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• Brooks Bandits and Spruce Grove Saints battle again in AJHL final

  26-04-2022 23:44
  
  If there's one thing you can almost guarantee over the last 12 years in the Alberta Junior Hockey League, it's that either the Brooks Bandits or the Spruce Grove Saints will skate away with the league title. The Bandits have been in the championship series six times since 2010 and have raised the trophy five times. The Saints have played in eight finals since 2010 and also have five championships under their belts.  Once again this year it will be the Bandits facing off against the Saints,
  
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• Premier Jason Kenney encourages ‘disrespectful treatment,’ is destroying UCP unity: Critics

  26-04-2022 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Criticism of Kenney by some in his own caucus has been bubbling to the surface for more than a year, driven by underwhelming polling and fundraising numbers.
  
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• App sells Calgarians food that restaurants didn’t sell but don't want to waste

  26-04-2022 23:25
  
  For many businesses in the food service industry, product prepared and ready to sell that doesn't get purchased is typically thrown out at the end of the day. But throwing out unsold food doesn't just hurt the business financially, it's also hard on the environment. It's with that in mind that the Too Good To Go app was created, now active in 17 countries worldwide – including Canada. "We're a free app connecting consumers with stores that have surplus food left at the end of the day," sai
  
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• 'Community has been so kind': Coalhurst, Alta. family raising funds to host Ukrainian family

  26-04-2022 23:13
  
  A Coalhurst, Alta. family has been working over the last month to host a family from Ukraine — but there’s been some unexpected challenges along the way. While bringing the family over was always going to be be challenging, the recent delay of the 14-year-old daughter’s visa has complicated things. The family was supposed to arrive in Alberta on Tuesday but the journey has since been pushed back to May 19. The delay has made an already expensive flight even pricier. To help wit
  
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• Classic Agatha Christie mystery, Edgar Allan Poe musical set to return to Vertigo stage in 2022-23 season

  26-04-2022 22:55
  
  Vertigo Mystery Theatre's 2022-23 season features a classic, a Hollywood twist, a West End hit about a legendary Baltimore writer that started out in Edmonton, a thriller that became a catch phrase and a world premiere by a Calgary playwright. The popular mystery theatre released its roster of next season's shows Tuesday, a season that features both the return of the legendary Agatha Christie, whose work will be represented by Murder on the Orient Express (Nov. 12 – Dec. 17), and The Extra
  
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• 'A truly beautiful soul': Alberta country artist Shane Yellowbird dies at age 42

  26-04-2022 22:36
  
  Shane Yellowbird, the Cree country singer from Maskwacis, Alta., has died. The man best known for the 2007 song Pickup Truck, his cheerful dimples and overcoming a stuttering condition to become a Canadian star, was 42 year old. His cause of death has not been released. "I was just charmed by him and his talent spoke for itself," said Louis O'Reilly, who signed Yellowbird to his record label in 2003. O'Reilly learned of Yellowbird's death Tuesday morning and called several close friends to confi
  
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• 'No longer required': Temporary injunction against Beltline protests ends

  26-04-2022 22:34
  
  The City of Calgary is no longer pursuing a permanent injunction to address 'freedom rallies' in the Beltline, and says the temporary injunction instituted last month has come to an end. An Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justice granted the city a temporary injunction on March 18, which the city said would remain in place until a permanent injunction application could be heard in court.  The injunction meant protests could still occur as long as event organizers complied with loc
  
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• 'Culture of fear': Critic says Alberta premier reaping results of divisive leadership

  26-04-2022 22:25
  
  One of Jason Kenney’s caucus members says the Alberta premier is reaping what he has sown through personal attacks, dividing people and intimidating opponents. “It is this negativity developed through a culture of fear that destroys unity,” Peter Guthrie, United Conservative Party member for Airdrie-Cochrane, said Tuesday in a five-minute video posted on his Facebook page. “The premier encourages disrespectful treatment through his own actions," Guthrie said. "It is this
  
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• Wildlife Festival gives Calgarians chance to meet interesting animals

