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• ‘No excitement at all’ as auctions for oilpatch drilling rights on track for record low

  24-11-2019 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta produces about 80 per cent of Canada's oil and about 70 per cent of its natural gas.
  
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• Blue Bombers fan, who won’t wear pants until they win, touches down in Calgary for Grey Cup

  24-11-2019 22:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chris Matthew and his wife Darla Matthew were gifted last-minute flights and tickets from Shaw Communications on Saturday.
  
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• 3 hospitalized after multi-vehicle crash west of Edmonton

  24-11-2019 22:43
  
  EDMONTON -- Three women were hospitalized after being involved in a crash west of Edmonton Sunday afternoon.  As of Sunday evening, one person's condition was considered critical, while the two others were stable. The crash happened around 1:30 p.m. near Range Road 273 and Highway 627, west of Edmonton. Two vehicles, an SUV and a van, appeared to have sustained damage to their front ends. RCMP said one vehicle had been travelling west, and the other south, when they collided. When CTV News
  
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• Universities failing to protect athletes from abusive coaches, students say

  24-11-2019 20:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  There is a growing campaign to rid Canadian sports of abuse and harassment.
  
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• Tailgate parties kick off Grey Cup game day festivities

  24-11-2019 19:12
  
  Football fans celebrating game day can choose both indoor and outdoor festivities ahead of the 107th Grey Cup. Tailgate parties kick off at noon in the parking lot of McMahon Stadium and include three price points. The biggest ticket price is the adults-only party in a heated tent large enough to reach from goal line to goal line. It costs $95 to get into the FUSION Indoor Tailgate featuring concerts including headliner Brett Kissel, and it is the only party to continue after the game as well. L
  
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• CPR saves 19-year-old Edmonton ball hockey player’s life

  24-11-2019 17:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Edmonton man is sharing his story about cardiac arrest to encourage people to learn CPR.
  
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• Dinos' win over Carabins nets team 1st Vanier Cup in 24 years

  24-11-2019 17:48
  
  QUEBEC —The Fifth-year quarterback Adam Sinagra led the Calgary Dinos to a 27-13 win over the Montreal Carabins for the Vanier Cup on Saturday. Sinagra, a native of Chateauguay, Que., completed 22-of-28 passes for 292 yards and two touchdowns in his final U Sports game to help Calgary win its first Canadian university football championship in 24 years. It was the fifth Vanier Cup win in Dinos history. They had last won in 1995, when they beat the Western Mustangs in Toronto. “To win
  
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• New map shows which parts of Canada lag on believing in climate change

  24-11-2019 17:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Those in Alberta — and to some extent Saskatchewan — are less likely to believe that the planet is warming due to human activity, a group of researchers has found.
  
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• Police investigate 2 northwest Calgary home invasions

  24-11-2019 16:21
  
  CALGARY — Calgary police are investigating two home invasions Saturday night in northwest Calgary. The first happened at around 8:30 p.m. in Country Hills where police say four males forced their way into a residence. An hour later, a second home invasion happened in Silver Springs where again, four men forced their way into a residence. Weapons were seen in both cases. Police are investigating both incidents but can't say whether the two are connected. However, they do believe the attacks
  
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• Man charged in Calgary Drop-In Centre shooting

  24-11-2019 16:08
  
  CALGARY — A 35-year-old man has been charged after a shooting Saturday at the Calgary Drop-In Centre. Police were called to the centre, located in the East Village, at around 6:30 p.m. where a man had been shot twice in the leg. Two people were taken into custody a short time later near Eau Claire Market. Police charged Reginald Denis with aggravated assault, discharging a firearm and breaching a court order. The other suspect was released without charges. The victim remains in hospital in
  
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• Universities not doing enough about abusive coaches, students say

  24-11-2019 13:30
  
  VANCOUVER -- Meredith Goldhawk has loved hockey since she was four. But she says since a coach at the University of Windsor harassed and bullied her, she can't even bring herself to play a pickup game with friends. "Some days I will just sit down and cry because she took so much away from me," says the 22-year-old. The athlete is among several across Canada who say universities are failing to protect players from abuse. Students in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia all say their schools mish
  
