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• Indefinite Arts Centre optimistic about provincial funding for expanded home

  16-02-2020 21:56
  
  Calgary’s Indefinite Arts Centre says Feb. 27 could be a very big day for the organization.  The provincial budget drops and the centre is hopeful they will receive $7.5 million from the province, spread out over three years.  The centre offers programs to people living with disabilities.  Their current home is in a building built in 1961 — that was attached to the old Fairview Arena. Its roof collapsed in February 2018 and was subsequently demolished.  “Tha
  
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• How a woman's gift and a viral tweet led to a meet and greet with Jann Arden

  16-02-2020 21:02
  
  Rita Gordon only started using Twitter a month ago.  This is the first message she shared with the Twitterverse. My 1st tweet goes to @jannarden . I am 30, was totally willing to go sit in the back by myself at your concert in Wpg, but when I saw the price of the cheapest tickets.. where can I sell my kidney. Your fan since 1995, Rita Gordon! Xoxo — Rita Gordon (@RitaGor25951035) February 6, 2020What happened next was a random act of kindness that garnered the attention of Jann A
  
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• Alberta woman buys Jann Arden tickets for a stranger in Winnipeg after viral tweet

  16-02-2020 21:02
  
  Rita Gordon only started using twitter a month ago.  This is the first message she shared with the Twitterverse. My 1st tweet goes to @jannarden . I am 30, was totally willing to go sit in the back by myself at your concert in Wpg, but when I saw the price of the cheapest tickets.. where can I sell my kidney. Your fan since 1995, Rita Gordon! Xoxo — Rita Gordon (@RitaGor25951035) February 6, 2020What happened next was a random act of kindness that garnered the attention of Jann A
  
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• Roller skating continues in Calgary, 2 years after Lloyd's shut down

  16-02-2020 20:53
  
  Members of Calgary's roller skating community relived the sport's glory days once again over the weekend during the second annual Lloyd’s Legacy Skate. The event marked the second year since the famous Lloyd's Roller Rink closed its doors for good in February 2018 after being open for more than five decades. Since then, Calgary's roller skating community have been left fighting to find space to continue their passion. The Roller Recreation Association is advocating for a new rink in Calgar
  
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• Oilsands firms see trend of benefits from emission cutting targets, observers say

  16-02-2020 19:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Adopting technologies that cut emissions can also directly save money by reducing a company's overall energy bill.
  
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• Emission-cutting targets a trend with benefits for oilsands firms, observers say

  16-02-2020 18:53
  
  In one of his last interactions with reporters before retiring as CEO of Calgary-based Imperial Oil Ltd., veteran oilman Rich Kruger was typically plain-spoken when asked about the carbon footprint of the oilsands. “We reduced the carbon intensity of every barrel we produce in the oilsands by about 20 per cent over the last five years. (But) we don't brag about it,” he said. Asked about rival Suncor Energy Inc.'s just-announced plan to build a $300-million wind power project in south
  
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• HQ Trivia, which entertained millions, is no more

  16-02-2020 18:16
  
  A popular trivia app known for its fun atmosphere and large cash prizes has come to the end of the road. HQ, which was named Time magazine's app of the year months after its 2017 launch, held its final contest Friday night. CNN reported Friday that HQ co-founder and CEO Rus Yusupov sent a company-wide email stating that the company would immediately "cease operations and move to dissolution" because investors were backing out. Yusupov co-founded HQ with Colin Kroll, who died in 2018 of an appare
  
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• Alex Nylander scores twice, Blackhawks beat Flames to snap 5-game winless skid

  16-02-2020 16:14
  
  Alex Nylander was one of a handful of struggling Blackhawks players to hit the score sheet on Saturday night. Led by Nylander's two goals, Chicago snapped a five-game winless skid with an 8-4 victory over the Calgary Flames. After entering the night with two goals in his previous 34 games, Nylander scored twice in the second period as the Blackhawks took advantage of several defensive miscues to outscore the Flames 4-1 in the middle stanza, despite being outshot 14-7. “I've been working ha
  
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• Legendary Blue Jay Tony Fernandez dead at 57: reports