  26-04-2022 21:57
  
  Calgarians can get up close and personal with some interesting animals this weekend, including wallabies, alligators and parrots at the Wildlife Festival. Happening April 29 to May 1, the event is being organized by the YYC Nature Centre, Cobb’s Adventure Park and the Foundation for Animal Rescue. Three exhibits will be featured, including:Welcome to the Jungle, where participants will learn about the importance of our planet’s rainforests; Australia Down Under, featuring some charis
  
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• ‘Significant quantity’ of methamphetamine seized by Hinton, Alta. RCMP

  26-04-2022 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  'The seizure of these illegal drugs and firearms will have a meaningful impact for the residents of Hinton and Yellowhead County,' Alberta RCMP Sgt. Graham Gurski said.
  
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• Vulnerable Calgarian attacked in 'hate-motivated' assault, police seek suspects

  26-04-2022 20:58
  
  Calgary police are looking to the public for help identifying the people believed to be responsible for a "hate-motivated assault" in the downtown core almost a month ago. The attack happened in the 600 block of Centre Street South at around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29.  Police said the victim suffered injuries to his ribs and face after he was thrown to the ground and kicked multiple times.  "At this time, it is believed this was an unprovoked attack on a vulnerable Calgarian," said
  
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• Youth charged with attempted murder after stabbing at central Alberta high school

  26-04-2022 20:46
  
  A 16-year-old boy is facing charges after a 16-year-old student was stabbed in a Pigeon Lake, Alta., school on Monday. The teen was charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault. He's out on bail and is scheduled to appear in court on June 1. Mounties were called to Pigeon Lake Regional School at 10:55 a.m. The stabbing took place in the library and staff and students witnessed it, Wetaskiwin Regional Public Schools Superintendent Peter Barron said, but he didn't know what led to the inci
  
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• Pigeon Lake teen stabbed in school library over $10 dispute, his mom says

  26-04-2022 20:46
  
  A 16-year-old boy who was stabbed in the library of his school south of Edmonton was attacked over a $10 dispute, his mother tells CTV News Edmonton. He was airlifted to the Stollery Children's Hospital Monday after he was injured at Pigeon Lake Regional School. He remained in hospital Tuesday in an induced coma. The victim's mother said her son was stabbed in the stomach, just above his pelvis. Both the victim and his mother cannot be identified because he and his alleged attacker, a fellow stu
  
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• Avian flu now in 18 domestic flocks in Alberta: CFIA

  26-04-2022 20:32
  
  Avian flu has now been found at 18 locations in Alberta, Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials said Tuesday. Each of the premises affected has been placed under quarantine and CFIA has launched an investigation. Movement and control measures have also been placed on other farms in the areas, which include:April 25 – Camrose County (poultry flock); April 24 – Camrose County (poultry flock); April 23 – Rocky View County (poultry flock); April 21 – St
  
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• Woman faces charges after Bridgeland sign loses 'D' in crash

  26-04-2022 20:07
  
  Calgary police confirm a woman faces charges in connection with two crashes during last week's snowstorm including a collision that toppled the final letter of the Bridgeland sign. A surveillance camera captured the moment a car left the road while navigating the turn from westbound Memorial Drive onto northbound Ninth Street N.E. The back end of the driver's side of the vehicle struck and toppled the second 'D' in the Bridgeland sign in the median.Comin' in a little hot - hit and run on the Bri
  
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• Impaired driving charges pending against man who crashed stolen van into Calgary townhouse

  26-04-2022 19:34
  
  Calgary police say impaired driving charges are pending against a man accused of crashing a stolen vehicle into a building in the city's northeast on Monday evening. Emergency crews were called to a townhouse complex in the community of Cornerstone at around 11:15 p.m. Police said the driver was travelling east on 128 Avenue N.E. at a "high rate of speed" when the silver minivan he was in hit the median of a traffic circle and crashed into the building. Police say residents in one of the two tow
  
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• Lake Louise and Moraine Lake shuttles to depart from ski resort lot, reservations required

  26-04-2022 19:25
  
  The popular shuttles that take passengers in Banff National Park to two heavily visited destinations will have a new pick-up location this year. Parks Canada announced the shuttles to Lake Louise and Moraine Lake will depart from the Lake Louise Ski Resort parking lot on Whitehorn Drive. Shuttle seats will need to be reserved online in advance and tickets will go on sale beginning May 4. A portion of shuttle seats will be held back from the initial booking window and made available 48 hours prio
  
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• Youth charged with attempted murder after 16 year old stabbed at Pigeon Lake school

  26-04-2022 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Shanise Rowan Yellowbird said her son, Reyez Rowan, was stabbed once in the chest and once in the abdomen. 
  
