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• Calgary prepares for a spooktacular Halloween

  31-10-2021 23:29
  
  Trick or treaters are preparing Sunday to brace for scares and haunted houses throughout Calgary. Young candy collectors in Panorama Hills will enjoy a state of the art Halloween display, set up by Dustin Milne along Panton Way N.W. “Lots of lights (and) smoke effects,” Milne said. “We have nine smoke machines, speakers, audio, we have window projections and tv animation.” Milne says he has decorated his home for eight years and says it gets bigger and bigger each year.&n
  
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• Person in life-threatening condition after incident in southwest Calgary

  31-10-2021 22:47
  
  A person is in hospital in life-threatening condition after an altercation that occurred in southwest Calgary early Sunday. EMS tells CTV News they were called to the 600 block of Fifth Avenue S.W. at about midnight. When they arrived, they found an individual who was suffering from serious, life-threatening injuries. They were taken to hospital for treatment. There is no information the victim's age or gender at this time. Calgary police have not shared any details about the incident.
  
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• Young girl and male youth sent to hospital following southwest Calgary crash

  31-10-2021 22:39
  
  Calgary EMS confirm to CTV News that a young girl and male youth were both taken to hospital following a crash on Richmond Road S.W. Officials say the incident took place at about 2 p.m., near Sarcee Trail S.W. Three vehicles were involved in the crash, and EMS says a school-aged girl was taken to the Alberta Children's Hospital in non-life-threatening condition. A male in his late teens suffered minor injuries and was taken to Foothills Medical Centre for treatment.Traffic was detoured through
  
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• ‘Trunk-or-Treat’ event cruises into 3rd year at Lethbridge’s Exhibition Park - Global News

  31-10-2021 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  
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• ‘Trunk-or-Treat’ event cruises into 3rd year at Lethbridge’s Exhibition Park

  31-10-2021 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Exhibition Park was a busy, and spooky, place on Saturday night for the third annual Trunk-or-Treat hosted by Bikers Building Bridges and Green and Yellow Group.
  
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• Inner-city church helps Calgary children celebrate Halloween with Trunk-or-Treat

  31-10-2021 22:29
  
  With the realization that many children in their community live in apartment buildings and may find it difficult to celebrate Halloween, a Calgary church went out of its way to help out. Grace Presbyterian Church, on 15 Avenue S.W., hosted a trunk-or-treat in its parking lot on Sunday, inviting children living in Calgary's Beltline community to collect all the delicious candy. "Grace seeks to build community and invites families from Connaught School and the Beltline area to trick-or-treat each
  
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• Children with special needs enjoy low-key Halloween event at Calgary mall

  31-10-2021 22:15
  
  Officials at a Calgary shopping centre brought back a special Halloween event for children with sensory processing disorders and other special needs. Southcentre Mall, along with Autism Calgary, welcomed 50 children to their Sensory Halloween Initiative. The gathering, held inside the mall, provided a series of trick-or-treating stations in a quiet supportive environment. Mall staff were dressed up and handed out candy as well as non-food goodies to children. Families were also able to capture a
  
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• Residents concerned about suspicious death in northeast Calgary

  31-10-2021 21:53
  
  A dead body was found inside a home on the 100 block of Pinehill Road N.E. Saturday. Around 8:50 a.m., police responded to the neighbourhood after reports of a deceased person in a residence. Officers found the body of a woman in her 50s. They say one person has been taken into custody and their investigation is ongoing. Neighbour Deanna Ironengle says it's a concerning incident. "It's really unnerving for me and my children," she told CTV News. Ironengle added it's not the first time she's seen
  
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• Alberta oil and gas industry, environmental groups watching COP26 climate talks

  31-10-2021 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta energy leaders and environmental groups are attending the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
  
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• Trunk or treat event cruises into third year

  31-10-2021 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Exhibition Park was a busy place on Saturday night for the third annual Trunk or Treat hosted by Bikers Building Bridges. Jessica Robb has more on the spooky drive thru event that brought out around 800 kids.
  
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• Markstrom, Flames blank Flyers 4-0 for 6th straight victory

  31-10-2021 20:47
  
  Sean Monahan has no complaints over his reduced role this season as the Calgary Flames rattle off wins. Monahan had a goal and an assist and Jacob Markstrom made 20 saves as the Calgary Flames blanked the Philadelphia Flyers 4-0 Saturday night for their sixth straight win. Matthew Tkachuk, Johnny Gaudreau and Mikael Backlund (empty net) also scored for Calgary (6-1-1). While centering Calgary's fourth line with veteran wingers Milan Lucic and Trevor Lewis has been a major change for Monahan, the
  
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• Enrolment drops in N.L.'s oil-focused engineering programs; students in it for change

  31-10-2021 16:16
  
  Newfoundland and Labrador's post-secondary institutions are seeing a steep drop in enrolment in oil-focused engineering programs as the province's offshore oil industry tries to claw its way out of a downturn. And many of those who have enrolled say they did so because they want to bring change to the industry in the era of climate change. "What I would like to do is to make it more sustainable," said Brooklyn Hollett, a fourth-year undergraduate student in process engineering at Memorial Univer
  
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• Former Calgary golf course enjoys new life as venue for this up-and-coming sport

  31-10-2021 15:14
  
  Disc golf enthusiasts now have a new place to test their skills in the city of Calgary. The Currie Disc Golf Course officially opened to the public on Saturday at the former site of the Richmond Green Golf Course. It was made possible through at partnership between the City of Calgary and the Calgary Disc Golf Club. Disc golf is played in much the same way as the regular game of golf, but players throw discs from the starting tee towards a target at the end of the hole. The courses need to be co
  
