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• Family of sisters slain in 2017 quadruple homicide still searching for answers

  02-12-2019 23:47
  
  The family of sisters who were two of the victims in a quadruple homicide are hoping someone will come forward with information so their killers can be brought to justice. Tiffany Ear and Glynnis Fox were shot to death with their bodies were found burned in the backseat of a car in July 2017. "We want justice for them," said aunt Cynthia Hunter outside the Calgary Courts Centre. "They were not bad people, they didn’t deserve this ... it was a horrible death and our community can’t ge
  
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• Question period postponed after man shoots himself on steps of Alberta Legislature

  02-12-2019 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  An adjournment was called during question period Monday after a man shot himself outside the Alberta Legislature at around 3 p.m.
  
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• Question period postponed after man dies by suicide on steps of Alberta Legislature

  02-12-2019 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  An adjournment was called during question period Monday after a man fatally shot himself outside the Alberta Legislature at around 3 p.m.
  
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• Political debate postponed after man dies by suicide on steps of Alberta Legislature

  02-12-2019 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  An adjournment was called Monday after a man fatally shot himself outside the Alberta Legislature at around 3 p.m.
  
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• SGI puts festive spin on message to plan safe rides this holiday season

  02-12-2019 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  The provincial insurer is hoping some modern twists on holiday classics will strengthen the message not to drink or get high and drive.
  
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• Non-criminal incident at the Legislature, assembly adjourned

  02-12-2019 23:30
  
  The Legislative Assembly of Alberta adjourned on Monday afternoon after a “non-criminal incident”. “I hate to interrupt, however there is an issue that is important to the assembly,” speaker Nathan Cooper said to the assembly. “I’d just like to take a five minute recess. If both members of the assembly want to pop into their respective lounges, I’d be happy to provide an update in a moment.” Members of the assembly left the chamber at 3:15 p.m. Thi
  
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• Body on the steps of Alberta Legislature after apparent suicide

  02-12-2019 23:30
  
  A body can be seen on the steps of the Alberta legislature after what police are calling a "non-criminal incident." The legislative assembly was in session on Monday afternoon, but was adjourned around 3:15 p.m. “I hate to interrupt, however there is an issue that is important to the assembly,” speaker Nathan Cooper said to the assembly. “I’d just like to take a five minute recess. If both members of the assembly want to pop into their respective lounges, I’d be hap
  
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• Body on the steps of Alberta Legislature

  02-12-2019 23:30
  
  A body can be seen on the steps of the Alberta legislature after what police are calling a "non-criminal incident." The legislative assembly was in session on Monday afternoon, but was adjourned around 3:15 p.m. “I hate to interrupt, however there is an issue that is important to the assembly,” speaker Nathan Cooper said to the assembly. “I’d just like to take a five minute recess. If both members of the assembly want to pop into their respective lounges, I’d be hap
  
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• Alberta Legislature adjourned after apparent suicide on front steps

  02-12-2019 23:30
  
  A person fatally shot themselves on the front steps of the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton, forcing the early adjournment of Monday's session. Police tape cordoned off the front steps of the legislature following the shooting, which police deemed "non-criminal." The legislative assembly was adjourned around 3:15 p.m. "I hate to interrupt, however there is an issue that is important to the assembly," speaker Nathan Cooper said to the assembly. “I’d just like to take a five minute rece
  
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• City committee hears new fieldhouse could be finished by 2024, but timeline depends on funding

  02-12-2019 22:59
  
  A city committee is taking the next steps in putting a team together to plan for a new fieldhouse in Calgary, though the project’s timeline could be pushed back if the city’s financial situation doesn’t improve in coming years. In a boardroom filled with representatives from the University of Calgary, McMahon Stadium Society and Sport Calgary, city administration said construction on a new fieldhouse could start in 2022 and be completed by 2024. That timeline, however, is based
  
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• Provinces demand changes to fiscal stabilization program — here’s what that means

  02-12-2019 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  While meeting in Mississauga, Ont. Monday, premiers tried to find consensus on key issues ahead of their meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  
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• Pay equity for Brier and Scotties champions 'great for women's curling'