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• Mother of teen stabbed at Pigeon Lake school says son wanted to join army

  26-04-2022 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Shanise Rowan Yellowbird said her son, Reyez Rowan, was stabbed once in the chest and once in the abdomen. 
  
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• TC Energy eyes Crossfield for potential hydrogen production hub

  26-04-2022 18:55
  
  A 140-acre plot near a southern Alberta town is being eyed by TC Energy as the future site for a hydrogen production hub. Crossfield, located north of Calgary, is already the home of a natural gas storage facility operated by the company. While a final investment decision on the proposal isn't expected until 2023, TC Energy has an agreement in place with Nikola where the U.S.-based company and its long-haul fuel cell electric vehicles would be the anchor customer of the hub. "At TC Energy, we ar
  
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• Record number of transplants performed in 2021 across Southern Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  26-04-2022 18:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Record number of transplants performed in 2021 across Southern Alberta  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary Co-op now donates food nearing best before date to local food banks

  26-04-2022 18:31
  
  Calgary Co-op is unveiling a new charitable pilot program that sees the organization donate thousands of pounds of food to the Calgary Food Bank. As part of the Calgary Co-op Fresh Food Rescue Program, employees pack up a range of food items that are still fresh but nearing their best before dates and donate them to the Calgary Food Bank for use in the charity's emergency hampers. The donations happen five days a week, and include fresh produce, dairy, frozen food, bakery and deli products, meat
  
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• Meth, sawed-off shotguns seized after vehicle stolen in Cochrane stopped near Hinton

  26-04-2022 18:20
  
  Two southern Alberta men face charges after RCMP pulled them over in a stolen vehicle Monday morning as part of an impaired driving investigation. Hinton RCMP responded to a location on Highway 40, south of the town of Hinton, shortly after 7:30 a.m. following complaints of a suspected drunk driver. Officers located the suspect vehicle and determined it had been stolen from Cochrane, roughly 400 kilometres away. Two men — 29-year-old James Fredrick Benard of Medicine Hat and 39-year-old Do
  
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• Live updates | Russian forces hit key bridge in Ukraine - Lethbridge News Now

  26-04-2022 16:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Live updates | Russian forces hit key bridge in Ukraine  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge College hosting University Transfer Minifair on Friday, April 29 - Lethbridge News Now

  26-04-2022 15:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge College hosting University Transfer Minifair on Friday, April 29  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Festival Square construction resulting in road closures this week - Lethbridge News Now

  26-04-2022 15:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Festival Square construction resulting in road closures this week  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Showers in Calgary Tuesday evening, Wednesday windy

  26-04-2022 15:12
  
  UPDATE: Welp, morning sunshine sure didn't pan out. That means the projected high of 15 C may fall short, barring a good whipping of wind (not in the cards either, at the moment). We've already watched scattered showers come down, and more are on the way, with southerly wind to bring them in. Our rainfall total hasn't wiggled around much. We run a slight risk of pushing above five millimetres, but that's the extent of it. Friday's rainshower potential exists still, but it's fallen by the wayside
  
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• Showers in Calgary Tuesday afternoon and evening

  26-04-2022 15:12
  
  The next system arrives today for Calgary – but it's now a touch further north than yesterday's approach had it. As this low spins off the foothills closer to central Alberta, it will take the lead with a snow, or rain-snow mix, in the mountain parks. This afternoon, the door will now open for isolated thundershowers, as this band of rain could become temporarily intense in a few areas. The entire centre will shift northeastward, limiting its effects in southern Alberta. The Peace Region w
  
