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• Calgary police renew pleas for help finding missing man David-Alexandre Beliveau

  14-10-2021 23:57
  
  Calgary police are once again asking the public for help finding a missing man who hasn't been seen for more than six weeks.  David-Alexandre Beliveau, 36, was last seen in the community of Shaganappi at around 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 4.  His family then reported him missing on Sept. 27, saying it is out of character for Beliveau to be out of touch.  He is described as 170 centimetres (5’7”) tall, about 185 pounds, with a medium build, green eyes, a bald head and a b
  
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• Lights, camera, closure! Major Calgary access point shut down for film production

  14-10-2021 23:36
  
  Drivers headed into the downtown core will have to find a different route, the city says, as a film shoot is scheduled to take place on the Fourth Avenue flyover. The closure is expected to begin at 9:30 a.m. Friday and will continue all the way to 6 a.m. on Monday. A section of Memorial Drive, between Fourth Street and 12 Street N.E., will also be impacted by the production. There are no details on what production is being filmed at the location.CLOSURES FOR FILMING: The 4 Ave flyover will be c
  
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• Lights, camera, closure! 4th Avenue flyover into downtown Calgary shut down for days for film production

  14-10-2021 23:36
  
  Drivers headed into the downtown core from Memorial Drive to the east will have to find a different route as a film shoot is underway on the Fourth Avenue flyover. The closure is now in place and will continue through to 6 a.m. Monday. A section of Memorial Drive, between Fourth Street and 12th Street N.E., will also be impacted by the production. There are no details on what production is being filmed at the location.CLOSURES FOR FILMING: The 4 Ave flyover will be closed from 9:30 am on Friday
  
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• 'A really big boom': Calgary businesses catering to pets thrive during pandemic

  14-10-2021 23:30
  
  Isolating during the COVID-19 pandemic has had many Calgarians seeking companionship from cats and dogs. And now entrepreneurs who were starting their pet supply businesses in 2019 have seen a massive boom more than a year later. "We saw an increase of 600 per cent on, I believe it was March 15 when it was declared a pandemic," said Jarrod Warkentin, the owner of Fetch and Stay. "We were ready, you know, there were no hiccups." Warkentin has a storefront but his main focus is on free pet food de
  
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• Hinshaw apologizes to Alta. family upset death of boy with inoperable brain tumour was reported 'another COVID case'

  14-10-2021 23:15
  
  The family of a 14-year-old Alberta boy who recently died doesn’t want his nine-month cancer fight overlooked because he tested positive for COVID-19 shortly before dying. Nathanael Spitzer’s death on Oct. 7 was reported by the province several days later as Alberta’s youngest COVID-19 fatality. But Nathanael’s siblings say doctors found an inoperable tumour on their brother’s brain months earlier. “It was a high-grade glioma and the doctors, they didn’t
  
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• Hinshaw apologizes to Alta. family upset death of boy with inoperable brain tumour reported 'another COVID case'

  14-10-2021 23:15
  
  The family of a 14-year-old Alberta boy who recently died doesn’t want his nine-month cancer fight overlooked because he tested positive for COVID-19 shortly before dying. Nathanael Spitzer’s death on Oct. 7 was reported by the province several days later as Alberta’s youngest COVID-19 fatality. But Nathanael’s siblings say doctors found an inoperable tumour on their brother’s brain months earlier. “It was a high-grade glioma and the doctors, they didn’t
  
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• Hinshaw apologizes to Alta. family upset death of boy with inoperable brain tumor reported 'another COVID case'

  14-10-2021 23:15
  
  The family of a 14-year-old Alberta boy who recently died doesn’t want his nine-month cancer fight overlooked because he tested positive for COVID-19 shortly before dying. Nathanael Spitzer’s death on Oct. 7 was reported by the province several days later as Alberta’s youngest COVID-19 fatality. But Nathanael’s siblings say doctors found an inoperable tumour on their brother’s brain months earlier. “It was a high-grade glioma and the doctors, they didn’t
  
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• Hinshaw apologizes after Alberta mistakenly reports 14-year-old's cancer death was caused by COVID-19

  14-10-2021 23:15
  
  The family of a 14-year-old Alberta boy who recently died doesn’t want his nine-month cancer fight overlooked because he tested positive for COVID-19 shortly before dying. Nathanael Spitzer’s death on Oct. 7 was reported by the province several days later as Alberta’s youngest COVID-19 fatality. But Nathanael’s siblings say doctors found an inoperable tumour on their brother’s brain months earlier. “It was a high-grade glioma and the doctors, they didn’t
  