  02-12-2019 21:54
  
  Canada's men's and women's curling teams will be playing for the same prize money at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier and Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Curling Canada CEO Katherine Henderson announced Sunday. The Brier (Canada's men's curling championship) and the Tournament of Hearts (the national women's championship) will offer total purses of $300,000 to the competing teams. "This has been one of my goals since I joined Curling Canada in 2016, and a lot of hard work behind the scenes with our sta
  
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• UCP scraps electricity price cap, some will see $7 bill increase this month

  02-12-2019 21:44
  
  Electricity will be more expensive for some Edmontonians in December after the UCP government scrapped a program that capped rates. Effective Nov. 30, the province got rid of the price cap program for Regulated Rate Option customers. In 2017, the NDP government capped the kilowatt per hour price at 6.8 cents, meaning Edmontonians would pay the market rate and not more than the capped price. In December, kWh will cost 7.5 cents. Typical Edmonton homes use an average of 600 kWh, increasing bills b
  
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• Family continues to hold out hope for missing Calgary man

  02-12-2019 21:41
  
  RCMP say they have received a number of tips on the disappearance of a Calgary man whose truck was found burned-out near Pemberton, B.C. Marshal Iwaasa was last seen Nov. 17 by family in Lethbridge, when they say he planned to return to his home in Calgary. He didn't arrive and his truck was later found burned-out on a trailhead near Pemberton, B.C. just over a week later. A witness who found the truck said there were items strewn all around it including two passports, three cell phones, a smash
  
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• 'Special moment': B.C. teen with Down syndrome scores buzzer-beating basket

  02-12-2019 21:39
  
  A B.C. teen with Down syndrome says he “felt awesome” after sinking a buzzer-beating three-pointer that went viral online. In an interview with CTV News Channel, 18-year-old Reid Demelo and Port Moody high school basketball coach Greg Schellenberg recounted the exciting moment. “All of a sudden, two minutes left in the game and the crowd starts chanting in unison ‘We want Reid! We want Reid!’” recalled Schellenberg, who said Demelo is in the gym practising &ld
  
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• 2019 Shaw Charity Classic raises $14M for youth-based Alberta charities

  02-12-2019 20:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 2019 Shaw Charity Classic raised over $14 million for 200 youth-based charities across Alberta.
  
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• Psychiatric assessment extended for accused in Calgary case worker's death

  02-12-2019 20:26
  
  An extra three weeks have been granted for the psychiatric assessment of an 18-year-old charged with killing his case worker at an assisted-living home in Calgary. Brandon Newman, who remains in custody, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Deborah Onwu, who was stabbed at the home on Oct. 25. A 30-day review was ordered last month for the accused at the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre, but court heard today that more time was required. Newman appeared in court briefl
  
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• ‘Still in shock’: 3 Kamloops hit-and-run victims remembered as friends seek justice

  02-12-2019 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  More than 100 people gathered at a Kamloops church to celebrate the lives of Feyisola (David) Adebowale, Daniel Okocha and Oluwatosin (Kelvin) Adeojo.
  
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• Notley, Shepherd to speak out about health care job cuts

  02-12-2019 20:14
  
  NDP Leader Rachel Notley and Health Critic David Shepherd will speak with unionized health care workers at a news conference Monday. They'll be reacting to news that the UCP government is planning to cut thousands of health care positions in the next several years. Unions including United Nurses of Alberta (UNA), the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) and the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) said they were all notified of impending cuts ahead of wage arbitration. UNA expec
  
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• NDP calls for emergency debate as Alberta moves ahead with proposed health care cuts

  02-12-2019 20:14
  
  The Alberta NDP is calling for an emergency debate as the UCP government plans to cut thousands of health care positions in the next several years. NDP Leader Rachel Notley and Health Critic David Shepherd spoke alongside unionized health care workers at a news conference Monday. Shepherd said Health Minister Tyler Shandro gave no indication the government was planning on cutting more than 5,000 front-line jobs in health care services. "This past spring, [Premier Jason Kenney] signed a giant pla
  
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• Swift Current Broncos release trainer following 'pattern of demeaning and derogatory comments'

