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• 'No doubt' conversion therapy still occurs in Canada, says senator pushing for reforms

  16-12-2019 23:54
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has mandated Justice Minister David Lametti to move forward with a ban on conversion therapy, a practice that is “no doubt” still occurring in Canada, according to a senator who has been pushing for reforms. Lametti has been ordered to work with Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth Bardish Chagger to amend the Criminal Code to ban the practice, as outlined in his mandate letter from Trudeau that was made public on Dec. 13, and which builds on a
  
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• Housing 'oversupply' tilts prairie market in favour of buyers

  16-12-2019 23:22
  
  Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) numbers show a climb in housing prices nationally while over the same period home prices in Saskatchewan and Alberta fell. During November, the average sale price in Canada rose 8.4 per cent year over year, according to the CREA report. However, the average home price in Saskatoon, Edmonton and Calgary dropped two per cent year over year during November. "An oversupply of homes relative to demand across much of Alberta and Saskatchewan means sales negotiat
  
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• Christmas comes early as fire department receives 3,000 smoke alarms from Kidde Canada

  16-12-2019 23:20
  
  The Calgary Fire Department received an early Christmas present Monday: 3000 smoke alarms from Kidde Canada  to help prevent fatalities from house fires. The gift, valued at $115,000 will be used as part of the CFD’s home safety program. Since 1996 CALGARY firefighters have been knocking on doors across the city, sharing important home safe information as well as inspecting, installing and replacing batteries in smoke alarms. “This is a significant donation and this is going to
  
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• Arizona Coyotes acquire Taylor Hall from New Jersey Devils for picks, prospects

  16-12-2019 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Arizona Coyotes have landed Taylor Hall.
  
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• Kaetlyn Osmond shares difficult transition from competitive skating: ‘I should have reached out more’

  16-12-2019 22:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  After deciding to leave competitive figure skating, Kaetlyn Osmond shut out that life and her team, cut her hair and moved to Toronto.
  
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• Medical emergency strikes Alberta couple on vacation, now they struggle to get home after medevac insurance exhausted

  16-12-2019 21:47
  
  A Crossfield couple on holiday in the Dominican Republic is facing a massive bill for a medical evacuation back to Canada. Greg and Jody Day were vacationing in Puerto Plata in early December when Greg became ill two days into their trip. What seemed like a sore throat developed very quickly into a medical emergency. Greg excused himself from dinner, saying he wasn't feeling and soon after began to vomit severly. Greg's esophagus had ruptured, requiring an emergency trip to the hospital. After s
  
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• Alberta couple stranded in Florida following medical emergency on Caribbean trip

  16-12-2019 21:47
  
  A Crossfield couple on holiday in the Dominican Republic is facing a massive bill for a medical evacuation back to Canada. Greg and Jody Day were vacationing in Puerto Plata in early December when Greg became ill two days into their trip. What seemed like a sore throat developed very quickly into a medical emergency. Greg excused himself from dinner, saying he wasn't feeling and soon after began to vomit severly. Greg's esophagus had ruptured, requiring an emergency trip to the hospital. After s
  
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• Gabriel Klein knew repeated stabbing could lead to girl’s death at B.C. school: Crown

  16-12-2019 21:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Macgowan told B.C. Supreme Court in closing arguments that both the Crown and the defence have agreed the only verdicts are either guilty of second-degree murder or manslaughter.
  
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• A timeline of key events in the murders of Barry and Honey Sherman

  16-12-2019 20:39
  
  On Monday, Toronto police announced that the private investigation into the murders of billionaires Honey and Barry Sherman had concluded. The police investigation, however, is ongoing and investigators are appealing to the public for more information as the two year anniversary of the tragedy approaches. Here is a timeline of key events in the case of Barry and Honey Sherman: Dec. 13, 2017: The Shermans are seen alive for the last time. Dec. 15, 2017: The bodies of Honey, 70, and Barry, 75, She
  
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• Calgary man charged in multiple gas station robberies

  16-12-2019 20:05
  
  Calgary police have charged a 54-year-old man in a string of gas station robberies that happened at knifepoint last month in the city. The first one happened at 8:45 a.m. on Nov. 15 at a Husky station in southeast Calgary. Police say a man walked into the store and asked to buy cigarettes. When the clerk's back was turned, the suspect pulled a knife and demanded she open the till. He then grabbed the money and ran. The second one happened on Nov. 18 at 11:20 a.m. at the Petro Canada on 5004 Cent
  
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• Lawyers argue before Alberta Court of Appeal over federal carbon tax dispute

  16-12-2019 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lawyers for the Alberta government have started arguments before the province's top court against the federal carbon tax.
  