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• Alta. family upset death of boy with inoperable brain tumor reported 'another COVID case'

  14-10-2021 23:15
  
  The family of a 14-year-old Alberta boy who recently died doesn’t want his nine-month cancer fight overlooked because he tested positive for COVID-19 shortly before dying. Nathanael Spitzer’s death on Oct. 7 was reported by the province several days later as Alberta’s youngest COVID-19 fatality. But Nathanael’s siblings say doctors found an inoperable tumour on their brother’s brain months earlier. “It was a high-grade glioma and the doctors, they didn’t
  
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• Rocky View County man dies in Monday night head-on collision on Hwy. 8

  14-10-2021 23:10
  
  A 33-year-old man is dead following a head-on collision Monday night on Hwy. 8. The incident took place around 9:17 p.m. just east of Range Road 40, when an SUV travelling east collided head-on with a westbound semi-tractor as it tried to pass another vehicle. The 33-year-old, from Rocky View County, was driving the SUV. He was pronounced dead on scene. The 63-year-old driver of the semi-tractor, who's from Chilliwack B.C., received minor injuries and was transported to hospital. No charges are
  
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• Investigator testifies stroller, burnt clothing found near bodies of Calgary mother, daughter

  14-10-2021 22:59
  
  A stroller, a child's cursive writing book and burnt material were found near where Calgary police unearthed the bodies of a mother and daughter in a shallow grave southwest of the city in May 2019. Forensic investigator Const. Jim Weeks told the second-degree murder trial of Robert Leeming Thursday that a fire pit and a nearby culvert were searched after the remains of Jasmine Lovett and 22-month-old Aliyah Sanderson were found under the dirt, wrapped in blankets. They had disappeared
  
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• Janus Academy opens doors of new school for children with special needs

  14-10-2021 22:40
  
  A Calgary school for children on the spectrum hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at its new location as it prepares to welcome more students. Janus Academy opened the doors to its school in the 400 block of 33 Street N.E. Thursday that will bring together students from its two existing schools and include space for new children as well. "It's extremely urgent for this kind of an education especially for the students that we offer services to," explained Carlene Chrumka, executive director of Janus
  
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• What you need to know if you want to cross the U.S. land border on Nov. 8

  14-10-2021 22:39
  
  Starting Nov. 8, the United States will be opening its land and sea border to non-essential fully vaccinated Canadian travellers for the first time since March 2020. The border reopening means that Canadians can drive into the U.S. to visit family, or take a day trip, something Canada has allowed fully vaccinated Americans to do since Aug. 9. Here’s what we know so far. WHAT IS CONSIDERED “FULLY VACCINATED”? Travellers are considered fully vaccinated if they have had both doses
  
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• U.S. land border reopening to Canadians Nov. 8: What you need to know

  14-10-2021 22:39
  
  Starting Nov. 8, the United States will be opening its land and sea border to non-essential fully vaccinated Canadian travellers for the first time since March 2020. While the Public Health Agency of Canada is still advising against non-essential international travel, the border reopening means that Canadians can drive into the U.S. to visit family, or take a day trip, something Canada has allowed fully vaccinated Americans to do since Aug. 9. Other than the official date of the reopening, which
  
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• 'Creativity with a purpose': Students help reshape the city of Calgary using Minecraft

  14-10-2021 22:14
  
  A new partnership has Calgary students logging into a massively popular video game to envision how they would see the downtown core in the future. The City of Calgary's Downtown Strategy Team, along with the Calgary Public Library and Microsoft Canada, have launched Level Up, Calgary!, an event that gives Calgary Board of Education students an opportunity to put their building skills, honed in Minecraft, to the test. "(The event) is the first Minecraft: Education Edition challenge of its kind in
  
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• CDI College students demand refunds for retired course certificates, school insists courses still valid

  14-10-2021 21:51
  
  Reece Soukoroff will soon graduate from the CDI College cybersecurity program in Calgary, but says the post-secondary institution failed to prepare him for work in the industry and wrongfully charged him for four Microsoft Server 2016 courses that have now been retired.   “I’m graduating without any certifications in all of my Microsoft Windows Server courses and Windows is the biggest operating system in the entire universe,” he said. “The school was well aware
  
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• Shortage of rig workers could slow Canadian oilpatch recovery, industry warns

  14-10-2021 21:20
  
  As Canada's energy sector seeks to capitalize on high oil and gas prices and recover from a six-year downturn, a shortage of rig workers threatens to curtail the industry's growth. After years of depressed prices, layoffs, and consolidation, oil and gas companies in Western Canada are once again ramping up production – this time to meet rising global energy demand as COVID-19 restrictions ease around the world. According to The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC),
  
