendum ballots missing as Albertans begin to receive mail-in paperwork

  04-09-2026 01:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  As demand for mail-in ballots climbs ahead of the Alberta referendum, some voters are reporting problems with the packages they have received from Elections Alberta.
  
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• Calgary mayor, city councillor spar over leaked budget documents

  04-09-2026 00:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Ward 14 Coun. Landon Johnston is facing criticism from his peers on council for leaking preliminary confidential budget information, arguing it was in the public's interest.
  
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• Alberta separation too costly with too many uncertainties, warns Calgary think-tank

  04-09-2026 00:35 via cbc.ca
  
  A new report from the Canada West Foundation warns that, though the grievances behind Alberta secession may be real, the economic risks and political uncertainties are too great to consider separating from Canada.
  
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• League-leading Als set to host surging Lions

  03-09-2026 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Montreal Alouettes have another opportunity to punch their ticket to the CFL playoffs Friday night.
  
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• Black Velvet whisky maker facing 'unsettling turbulence' amid Canada-U.S. trade dispute

  03-09-2026 23:04 via cbc.ca
  
  The Black Velvet facility makes about 10 million litres of whisky a year, but it’s bottled in the United States and 95 per cent of the Lethbridge-produced alcohol ends up being sold south of the border.
  
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• Edmonton woman sentenced to house arrest in fatal dog attack that killed 11-year-old boy

  03-09-2026 22:56 via cbc.ca
  
  An Edmonton woman who owned two large dogs that killed an 11-year-old boy in 2024 has been sentenced.
  
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• Edmonton woman convicted in fatal dog attack that killed 11-year-old sentenced to house arrest

  03-09-2026 22:56 via cbc.ca
  
  An Edmonton woman who owned two large Cane Corso dogs that killed an 11-year-old boy in 2024 has been sentenced.
  Crystal Jean MacDonald, 46, was found guilty of criminal negligence causing death in May following a judge-alone trial at the Edmonton Court of King’s Bench.
  
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