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• 'You cannot just raise the flags and replace it with nothing': AFN national chief

  31-10-2021 12:56
  
  The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says there needs to be another symbolic gesture made to recognize the genocide of Indigenous children if Canada wants to raise its flag. RoseAnne Archibald says ideas for such an expression will be discussed when the organization's executive meets this week, adding national Inuit and Metis leaders must also be involved. Questions about what to do with the national flag have surfaced in the lead up to Remembrance Day, an occasion on which it has
  
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• UN climate summit formally opens in Glasgow

  31-10-2021 12:30
  
  The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow has formally opened, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries on how to tackle the common challenge of global warming. Following Sunday's opening gavel, officials began addressing a raft of procedural matters before leaders from around the world gather in Scotland's biggest city Monday to lay out their countries' efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and deal with the effects of climate change. Many of the issues being
  
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• 'Last, best hope:' Leaders launch crucial UN climate summit

  31-10-2021 12:30
  
  A crucial UN climate summit opened Sunday amid papal appeals for prayers and activists' demands for action, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries aimed at speeding up the global response to global warming. As UN officials gaveled the climate summit to its formal opening in Glasgow, the heads of the world's leading economies at the close of their own separate talks in Italy made a commitment to cut pollution from burning coal and other fossil fuels. But
  
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• O'Toole should show 'leadership' and show unvaccinated Conservative MPs the door: Former PM Mulroney

  31-10-2021 12:00
  
  Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole should show leadership on mandatory vaccinations and show any of his unvaccinated MPs the door, says former prime minister and Conservative leader Brian Mulroney. Mulroney said that if he was the leader today, he would require all of his MPs to roll up their sleeves and receive the COVID-19 vaccine, calling it a “no-brainer.” “Of course. That's leadership,” he said in an interview on CTV’s Question Period with host Evan Solomon
  
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• ‘Trunk-or-Treat’ event cruises into 3rd year at Lethbridge’s Exhibition Park - Globalnews.ca

  31-10-2021 08:00 via globalnews.ca
  
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• Protestors opposing military coup in Sudan gather Saturday

  31-10-2021 05:02
  
  Demonstrators gathered at the legislature in Edmonton and Calgary city hall Saturday in opposition to the military coup that occurred in Sudan. On Monday, the military in Sudan arrested the prime minister and dissolved the government. “Sudanese people went to the street to affirm their support for their prime minister and we’re asking the Canadian people to pray with us against the violence that is happening against the peaceful protesters in Sudan,” said Azza Elgamri, a member
  
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  31-10-2021 05:00 via ncadvertiser.com
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• HKO-WHL-Sums-Winnipeg-Lethbridge | Northwest | union-bulletin.com - Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

  31-10-2021 04:51 via union-bulletin.com
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• Red ribbons reinstalled at the Field of Crosses after being found in trash

  31-10-2021 04:41
  
  Red ribbons honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls were reinstalled at the Field of Crosses along Memorial Drive Saturday. The ribbons were found in the trash after being torn down earlier in the week. “Immediate grief and triggering, my sister is on the list and one of her ribbons was one of the first ones pulled out of the garbage can,” said Deborah Green, an advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women. “The ribbons represent our loved ones in spirit
  
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• Body found in home in northeast Calgary

  31-10-2021 04:21
  
  A dead body was found inside a home on the 100 block of Pinehill Road Northeast Saturday, according to police. Around 8:50 a.m., police responded to the Pineridge neighbourhood after reports of a dead body in a home. Officers found the body of a woman in her 50s inside. One person has been taken into custody, according to Calgary police. They added an autopsy is scheduled to take place on Monday, Nov. 1. Anyone with information is asked to contact CPS at 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers by phone a
  
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• 51-year-old man stabbed at CTrain station on Wednesday dies

  31-10-2021 02:56
  
  A 51-year-old man stabbed at a CTrain station in northeast Calgary on Wednesday afternoon has died. Calgary police were called to the Marlborough LRT station around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday after reports of an assault. The man was taken to hospital in critical, life-threatening condition. In a release sent Saturday, police said that the man died in hospital Friday morning. Following an autopsy, the victim was identified as Gil James Scott. The person police took into custody following the assault has
  
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• 'They’re not listening': Alberta mayors and First Nations caution against provincial police force

  31-10-2021 02:38
  
  Groups across Alberta are cautioning the province against ditching the RCMP and creating its own police force. Justice Minister Kaycee Madu said Friday that an Alberta police force would give the province more flexibility to respond to rural crime, as he released a third-party report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). That report outlined it would cost Alberta about $735 million each year to operate its police force, in addition to a projected $366 million in startup costs. According to the revi
  
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• 'They're not listening': Alberta mayors and First Nations caution against provincial police force

  31-10-2021 02:24
  
  Groups across Alberta are cautioning the province against ditching the RCMP and creating its own police force. Justice Minister Kaycee Madu said Friday that an Alberta police force would give the province more flexibility to respond to rural crime, as he released a third-party report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). That report outlined it would cost Alberta about $735 million each year to operate its police force, in addition to a projected $366 million in startup costs. According to the revi
  
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• Grand opening of southwest Calgary's Alpine Park neighbourhood promises large economic boost

  31-10-2021 00:38
  
  Newly minted Ward 13 Councillor Dan McLean says the grand opening of Alpine Park, located in Calgary’s deep southwest will provide a greater selection for thousands of home buyers and spark an economic boost for the area. “You can hop on the new southwest ring road and be anywhere, you’ve got Shawnessy shopping centre close by, over in Legacy there’s a new development and a big large mall, as well as a rec centre being developed in Pine Creek, so everything is right here,
  
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