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• Improper cosmetic procedure leads to sanction against Calgary doctor

  14-10-2021 20:21
  
  A Calgary family physician has been reprimanded and ordered to pay more than $12,000 following a cosmetic operation performed on a patient. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) says Dr. Natasha Iyer failed to recognize and treat "a vascular event" that occurred in a patient that she had performed a Teosyal injection procedure on. According to the hearing tribunal's decision, the incident resulted in bleeding and infection that required treatment with IV antibiotics. "The even
  
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• Raymond man pleads guilty to three child sex-related charges - Lethbridge News Now

  14-10-2021 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Raymond man pleads guilty to three child sex-related charges  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Broadway musical 'Anastasia' coming to Calgary this winter

  14-10-2021 19:45
  
  Broadway musical Anastasia is coming to Calgary for a series of shows in early January, marking its Alberta première. Anastasia tells the story of Anya, a brave young woman who sets out to discover the mystery of her past, while pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer determined to silence her. Anya enlists the aid of a conman and an ex-aristocrat, and together they embark on an adventure to help her find home, love, and family. From the Tony Award-winning creators of the Broadway classic Ra
  
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• GPS leads RCMP to stolen trucks in southern Alberta, 2 men face charges

  14-10-2021 19:44
  
  Two men from Medicine Hat are facing charges following a crime spree in southern Alberta that involved break-ins at several businesses. It began just before 9 p.m. on Oct. 5, when two people broke into a locked compound and gained access to a building by smashing an office window. "Inside, the suspects stole numerous items including tools, credit and fuel cards and personal items belonging to employees. Prior to leaving the area, the suspects were confronted by an employee entering the compound,
  
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• Hinshaw stresses importance of flu vaccine during Alberta’s fourth wave of COVID-19

  14-10-2021 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  As the province continues to grapple with the fourth wave of COVID-19, Alberta's Dr. Deena Hinshaw is urging Albertans to get vaccinated against influenza as soon as possible.
  
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• Calgary woman wanted on warrants believed to be in Saskatchewan

  14-10-2021 18:51
  
  Police searching for a Calgary woman wanted on a multiple warrants say she is believed to be in Saskatchewan.  Sarah Dawn Wilm, 30, is wanted in connection to a break-and-enter at a house in northeast Calgary on Sunday, Aug. 8. Police said the residents living at the home were threatened with a knife.  The warrant for Wilm's arrest was issued after police reviewed CCTV footage from the scene. She is also wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for breaching conditions of her release after
  
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• Aeroplan points policy costs loyal member everything, nearly half million miles lost

  14-10-2021 18:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The entire contents of her travel loyalty account with Aeroplan had been wiped out: nearly half a million miles.
  
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• Hinshaw, Yiu to give COVID-19 update Thursday

  14-10-2021 18:39
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw and Dr. Verna Yiu will give a COVID-19 update Thursday afternoon. Watch the press conference with the chief medical officer of health and Alberta Health Services CEO and president on CTVNewsEdmonton.ca at 3:30 p.m. On Wednesday, Alberta Health reported 38 COVID-19 deaths and 652 new cases. Alberta has 1,027 patients in hospital, 236 of whom are in ICU. Just over 85 per cent of eligible Albertans have one vaccine dose and 76.2 per cent have two.
  
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• 'Another tragically high total': Alberta reports 30 deaths, 916 new COVID-19 cases

  14-10-2021 18:39
  
  Alberta reported 916 new cases of COVID-19 and 30 deaths from the disease at a pandemic update Thursday afternoon. The province completed about 12,700 tests, translating to a 7.5 per cent positivity rate. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said the deaths reported Thursday were from Oct. 7 to 13, and that the majority of people were unvaccinated. “This is another tragically high total,” she said. “The high number of fatalities that we have seen recently are the r
  
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• Flood-ravaged High River, Alta. neighbourhood proves suitable stand-in for The Last of Us

  14-10-2021 18:38
  
  A southern Alberta town received $100,000 in compensation after hosting The Last of Us, a major HBO production, and now the funds will be utilized for outstanding projects benefiting the town's children. The roughly three weeks of filming of the HBO series based on the popular video games, in High River, Alta. generated significant income for the town south of Calgary. "The Last of Us first started to approach us back in February of this year with Jason Nolan, who lives in High River and is a si
  
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• Filming of The Last of Us to have lasting impact on High River, Alta.