  16-02-2020 15:13
  
  Legendary Toronto Blue Jay Tony Fernández, who tops the team's all-time leaderboard for hits and games played, has died at the age of 57. “Tony Fernández left for a better life,” the MLB’s official Spanish-language Twitter account tweeted. “He gave us 17 years as a baseball player in #LasMayores and a lifetime of pure baseball.” Earlier this year, Fernández, who was a member of Toronto’s World Series-winning team in 1993, was hospitalized
  
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• Legendary Blue Jay Tony Fernandez dead at 57

  16-02-2020 15:13
  Legendary Toronto Blue Jay Tony Fernández, who tops the team's all-time leaderboard for hits and games played, has died at the age of 57, according to the baseball club. The Toronto Blue Jays put out a statement on Twitter featuring a photo of Fernández, captioning it: “We will miss you, Tony.” The organization called him “one of our clubs most celebrated and respected players,” adding, “Tony left an equally indelible mark in the hearts of a generation
  
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• Chinese President Xi's early involvement in coronavirus outbreak raises questions

  16-02-2020 13:28
  
  A recent speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping that has been published by state media indicates for the first time that he was leading the response to a new virus outbreak from early on in the crisis. The publication of the Feb. 3 speech was an apparent attempt to demonstrate that the Communist Party leadership had acted decisively from the beginning, but also opens Xi up to criticism over why the public was not alerted sooner. In the speech, Xi said he gave instructions on fighting the virus o
  
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• Lotto 649: The results of Saturday night's draw

  16-02-2020 13:22
  
  There was no winning ticket for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a ticket holder in British Columbia. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Feb. 19 will be approximately $7 million.
  
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• No 'mistreatment' of two detained Canadians, says Chinese ambassador

  16-02-2020 13:00
  
  Chinese Ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu says concerns around the treatment of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who have been detained in China for more than a year, are inflated and inaccurate. “Their legal rights are protected, so there is nothing like mistreatment, it’s just hype up of the stories,” said Cong in an interview with CTV’s Question Period host Evan Solomon airing Sunday. Spavor, an entrepreneur, and Kovrig, a former diplomat, were arrested in China in Dec
  
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• WHL Roundup: Saturday, February 15, 2020

  16-02-2020 07:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  KENT, Wash. - Milos Roman scored a hat trick as the Vancouver Giants downed the Seattle Thunderbirds 6-2 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Historic Pincher Creek hotel destroyed by fire - Lethbridge News Now

  16-02-2020 06:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Historic Pincher Creek hotel destroyed by fire  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Protesters gather outside Chinook Centre for anti-fur day

  16-02-2020 06:19
  
  Animal rights activists demonstrated outside CF Chinook Centre on Saturday to take part in National Anti-Fur Day. The group encouraged people not to wear fur, their signs reading, "Animals are not ours to wear," and "Care 4 animals? Why wear them?" Participants told CTV News Calgary they wanted to raise awareness of abuse in animal-based textile industries. "Fur used to have its place for warmth and that, but it doesn't anymore. We don't need it," event organizer Heather Anderson said. "To make
  
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• Teen stabbed in dog park while walking with mother

  16-02-2020 04:52
  
  A teenager walking his dog with his mom Saturday night was the victim of what appears to be a random stabbing. The 15-year-old was taken from the Braeside community to hospital in stable condition. The two were walking in a dog park near 110 Avenue SW and 14 Street SW around 7:55 p.m. when he was stabbed. Officials said the attack appears to be random. Police are still looking for the assaulter. This is a developing story. Information will be updated as it becomes available. 
  
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• Teen stabbed in Calgary dog park while walking with mother

  16-02-2020 04:52
  
  A teenager walking his dog with his mom Saturday night was the victim of what appears to be a random stabbing. The 15-year-old was taken from the Braeside community to hospital in serious condition. Police say the two were walking in an off-leash dog park near 110th Avenue S.W. and 14th Street S.W. around 7:55 p.m. when they came across a man and the teen was stabbed. The man then fled on foot into the community of Southwood. The suspect is described as being between 40 and 50-years-old. At the
  
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• Teen recovering from serious injuries after 'random' dog park stabbing

  16-02-2020 04:52
  
  A teenager walking his dog with his mom Saturday night was stabbed in what appears to be a random attack. Calgary police say the two were walking in an off-leash dog park near 110th Avenue S.W. and 14th Street S.W. around 7:50 p.m. when they came across a man and the teen was stabbed. The man then ran from the Braeside neighbourhood into the community of Southwood. The 15-year-old was taken to hospital in serious condition. “They are serious internal injuries,” Staff Sargent Jeff Mac
  