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• Suspect charged following weekend assault in Lethbridge

  16-12-2019 19:17
  
  A 41-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a weekend attack that sent one man to hospital with multiple facial fractures. Lethbridge Police Service members were called to the 3500 block of Sylvan Road S. in the early morning hours of Saturday after blood was found in and around an apartment building. A 51-year-old man who was bleeding profusely from his head was found inside a suite and transported to hospital. Police determined the man had been involved in an argument Fr
  
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• Want to buy alcohol or cannabis on Christmas Day in Alberta? Now you can

  16-12-2019 18:53
  
  Liquor and cannabis stores can now open their doors on Christmas Day in Alberta. Alberta, Gaming Liquor & Cannabis (AGLC) changed its policy to allow these stores to operate on Dec. 25 if they choose to. The government says the decision cuts red tape and supports businesses to make "decisions that best support their operational needs." Minors-prohibited establishments, where people under the age of 18 are prohibited and liquor is served, can also open that day.
  
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• Liquor and cannabis stores can be open on Christmas Day: AGLC

  16-12-2019 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to a news release, the changes to the AGLC policy are being made as part of the government's ongoing effort to reduce red tape in the province.
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to manslaughter as part of plea deal in Alberta First Nation stabbing

  16-12-2019 18:15
  
  A woman has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing another woman at a home on an Alberta First Nation northwest of Red Deer. Chelsey Lagrelle, 23, was charged with manslaughter in the death of Samantha Sharpe, 25, after Sharpe died on Sunchild First Nation land early on Dec. 11, 2018. RCMP were called to the First Nation after a man and woman were allegedly assaulted. Court heard that Sharpe and Lagrelle were at a house when the latter became intoxicated, grabbed a kitchen knife and twice stabbed Sh
  
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• Plea expected in manslaughter on central Alberta First Nation

  16-12-2019 18:15
  
  A woman charged in the death of another woman on an Alberta First Nation northwest of Red Deer is expected to enter her plea in court today. Chelsey Lagrelle, 23, was charged with manslaughter and assault with a weapon in the death of Samantha Sharpe, 25, after Sharpe died on Sunchild First Nation land early Wed., Dec 11.Charges laid in central Alberta homicideRCMP were called to the First Nation after a man and woman were allegedly assaulted. Police determined the death was a homicide and took
  
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• Body found in Beltline office building

  16-12-2019 17:33
  
  The Calgary Police Service is investigating after a body was found Monday morning in an office building in the Beltline. Officers responded to Sunrise Square in the 600 block of 11th Avenue Southwest shortly before 7 a.m. after someone located a dead person on the premises. The age and gender of the deceased, as well as the nature of their death, have not been released. Representatives from the Office of the Medical Examiner were deployed to the scene. This is a developing story. It will be upda
  
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• Significant slip in support for UCP over job, economy and budget cuts: poll

  16-12-2019 15:31
  
  The UCP government has experienced a major drop in public support over the last two months according to a new ThinkHQ poll out Monday morning. According to the poll, a majority of Albertans (53 per cent) disapprove of the provincial government’s performance. The poll found 44 per cent of Albertans approve of the performance. Broken down further, 38 per cent strongly disapprove of the government’s performance while only 16 percent strongly approve. Compared to mid-October, approval fo
  
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• Police identify 16 new potential victims after arrest of ex-Montreal police officer, hockey coach

  16-12-2019 15:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police say the alleged sexual assaults occurred between 1972 and 1997.
  
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• City to cap top speed of shared e-scooters, create parking areas

  16-12-2019 15:07
  
  Electronic scooters will return to Calgary's streets and pathways in the spring but their reintroduction will arrive with a reduced maximum speed. With consideration to the public feedback collected from more than 9,000 Calgarians in the fall, city officials have altered the rules governing e-scooters and their riders. The shared e-scooters will have their top speed capped at 15 km/h in high traffic areas in 2020.  The maximum speed of the vehicles had previously been 20 km/h and will be ad
  
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• Calgary International Airport prepares for busiest travel week of the year

  16-12-2019 14:27
  
  Staff at the Calgary International Airport are bracing for a surge of holiday travellers for its busiest week of the year.  Nearly one million guests are expected to pass through the domestic and international terminals from Monday Dec. 16 and Sunday Jan. 5.  That’s an average of around 47,000 people every single day, with the busiest day predicted to be Friday Dec 20 where 50,000 guests are expected.  "We advise guests travelling through YYC to check with your airline befor
  
