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• ‘Can’t fit it under the tree:’ Calgary church shares Christmas spirit with free turkey dinner

  22-12-2019 23:17
  
  It’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, but for Calgarians who find themselves struggling, one Christian organization is making sure families in need enjoy a Christmas meal. Turkey dinners were provided for more than 1,000 Calgarians across three Victory Foundation campuses and numerous sittings on Sunday. The tradition began 36 years ago, but this year marks the fifth event at the Neighbourhood Victory Outreach Church in Ogden. "You can’t fit it under the tree, this
  
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• Sixty-nine Canadians giving up holidays to help with Australian wildfires

  22-12-2019 23:01
  
  Sixty-nine Canadians are giving up their holidays at home to join the battle for the first time against the deadly wildfires devastating vast tracts of several Australian states. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says a contingent of 21 highly trained staff from a variety of agencies left Canada on Dec. 3, for a 38 day deployment in New South Wales after the centre received an official request for assistance. On Dec. 19 a second group of 30 Canadians was sent in for a 38 day deployment
  
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• Nearly 20,000 non-native salmon escaped after fire at B.C. fish farm

  22-12-2019 22:34
  
  Most of the 21,000 Atlantic salmon that were in a Vancouver Island fish farm pen damaged by fire have escaped, the company who operates the farm confirmed Sunday. The breach happened on Friday, but on Saturday the company, Mowi, was still inspecting the damage and couldn't yet confirm the number of fish that had made their way out of the pen and into the ocean near Port Hardy. The news that most of the fish did indeed escape has confirmed the worst fears of wild salmon advocate Tavish Campbell,
  
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• What’s open during Christmas holidays in Calgary

  22-12-2019 22:18
  
  It’s that festive time of year once again where people gather with family and friends around the table or a tree. But there are some folks who have to work to keep the city running and Calgarians happy, so here’s a list of what’s open and closed around the holidays. Shopping If you need a last-minute gift for a friend or relative overlooked on your list, Calgary malls will be open on Dec. 24 until 5 p.m. They will then stay closed until Boxing Day when the shops will reopen at
  
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• 1 dead after plane bound for Courtenay crashes near Stewardson Inlet

  22-12-2019 21:23
  
  The BC Coroners Service has confirmed one person is dead after a plane crashed on Vancouver Island Saturday night. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria told CTV News Vancouver Island the plane was due in Tofino that evening, but never arrived. B.C. RCMP later said in a release that the plane was overdue for arrival in Courtenay, B.C., not Tofino. A crash site was discovered Sunday morning on land near Stewardson Inlet, the JRCC said.UPDATE: BC Coroner has been notified of one fatalit
  
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• Fatal shooting at Red Deer Walmart was random; 2 people facing charges

  22-12-2019 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to Red Deer RCMP, the shooting was not targeted, but was the result of an altercation between the victim and one of the suspects.
  
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• 'They took my best friend': Wife of killed man recalls shooting outside Red Deer Walmart

  22-12-2019 18:22
  The wife of a man who was shot outside a Red Deer Walmart on Friday says she can’t understand the act of random violence. Two people were charged in the fatal shooting of 69-year-old Jim Williams, police announced on Sunday, also revealing the incident was not targeted as was first suspected. Roxine Williams told CTV News Edmonton they had gone to the store to pick up deoderant, and she stayed behind waiting for her husband in their vehicle. Jim was getting in the car when Roxine says she
  
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• Police say fatal Red Deer Walmart shooting not targeted as pair charged

  22-12-2019 18:22
  
  Two people have been charged in the shooting death of a man at a Red Deer Walmart Friday night. The shooting was initially believed to be a targeted attack, but the investigation by Alberta RCMP revealed this was not the case. Charles Williams, 69, and his wife were leaving the store when Williams was approached by a man. There was a scuffle and Williams was fatally shot. The suspect then fled the scene in a stolen vehicle, which was driven by a woman. Shortly after the shooting Rimbey RCMP rece
  
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• 'Wexit' should heed pitfalls faced by other separatist movements: experts

  22-12-2019 16:17
  
  Recent secessionist movements in the world offer few encouraging examples to western Canadians who are miffed at the federal government and think they'd be better off living in a separate country. "Wexit" -- an apparent play on the nickname for the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union -- was in few Canadians' lexicons before October when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals were re-elected, but reduced to a minority and shut out of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Paul Hamilton, a politica
  
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• 2 charged in robbery of High River Filipino restaurant

  22-12-2019 15:55
  
  Two men have been arrested and charged in the robbery of a High River Filipino restaurant earlier this month where two people were threatened by masked men wielding machetes. The robbery happened on Dec. 1 at Marquis's Rock-A-Doodles Chicken in the 400 block of Centre St. S.E. shortly after 8 p.m. RCMP said the suspects took cash from the video lottery terminals then forced an employee to show them where the restaurant's safe was located. They took the safe and fled the scene in a truck. Robert
  
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• Poilievre the most likely contender to succeed Scheer: Conservative insider

  22-12-2019 13:15
  
  Longtime Conservative strategist Jason Lietaer is placing his bets on Tory MP Pierre Poilievre as the likely successor to former party leader Andrew Scheer. Speaking on CTV’s Question Period airing Sunday, Lietaer said the current finance critic’s swift ground game has positioned himself ahead of the pack of potential frontrunners. "While other people are sort of sleeping and trying to figure out ‘should I be in, should I be out’ Pierre is working. He’s been across
  
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• 123 Calgarians who died while experiencing homelessness in 2019 remembered at vigil

  22-12-2019 05:37
  
  On the winter solstice—the longest night of the year—Calgarians commemorated 123 people who died while living on the streets in 2019. The fifth “Longest Night of the Year” vigil was held Dec. 21 at Calgary City Hall in remembrance of those who passed while experiencing homelessness. The Client Action Committee and Calgary Homeless Foundation organize it. “There is a release and healing that comes from honouring someone’s life. For people in homeless, they may
  
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• Calgary police, Alberta RCMP searching for man wanted on domestic offences

  22-12-2019 03:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dallas Donald Curtis, 31, of Claresholm, Alta., is wanted on warrants for three counts of uttering threats and one count of failing to comply with a court order, police said.
  
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• Two-vehicle crash kills 2, leaves 5 others injured north of Edmonton

  22-12-2019 01:38
  
  Two people died and five others were seriously injured in a crash on Highway 28 northeast of Edmonton Saturday afternoon. RCMP said officers were called to Highway 28 near Range Road 223 at 4:26 p.m., after an eastbound vehicle and a westbound vehicle crashed. One vehicle was carrying five people. Its driver and front passenger died on scene. Three children in the vehicle, as well as two people in the second vehicle, needed to be extricated by firefighters with the jaws of life, Redwater RCMP De
  
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• Home builder offers free housing for Bankview apartment fire residents over Christmas

  22-12-2019 01:23
  
  Calgarians are rallying to help residents who were forced out of their homes when a fire tore through their 56-unit condo building in the southwest on Friday. Calgary Fire Department was called to the Valhalla View complex in Bankview at 4:30 p.m. and worked to douse hot spots and monitor air quality through to Saturday afternoon. On Saturday, officials said it was still unclear when most residents would be allowed in for escorted visits to retrieve belongings. Robin Malhodra's family is among t
  
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• Rally held at Alberta legislature against provincial cuts

  22-12-2019 01:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  A demonstration was held in front of the Alberta legislature on Saturday by a group concerned about cuts made by the provincial government.
  
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• Lethbridge police, community group join forces to shut down drug house: police

  22-12-2019 00:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police also say that nobody is allowed on the property until the end of February as the house will be monitored by police.
  
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