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• Government of Canada evacuating Canadians on board Diamond Princess cruise ship

  16-02-2020 04:09
  
  The Canadian government has chartered a plane to repatriate Canadians on board the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Yokohama, Japan. Global Affairs Canada confirmed late Saturday night that the decision was taken “because of the extraordinary circumstances faced by passengers on the Diamond Princess and to lighten the burden on the Japanese health-care system.” In what is the largest concentration of people infected with coronavirus outside China, 355 people on the
  
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• Olympian Erica Wiebe becomes Alberta’s first-ever sports ambassador

  16-02-2020 03:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Erica Wiebe is now the province's first-ever ambassador for sport and active living.
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle invited to call Okotoks home

  16-02-2020 02:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, and nine-month-old Archie have been invited to set down some roots in the southern Alberta community of Okotoks.
  
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• Minister reports 'modest progress' after blockade talks with First Nation

  16-02-2020 02:33
  
  Hours of talks between the federal government and representatives of the Mohawk First Nation ended with "modest progress" Saturday evening, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said as he left the meeting near a rail blockade that's shut down train service across much of Eastern Canada. But Miller declined to tell reporters what that progress was, saying he would deliver that message to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau directly. "Tonight, we made some modest progress by opening up a dialogue wi
  
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• Indigenous minister says 'modest' progress made after day-long meeting with Mohawk Nation

  16-02-2020 02:33
  
  Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said that “modest progress” had been made in discussions surrounding a railway blockade in Tyendinaga Mohawk territory which has shut down rail services across eastern Canada.  Miller was speaking in a scrum outside the Belleville community centre where he had met with representatives of the Mohawk Nation all day Saturday. Members of the Nation have been taking part in railway blockades in support of the hereditary chiefs of the Wet&rsquo
  
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• Calgary Olympian named Alberta’s first-ever sports ambassador

  16-02-2020 02:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Saturday, Alberta wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Erica Wiebe was announced as the province’s first-ever ambassador for sport and active living. Michael King reports.
  
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• Calgary Olympian named Alberta ambassador of Sport and Active Living

  16-02-2020 02:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Saturday, Alberta wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Erica Wiebe was announced as the province’s first-ever ambassador for Sport and Active Living. Michael King reports.
  
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• Cruise stranded by virus fears ends with roses in Cambodia - Lethbridge News Now

  16-02-2020 02:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Cruise stranded by virus fears ends with roses in Cambodia  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 2020 Alberta Winter Games lift up Airdrie

  16-02-2020 01:35
  
  From judo, to ringette, to archery, Airdrie is set to have a busy four days.  The 2020 Alberta Winter Games are in town until Monday, and just one night after the opening ceremonies, the mayor is already calling the event a success.  “We are having so much fun,” Peter Brown said. “It’s awesome. The key to this whole thing is to inspire our young community and our young population in Alberta.” In total, 1,800 athletes between the ages of 11 and 17 will comp
  
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• The growing push for medical use of psilocybin in Canada

  16-02-2020 01:03
  
  Growing evidence about the powers of psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic compound produced by several species of mushrooms, being used to treat anxiety and depression has inspired advocates to file a federal court challenge next month to allow its use to treat terminally ill patients. Psychotherapist and professor at the University of Victoria Bruce Tobin has been on the forefront of those advocating to end the prohibition of the drug – highlighting its potential for cancer patie
  
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• Smollett case could complicate reelection of top prosecutor - Lethbridge News Now

  16-02-2020 00:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Smollett case could complicate reelection of top prosecutor  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Negotiations with doctors over compensation 'unsuccessful,' government says

  16-02-2020 00:20
  
  Contract talks between the Alberta government and its doctors have fallen through, with the government reiterating a need to find savings and the medical association saying misinformed cuts will hurt patients. Health Minister Tyler Shandro issued a statement Friday saying the government would start considering "all options at our disposal" after voluntary mediation with the Alberta Medical Association was unsuccessful. AMA President Christine Molnar responded, calling the outcome the result of f
  
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• West side residential fire causes significant smoke damage - Lethbridge News Now

  16-02-2020 00:16 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  West side residential fire causes significant smoke damage  Lethbridge News Now
  
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