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• Calgary International Airport prepares for busiest travel time of the year

  16-12-2019 14:27
  
  Staff at the Calgary International Airport are bracing for a surge of holiday travellers for its busiest time of the year.  Nearly one million guests are expected to pass through the domestic and international terminals from Monday Dec. 16 and Sunday Jan. 5.  That’s an average of around 47,000 people every single day, with the busiest day predicted to be Friday Dec 20 where 50,000 guests are expected.  "We advise guests travelling through YYC to check with your airline befor
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to face First Nations’ legal challenge

  16-12-2019 14:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  A three-day hearing is scheduled to begin today in Vancouver.
  
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• Jason Kenney heads to London to promote Alberta's energy to international markets

  16-12-2019 13:28
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney heads to the UK today for a trip his office says will highlight the province's “responsible energy sector” and to counter what Kenney says is a campaign against investment in the oilsands. A news release says Kenney will speak with international business leaders and financial institutions during the three-day trip to London to “reassert investment confidence in Alberta's economy.” It says the meetings will also “underscore the province's
  
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• Alberta, Ottawa head to province's Appeal Court over carbon tax dispute

  16-12-2019 13:15
  
  About a year ago, Alberta's United Conservative Party leader stood in front of 1,500 raucous supporters and called the federal carbon tax an act of “economic masochism” that he would fight with everything in his power if he were elected premier. Jason Kenney did win the election last spring, and government lawyers are to argue today before Alberta's Appeal Court that he should win his tax fight, too.Watch the special hearing live at CTVNewsEdmonton.ca“Alberta says that this is
  
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• Alberta, Ottawa argue over carbon tax in Alberta Appeal Court

  16-12-2019 13:15
  
  Lawyers for the Alberta government say the federal Liberals are justifying a carbon tax with a section of the Constitution that was never intended to let Ottawa trample on provincial powers. Alberta is the latest province to challenge the tax. Ontario and Saskatchewan lost cases in their top courts, but are appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada. Peter Gall told the Alberta Court of Appeal on Monday that the argument that climate change is an urgent national concern that only the federal gover
  
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• Alberta fights Ottawa on 'invasive' carbon tax in Appeal Court hearing

  16-12-2019 13:15
  
  Allowing Ottawa's carbon tax law to stand would give the federal government a tool it could use to repeatedly chip away at provincial powers, lawyers for the Alberta government argued Monday. “If you uphold this legislation, you're opening the door to exactly that type of thing,” Peter Gall told a panel of five Alberta Court of Appeal judges. The federal government justifies the law under a section of the Constitution that allows Ottawa to step in over issues of “national conce
  
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• Federal carbon tax ‘sets a dangerous precedent’ as constitutional review starts: Alberta justice minister

  16-12-2019 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal carbon tax is set to take effect on Alberta consumers on Jan. 1, imposing a $30-per-tonne charge on gasoline, diesel, propane and natural gas.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Sunday, December 15, 2019

  16-12-2019 05:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nolan Maier kicked out 24 shots as the Saskatoon Blades beat the Prince Albert Raiders 4-1 on Sunday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Skier critically injured at Lake Louise

  16-12-2019 04:36
  
  A 21-year-old skier was flown to hospital after falling and getting seriously hurt in Banff National Park on Sunday. STARS Air Ambulance told CTV News Calgary the man was skiing at Lake Louise when he fell and sustained "critical injuries." STAR-1 took him from Banff to Foothills Medical Centre.
  
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• New air travel rules take effect

  16-12-2019 01:40
  
  As the Calgary International Airport bustled with holiday-bound travelers on Sudnay, some passengers celebrated the new Passenger Bill of Rights. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) made effective on Dec. 15 a second phase of new rules, outlining what compensation airlines are obligated to pay when flights are delayed or cancelled. "It's a step in the right direction because that sets the tone for the airline to basically change the game, and put passengers as the priority," said Victor Ess
  
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• Sherwood Park woman takes her jewelry from local markets to the Golden Globes

  16-12-2019 01:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Sherwood Park woman has been asked to feature her jewelry at the gifting suite at the Golden Globes.
  
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• Police investigating suspicious death in northeast Calgary

  16-12-2019 00:04
  
  Calgary homicide detectives are on scene of a suspicious death in Northeast Calgary. A residence in the Winston Heights area is surrounded by police tape. This is a developing story. Information will be updated as it becomes available.
  
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