  02-12-2019 20:05
  
  The Swift Current Broncos announced they have released Head Athletic Trainer and Equipment Manager Jamie Leblanc due to a “Recent pattern of demeaning and derogatory comments, threatening behaviour and unprofessional conduct.” The team tweeted the announcement on Monday morning.Please refer to the attached message from the Swift Current Broncos Hockey Club pic.twitter.com/T8ELV84mCY — Swift Current Broncos (@SCBroncos) December 2, 2019The team said their goal is to announce a n
  
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• Knife concern prompts police response to supervised consumption site in Calgary's Beltline

  02-12-2019 19:44
  
  Calgary police are investigating an incident at the supervised consumption site at the Sheldon Chumir Centre in the Beltline. Police received a call just after 10:30 a.m. to the centre, in the 1200 block of Fourth Street S.W., after an individual armed with a knife locked themselves in a washroom. Police continue to investigate. This is an ongoing story and will be updated throughout the day.
  
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• Vernon North Okanagan RCMP seek witnesses after highway crash claims life of Calgary woman

  02-12-2019 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  One woman died and two patients were transported to hospital in critical condition after the two-vehicle collision.
  
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• Alberta RCMP write parody of ‘Favourite Things’ to warn of holiday mail theft

  02-12-2019 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta RCMP members have put a very creative and festive spin on a public warning about mail theft this time of year.
  
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• Suspects fired drugs into Saskatoon jail using potato gun, police say

  02-12-2019 19:19
  
  Two people facing drug trafficking charges were using a potato gun to shoot drugs over the fence of the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre, police say. A 29-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man, both from Saskatoon, were arrested Sunday in the 3500 block of Millar Avenue, police said in a news release. They were found to be in possession of 28 grams of cannabis, three grams of cannabis shatter and seven grams of crystal methamphetamine, as well a potato gun cannon, police say. During the
  
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• Accused in Calgary case worker’s death granted extra time for psychiatric assessment

  02-12-2019 19:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 30-day review was ordered last month for the accused at the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre, but court heard Monday that more time was required.
  
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• Mayor Nenshi, city manager to speak on 2020 budget adjustments

  02-12-2019 19:14
  
  Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and city manager David Duckworth will answer questions Monday afternoon about the 2020 budget approved last week. A press conference is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. City council voted in favour of a 7.51 per cent tax shift on Friday that will now see 52 per cent of taxes collected from residential property owners and 48 per cent from commercial business owners. The move allowed council to save the low-income transit pass, keep two inner city swimming pools open for two mor
  
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• Mayor Nenshi, city manager speak on 2020 budget adjustments

  02-12-2019 19:14
  
  Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and city manager David Duckworth outlined adjustments to the 2020 budget on Monday. City council voted Friday in favour of a 7.51 per cent tax shift that will now see 52 per cent of taxes collected from residential property owners and 48 per cent from commercial business owners. The move allowed council to save the low-income transit pass, keep two inner city swimming pools open for two more years, restore an earlier cut to public transit funding and allow the fire de
  
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• Soapy success for Syrian refugee continuing family business in Canada

  02-12-2019 19:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Syrian refugee, whose family were traditional soap makers for more than a century in Aleppo, opened his third Aleppo Savon location in Alberta inside West Edmonton Mall this weekend.
  
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• Prince Andrew's accuser asks U.K. public for support

  02-12-2019 18:20
  
  The woman who says she was a trafficking victim made to have sex with Prince Andrew when she was 17 is asking the British public to support her quest for justice. Virginia Roberts Giuffre tells BBC Panorama in an interview to be broadcast Monday evening that people "should not accept this as being OK." Giuffre's first UK television interview on the topic describes how she says she was trafficked by notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and made to have sex with Andrew three times, including onc
  
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• Unconscious coyote wakes up in car after being hit by a vehicle

  02-12-2019 17:55
  
  Manitobans are being warned of the dangers of bringing animals into their cars, after a driver carried an unconscious coyote into his car, which woke up hours later. According to the Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre they received the coyote on Nov. 27 after it was hit by a car on a Manitoba highway. Eli Boroditsky, the driver involved in the collision, found the animal unconscious, brought it into his car and went to work. His coworker told CTV News Winnipeg that when the man arrived at
  
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• Edmonton photo radar vehicles to get new, more visible look