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• Canada seeks peace in space as U.S. prepares to weaponize it

  24-11-2019 13:21
  
  OTTAWA -- The NATO military alliance looked to space, the final frontier, earlier this week as members formally recognized the cosmos as integral to their mutual security, agreeing to bolster ways to defend their satellites and other space-based infrastructure from enemy attacks. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg insisted the measure was purely defensive and did not include plans to put weapons into orbit. But it represented a marked departure from the United States, which is preparing to
  
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• 'I'm just going to own it:' McKenna on emotional Twitter video

  24-11-2019 13:00
  
  OTTAWA – Liberal cabinet minister Catherine McKenna said she’s not apologizing for an emotional video she posted this week on Twitter speaking about her kids while clearing out her campaign office. McKenna, who represents the Ottawa Centre riding, said if the video makes people “uncomfortable” then so be it.A new Parliament begins soon: Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter“Well I’m a woman in politics, and I’m just going to own it,” she said
  
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• WHL Roundup: Saturday, November 23, 2019

  24-11-2019 08:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  RED DEER, Alta. - Calen Addison scored a hat trick and Dylen Cozens had a 5-point game (1G, 4A) as the Lethbridge Hurricanes routed the Red Deer Rebels 11-2 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Small-town store out thousands after robbers steal ATM, lottery tickets

  24-11-2019 06:49
  
  EDMONTON — A southeastern Alberta business owner is hoping police can catch the thieves who broke into her store to pull out a cashless ATM and came back to steal lottery tickets and cigarettes. The suspects are two masked people who broke into the Debmart Café and Convenience in Oyen, Alta., some 300 kilometres east of Calgary, around 6 a.m. on Nov. 23.   Using a Ford F-350, the suspects smashed through the front entrance and pulled out the ATM. They later returned to steal th
  
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• 'Just a sad thing': Small-town store out thousands after robbery

  24-11-2019 06:49
  
  EDMONTON -- A business owner is hoping police can catch the thieves who broke into her store to pull out a cashless ATM, causing structural damage to the building, and who came back to steal lottery tickets and cigarettes. The suspects are two masked people who broke into the Debmart Café and Convenience in Oyen, Alta., some 300 kilometres east of Calgary, around 6 a.m. on Nov. 23.   Using a Ford F-350, the suspects smashed through the front entrance and pulled out the ATM. They late
  
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• Man hospitalized in Airdrie shooting: RCMP

  24-11-2019 05:50
  
  CALGARY -- A man was taken to the Foothills Medical Centre after being shot in Airdrie on Saturday. According to police, the man in his mid-20s was shot around 6:45 p.m. He was taken to the Calgary hospital in serious but stable condition. There was no word on suspects or arrests. This is developing story. Information will be updated as it becomes available.
  
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• Airdrie RCMP investigate shooting in Bayside neighbourhood

  24-11-2019 05:50
  
  CALGARY — A 22-year-old man was taken to the Foothills Medical Centre Saturday after being shot in Airdrie's Bayview neighbourhood. Police responded to the area shortly after 6:30 p.m. for reports of a man with a gunshot wound at a home on Baysprings Link. The victim was taken to the Calgary hospital in serious but stable condition. His injures are not considered life-threatening. Airdrie RCMP scoured the neighbourhood with the help of police dog services, but the suspect had fled the scen
  
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• Woman in serious condition after being hit by CTrain

  24-11-2019 05:40
  
  CALGARY — A woman in her 60s is in hospital after being hit by the CTrain in Calgary. Her injuries are serious but not considered life-threatening. According to authorities, the incident happened at the Whitehorn LRT Station in the northeast around 6 p.m. Details on the circumstances surrounding the incident were not provided. The train system's Blue Line was affected for a period, and Calgary Transit set up alternate shuttle service for riders. 
  