  14-10-2021 18:38
  
  A southern Alberta town received $100,000 in compensation after hosting a major HBO production and the funds will be utilized for outstanding projects benefiting the town's children. Filming of The Last of Us, an HBO television series based on the popular video games, in the area of Beachwood in High River, Alta. generated $1,000 per day for the town. The funds would normally be split evenly between the town's Community Vitality Advisory Committee and public arts, but HBO requested that the doll
  
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• $100K worth of stolen tools, truck and trailers recovered by Innisfail RCMP

  14-10-2021 18:33
  
  After spotting a stolen trailer, Innisfail RCMP arrested two men and recovered more than $100,000 worth of tools, which investigators are now working to return to the rightful owners. Members of the Southern Alberta District Crime Reduction Team (SADCRT) and Innisfail RCMP spotted a pickup truck hauling a flat deck trailer on Sept. 24 and a check showed the trailer, worth about $20,000, had been reported stolen from Sylvan Lake. Police followed the truck until it pulled into a gas station in Pen
  
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• $100K worh of stolen tools, truck and trailers recovered by Innisfail RCMP

  14-10-2021 18:33
  
  After spotting a stolen trailer, Innisfail RCMP arrested two men and recovered more than $100,000 worth of tools, which investigators are now working to return to the rightful owners. Members of the Southern Alberta District Crime Reduction Team (SADCRT) and Innisfail RCMP spotted a pickup truck hauling a flat deck trailer on Sept. 24 and a check showed the trailer, worth about $20,000, had been reported stolen from Sylvan Lake. Police followed the truck until it pulled into a gas station in Pen
  
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• ‘Parents are asking all the right questions,’ as COVID-19 vaccine for kids awaits approval: expert

  14-10-2021 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  As Health Canada reviews COVID-19 vaccine data for ages five to 11, a Calgary pediatrician says some parents are hesitant to give their children the shot.
  
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• Coal and oil sector bump manufacturing sales by 0.5% in August: Statistics Canada

  14-10-2021 16:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  The increase came as petroleum and coal product sales climbed 7.3 per cent to $6.6 billion in August to reach their highest level since May 2019.
  
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• Out-of-province health-care workers help expand capacity at Alberta hospitals

  14-10-2021 15:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nine Canadian Red Cross registered nurses have been deployed across Alberta, in addition to a team from Newfoundland and Labrador and nurses from the Canadian Armed Forces. Kim Smith explains where they are helping Alberta fight the fourth wave of COVID-19.
  
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• Uptrending into the high teens this weekend in Calgary

  14-10-2021 15:30
  
  I regret to inform you that the next few articles may be shorter. If you subscribe to the idea that "less news is probably good news," you're right! West wind off of the foothills piles in over the next two days, potentially triggering warning conditions to the southwest – the better shot for this is tomorrow. Those who deal with pressure sensitivities may not be a huge fan of these adjustments. Beyond, it's sublime warming conditions for the weekend, as a ridge of high pressure jumps in o
  
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• China launches 3 astronauts on 6-month space station mission

  14-10-2021 15:02
  
  China's Shenzhou-13 spacecraft carrying three Chinese astronauts on Saturday docked at its space station, kicking off a record-setting six-month stay as the country moves toward completing the new orbiting outpost. The spacecraft was launched by a Long March-2F rocket at 12:23 a.m. Saturday and docked with the Tianhe core module of the Tiangong space station at 6:56 a.m., approximately six and a half hours later. The two men and one woman are the second crew to move into the space station, which
  
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• Trans-Canada Highway crash near Chestermere sends 2 to hospital

  14-10-2021 14:34
  
  Two men were taken to hospital following a Wednesday night crash near the east edge of the city of Chestermere. EMS crews responded to a location on the Trans-Canada Highway near Range Road 281 shortly before 9 p.m. after two vehicles collided. According to EMS officials, a man in his 30s, who had been trapped in the wreckage, was airlifted to the Foothills Medical Centre by STARS Air Ambulance in serious but non-life threatening condition. A man in his 20s was taken by ground ambulance to the F
  
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• Lethbridge Chamber announces business of the year award finalists - Lethbrige Herald

  14-10-2021 12:59 via lethbridgeherald.com
  
  Lethbridge Chamber announces business of the year award finalists  Lethbrige Herald
  
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• E-Sports athletes now part of Kodiaks program at Lethbridge College - My Lethbridge Now

  14-10-2021 09:00 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  E-Sports athletes now part of Kodiaks program at Lethbridge College  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Albertans try new proof-of-vaccine QR code scanner app

  14-10-2021 06:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s new proof-of-vaccine QR code scanner app is available for businesses to download. Jackie Wilson has details on how it’s being received by some.
  