  02-12-2019 17:53
  
  The City of Edmonton has unveiled a new, more visible look for its photo radar vehicles.  Vehicles will now have a bright yellow vinyl wrapping with the words "Drive Safe" visible on the outside. Vehicles will also have a flexible pole attached to further increase visibility.  "Making these vehicles easier to see helps remind everyone that safe driving is the priority on our roads," said Jessica Lamarre, the city's acting director for traffic safety.  "Reducing speeds reduces coll
  
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• School bus crash outside Edmonton leaves 5 in critical condition

  02-12-2019 17:42
  
  Five people are in critical condition, including one person fighting for their life, after a crash involving a school bus and a crane near Smoky Lake, Alta. on Monday morning. The crash happened at Highway 28 and Range Road 180 around 8:30 a.m. There is conflicting information about the number of students on the bus. A spokesperson for Aspen View Public Schools said there were 14 students on board, later updating the number to 15. However, later in the day, RCMP said there were only 14 students
  
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• School bus crash outside Edmonton leaves 1 in critical condition

  02-12-2019 17:42
  
  One person is in critical, life-threatening condition after a crash involving a school bus and a crane near Smoky Lake, Alta. on Monday morning. The crash happened at Highway 28 and Range Road 180 around 8:30 a.m. There are conflicting information about the number of students on the bus. A spokesperson for Aspen View Public Schools said there were 14 students on board, later updating the number to 15. However, later in the day, RCMP said there were only 14 students on board.    A teena
  
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• School bus crash NE of Edmonton leaves 1 in critical condition

  02-12-2019 17:42
  
  One person is in critical, life-threatening condition after a crash involving a school bus and a crane on Monday morning. The crash happened at Highway 28 and Range Road 180 just west of Smoky Lake around 8:30. According to a spokesperson for Aspen View Public Schools, there were 15 students and a driver on the bus. One child was flown to Edmonton by STARS Air Ambulance with serious, life-threatening injuries. A second child was taken by EMS with serious, non-life threatening injuries. The other
  
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• 5 in critical condition after school bus crash outside of Edmonton

  02-12-2019 17:42
  
  Five people are in critical condition after a crash involving a school bus and a crane near Smoky Lake, Alta., on Monday morning. The crash happened at Highway 28 and Range Road 180 around 8:30 a.m. Aspen View Public Schools and RCMP said there were 14 children on the bus. According to Alberta Health Services, a total of 16 patients were assessed by EMS or taken to a hospital. AHS confirmed five people were in critical condition as of 6:30 p.m. Monday. One of those in critical condition is a tee
  
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• On-demand transit service arrives in Okotoks

  02-12-2019 17:34
  
  There are a number of things to do in Okotoks and now there's a new way to visit them with the arrival of a curb-to-curb public transit program. Between the hours of 6 a.m. and 11 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays, members of the public can request to be picked up at any location in Okotoks and shuttled to a second location within the town. Bookings can be made through the Okotoks Transit app or by phone at 587-534-0510. One-way rides cost $2.75 per person and children under the age of six ride fr
  
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• Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement pipeline now online

  02-12-2019 16:55
  
  Good news for Canadian oil — more pipeline capacity is now available as Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline came online Sunday. The $5.3-billion Canadian portion runs 1,070 kilometres from Hardisty, Alta. to Gretna, Man., near the U.S. border. The pipeline then runs through to Superior, Wis. The US$2.9-billion part of the project to the Midwest, which would add 370,000 barrels of daily export capacity, continues to go through regulatory hurdles. Largely because of this, Alberta decided to ext
  
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• Trade mission to Vancouver to create investment opportunities

  02-12-2019 16:22
  
  Alberta's Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism is drumming up business and investment opportunities in British Columbia this week. "Our province is a great place to invest and do business," Tanya Fir said in a written release. "Alberta is primed for new opportunities and partnerships. I’m meeting with key players in the investment and trade sectors who can help expand our reach in domestic and international markets.” Fir will also address the Greater Vancouver Board of
  
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• Patriotism is the theme of Christmas at the White House