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• Woman in serious condition after being hit by C-train

  24-11-2019 05:40
  
  CALGARY -- A woman in her 60s is in hospital after being hit by the C-train in Calgary. Her injuries are serious but non-life threatening. According to authorities, the incident happened at the Whitehorn LRT Station in the northeast around 6 p.m. Details on the circumstances surrounding the incident were not provided. The train system's Blue Line train affected for a period, and Calgary Transit set up alternate shuttle service for riders. 
  
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• Two in custody after man shot outside Calgary Drop-In Centre

  24-11-2019 05:18
  
  CALGARY — Two people were taken into custody after a man was shot twice outside the Calgary Drop-In and Rehab Centre Society on Saturday. Calgary Police Service said the shooting happened around 6:30 p.m. at the downtown location. The man was shot twice in the leg. Two people were taken into custody after police caught up with them near Eau Claire Market. Police said no charges have been laid. An area at Fifth Avenue and Fourth Street S.E. was taped off.
  
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• Two in custody after man shot

  24-11-2019 05:18
  
  CALGARY -- Two people were taken into custody after a man was shot twice outside the Calgary Drop-In and Rehab Centre Society on Saturday. Calgary Police Service said the shooting happened around 6:30 p.m. at the downtown location. The man was shot twice in the leg. Two people were taken into custody, after police caught up with them near Eau Claire Market. Police said no charges have been laid. An area at 5 Avenue and 4 Street SE was taped off. This is a developing story. Information will be up
  
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• Calgary man expected to recover after axe assault: police

  24-11-2019 04:39
  
  CALGARY -- A Calgary man is expected to be okay after being assaulted with an axe Saturday night. The man suffered an injury to his back. Although police were called to the Franklin LRT Station, east of the city's centre, the victim told officers the incident actually happened downtown and he rode the train to the Franklin stop. This is a developing story. Information will be updated as it becomes available. 
  
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• 'She was barely holding up': Trapped horse rescued after falling through ice

  24-11-2019 03:53
  
  EDMONTON -- A horse owner is expressing her gratitude after firefighters and volunteers helped rescue one of her horses when it fell through ice and was trapped in freezing water for hours.   Natalia Teplova noticed her horse, Lexi, was missing Saturday morning when she showed up at a boarder's property in southeast Edmonton for a lesson.   "We went calling for the horses and usually they come up. This time, the other horses came up but she wasn't there," Teplova recalled. She and her
  
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• 'I'll be raring to go tomorrow': Urban promises energetic Grey Cup half-time show

  24-11-2019 00:51
  
  EDMONTON -- Country music star Keith Urban is as excited to watch the Grey Cup in Calgary on Sunday as he is to play it. "Obviously I'm looking forward to playing. But having never seen a CFL game before, I'm looking forward to seeing one," he told media hours after touching down in Calgary, the 107th Grey Cup Championship's host city. "What a crash course to come and see the Grey Cup."  Urban will play the half-time show during the game between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-
  
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• 'I'll be raring to go tomorrow': Keith Urban promises energetic Grey Cup halftime show

  24-11-2019 00:51
  
  EDMONTON — Country music star Keith Urban is as excited to watch the Grey Cup in Calgary on Sunday as he is to play it. "Obviously I'm looking forward to playing. But having never seen a CFL game before, I'm looking forward to seeing one," he told media hours after touching down in Calgary, the 107th Grey Cup Championship's host city. "What a crash course to come and see the Grey Cup."  Urban will play the halftime show during the game between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Ti
  
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• Canadians urged to check their romaine as officials confirm E. coli case

  24-11-2019 00:23
  
  TORONTO -- One Canadian became sick last month after eating romaine lettuce linked to an E. coli outbreak from California, the Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed, and at least one major Canadian grocery chain is alerting customers who may have bought contaminated vegetables. In a notice posted Friday, Public Health said it identified “one Canadian illness with a similar genetic fingerprint to illnesses reported in the U.S. investigation.”  Grocery giant Loblaw sent out
  
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