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• Restrictions to continue into 2022, Kenney says in Facebook live appearance

  14-10-2021 05:52
  
  From the best summer ever to the winter of 'we have to monitor all of this very carefully'. That was the gist of the message delivered by Premier Kenney Wednesday night in a Facebook live appearance where Kenney said that restrictions would remain in place until at least the first quarter of 2022. It was a sober message delivered despite the fact that the fourth wave of COVID-19 appears to have crested, with case numbers beginning to ebb. "It appears the fourth wave is coming down. We see COVID-
  
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• Kodiaks confident with high expectations entering ACAC soccer playoffs - Global News

  14-10-2021 05:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kodiaks confident with high expectations entering ACAC soccer playoffs  Global News
  
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• Kodiaks confident with high expectations entering ACAC soccer playoffs

  14-10-2021 05:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  'You know it's a high-risk, high-reward kind of game, but we want that, we want to be entertaining.'
  
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• Kodiaks soccer teams prepare to battle in ACAC playoffs

  14-10-2021 04:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Lethbridge College Kodiaks men’s and women’s soccer teams will hit the pitch for ACAC playoff games starting Friday. As Danica Ferris reports, the expectations for both squads are high after a pair of promising regular season performances.
  
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• ‘Cannot get my head around this’: Kenney expresses frustration at ‘Ivermectin fans’

  14-10-2021 04:35
  
  Alberta’s premier says he can’t understand why people would want to take a “horse dewormer” like Ivermectin - instead of a free and approved COVID-19 vaccine. He made the comments during a live question-and-answer on Facebook Wednesday night. “I gotta say this…I don’t know how people became partisans of a horse dewormer, but all the Ivermectin fans out there, I think there’s a very strong overlay between proponents of Ivermectin as a covid therape
  
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• Alphonso Davies leads way as Canada downs Panama in World Cup qualifier

  14-10-2021 04:30
  
  Alphonso Davies' highlight-reel goal helped open the floodgates as Canada roared to a 4-1 victory over Panama on Wednesday in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying play. The Canadian men had Panama under the cosh but didn't pull ahead until the 66th minute when the 20-year-old Bayern Munich star came out of nowhere down the right flank to pilfer the ball from under the feet of defender Harold Cummings, who thought the ball was about to go out. Davies got to the ball before it did, danced around defender
  
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• Alphonso Davies leads Canada to World Cup qualifier win over Panama

  14-10-2021 04:30
  
  On a big stage before a big crowd, Canada's marquee man delivered. And how. Alphonso Davies scored a remarkable goal to open the floodgates midway through the second half Wednesday as Canada roared to a 4-1 victory over Panama in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying play. The goal epitomized the 20-year-old Bayern Munich star, showcasing his speed, acceleration and flair. Not many people on the planet could have scored it.Read more: This is Canada's best chance to qualify for the men's World CupIt got
  
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• Will Alberta’s new COVID-19 vaccine QR code scanner be simpler for Lethbridge businesses?

  14-10-2021 03:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Patrons will show a QR code, either on their cell phones or printed out, and businesses will scan the code to verify COVID-19 vaccination status.
  
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• Calgary family business celebrates 90 years

  14-10-2021 02:31
  
  From the Great Depression to the Great Recession and beyond, Harpers Tires has kept rolling through it all. "1931. That's the first credit sale right there," says Dan Harper, pouring over the company's first ledger. "Everything done pen and paper and you sort of had to know what was going on." Now in its third generation, the family-run tire and service shop is celebrating its 90th anniversary. Over the years, Harpers dabbled in other side businesses, at times selling billiards tables, boats and
  
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• Police say fatal shooting in downtown Calgary happened after unwanted advances

  14-10-2021 02:14
  
  Calgary police has released photos of a suspect involved in a fatal shooting near a downtown nightclub on the weekend and say the gunfire happened after a brief altercation. Police were called to the 600 block of Eighth Avenue S.W. about 2:40 a.m. on Sunday, where they found John Smith seriously injured. He was rushed to hospital, where he later died. Police said in a release Wednesday they believe Smith and a female friend had left the Junction Underground nightclub about 2:30 a.m. when two men
  
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• Ka'Deem Carey would love to carry the Stampeders into the playoffs

  14-10-2021 01:49
  
  Ka'Deem Carey is one of the big reasons why the Stampeders are back in the race in the CFL's West Division after a sluggish start to the 2021 season. Carey is fifth in the league in rushing with 109 carries for 552 yards and four touchdowns. He played a huge role in back-to-back wins against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.  On Saturday he had 178 yards from scrimmage, 109 of those yards were on the ground. For that, the running back was named one of the top performers in the league for week 1
  
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