  02-12-2019 16:16
  
  Melania Trump is celebrating American patriotism at the White House this Christmas, incorporating red and blue into the traditional holiday green, adding a timeline of American design, innovation and architecture and studding a Christmas tree with her family's annual ornament, the American flag. The traditional gingerbread White House shares its stage with American landmarks including the Statue of Liberty and the Golden Gate Bridge. "It is with great joy that our family welcomes you to the Whit
  
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• Police hand out $1K ticket to driver going twice the speed limit

  02-12-2019 15:56
  
  A Regina driver was handed a $1,056 ticket for travelling more than twice the speed limit over the weekend. Const. Mike Seel tweeted about the driver, who he said was clocked going 121 kilometres an hour in a 50 kilometre an hour zone, on Sunday afternoon.Cpl WILKINSON stopped this vehicle today for doing 121 km/hr in a 50 km/hr zone on Winnipeg St at 1st Ave N. Driver issued $1056 fine and vehicle impounded for 7 days. @reginapolice pic.twitter.com/BUyfTwtGmo — Cst Mike Hawkeye Seel (@RPS
  
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• Husky Energy confirms 370 job cuts as it trims 2020-21 spending by $500M

  02-12-2019 15:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  About 370 jobs have been cut at Husky Energy this year with most of the reductions coming in a major round of layoffs in October, CEO Rob Peabody revealed Monday.
  
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• Husky cutting capital spending plan for 2020 and 2021 by $500M

  02-12-2019 15:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Husky says average upstream production is expected to be in the range of 295,000 to 310,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day for 2020.
  
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• Canada should expect 'milder than normal winter': Dave Phillips

  02-12-2019 14:55
  
  In the past 24 hours, while there have been hazardous, winter-like conditions across Ontario and snowfall warnings in Atlantic Canada, it might come as some head-scratching consolation to know that Environment Canada is predicting a mild winter ahead. On Monday, senior climatologist Dave Phillips told CTV’s Your Morning there is “good news for Canadians” because he’s predicting a “milder than normal winter,” and he doesn’t foresee any “below-averag
  
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• Kenney seeks significant change, allies at meeting of provincial and territorial leaders in Toronto

  02-12-2019 14:33
  
  Premier Jason Kenney has arrived in Toronto with a list of demands as he hopes to rewrite Alberta’s relationship with the rest of the country during his meeting with his fellow premiers.  The event, which is underway, is the first gathering of Canada’s provincial and territorial leaders since October's federal election.  Kenney is calling for a "fair deal" for Alberta — something he’s campaigned on since he was elected and which escalated after Prime Minister Ju
  
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• Canada’s premiers want ability to opt out of national pharmacare program

  02-12-2019 14:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada's premiers are meeting today just outside Toronto for the first time as a group since the federal election.
  
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• Canada’s premiers to meet in Ontario, try to find consensus on number of issues

  02-12-2019 14:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada's premiers are meeting today just outside Toronto for the first time as a group since the federal election.
  
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• Canada’s premiers meet in Ontario, try to find consensus on number of issues

  02-12-2019 14:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada's premiers are meeting today just outside Toronto for the first time as a group since the federal election.
  
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• Trial begins for Calgary father charged with killing teenage daughter in impaired driving crash

  02-12-2019 14:11
  
  The trial of a Calgary man, charged in connection with a deadly, high speed crash that killed his 17-year-old daughter and injured his daughter's best friend, is underway. Michael Shaun Bomford, 54, faces charges including impaired driving causing death and impaired driving causing bodily harm in connection with the 2016 crash. On the afternoon of Oct. 18, 2016, the Jeep Bomford was driving left the road and flipped several times before crossing the median on McKnight Boulevard between 52 and 68
  
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• Court hears Calgary father 'three times legal limit' during crash that killed teenage daughter

  02-12-2019 14:11
  
  A Calgary father,  charged in a deadly, high speed crash that killed his 17-year-old daughter and injured his daughter's best friend, was intoxicated well beyond the legal limit according to the Crown. Michael Shaun Bomford, 54, who now walks with a cane, pleaded not guilty at the start of his trial to charges includingimpaired driving causing death and impaired driving causing bodily harm in connection with the 2016 crash. Bomford’s 17-year-old daughter Meghan died from multiple blun
  
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