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• Calgary murder suspect makes list of Canada's most wanted fugitives

  26-04-2022 14:31
  
  Representatives from police agencies across Canada, including the Calgary Police Service, will announce a new initiative that aims to help track down the country's 25 most wanted suspects. Officials from the Bolo Program are expected to provide details regarding cash rewards of up to $250,000 for information that leads to the arrest of those on the lam. Calgarian Kier Bryan Granado, 25, made the list and is wanted on a charge of first-degree murder in the 2015 death of 26-year-old Hussein M
  
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• Convoy organizer warns of 'free-for-all' if police ban protest from downtown Ottawa

  26-04-2022 13:33
  
  One of the organizers of a planned motorcycle convoy is warning of a "free-for-all" on Friday if Ottawa police don't allow hundreds of protesters to bring their bikes onto the streets around Parliament Hill. The "Rolling Thunder Ottawa" convoy plans to do a loop through downtown next weekend, with a stop planned at the National War Memorial. But after the "Freedom Convoy" protest blockaded city streets for three weeks earlier this year, police say they will not allow any vehicles in the area aro
  
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• Top Russian diplomat warns Ukraine against provoking WWIII - Lethbridge News Now

  26-04-2022 06:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Top Russian diplomat warns Ukraine against provoking WWIII  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Audit of city budget reveals $147M surplus

  26-04-2022 05:49
  
  Calgary's budget has been audited, and it turns out the city is now awash in a sea of black ink. Now councillors must decide what to do with a $147 million surplus. Monday, Mayor Jyoti Gondek rejected the suggestion that the surplus meant Calgarians have been overtaxed, saying that was a misreading of the city's financial levers. She said there were always variations in revenue because of constantly fluctuating assessed home values. The mayor asked her fellow councillors to keep essential servic
  
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• Police ask for public assistance in locating missing senior who walked out of care home

  26-04-2022 05:10
  
  Calgary police are reaching out to the public for information concerning a missing senior. Tony Pluto, 62, was last seen in the 0-100 block of Pennsburg Place S.E., around 4 p.m. Sunday and despite a police search, has not been located. He's described as white, around 162 cm (5'4") tall, 61 kg (135 pounds) with grey hair, blue eyes, and a mustache. Pluto was last seen wearing a green plaid flannel shirt, red t-shirt, blue Fila sweat pants, white socks and navy blue Crocs. He walked out of his ca
  
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• Missing senior who walked out of care home Sunday discovered safe

  26-04-2022 05:10
  
  Calgary police thanked the public for information concerning a missing senior who was discovered safe Monday night. Tony Pluto, 62, was last seen in the 0-100 block of Pennsburg Place S.E., around 4 p.m. Sunday and despite a police search, had not been located by late Monday evening. He walked out of his care facility Sunday and was known to use public transit. However, little more than an hour after police issued a release asking for help in locating Pluto, they issued a second release announci
  
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• Horgan apologizes for profanity in legislature during tense question period - Lethbridge News Now

  26-04-2022 03:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Horgan apologizes for profanity in legislature during tense question period  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Homeowners considering solar power have a new digital tool to help make the decision.

  26-04-2022 03:11
  
  The City of Calgary has launched an online solar calculator.  City environmental specialist Lewis Percy said it’s a simple way for people to determine the cost benefit of installing panels. "The whole process is extremely quick," Lewis said. "You log on, you input your address, and select the size of your home and within a number of seconds, that calculator will give you your solar potential, and also the cost and the benefit from a financial perspective." Percy added that the city&rs
  
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• ‘Devastating’: 16 cases of Avian flu found in Alberta

  26-04-2022 03:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  With no treatment for the disease, Alberta chicken farmers are worried the latest spike in Avian Influenza could be detrimental to the province's herd.
  
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• Alberta house leader withdraws remarks from profane outburst while absent; won’t face sanction

  26-04-2022 03:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jason Nixon will not be sanctioned for comments he made during an angry exchange that included him swearing at Speaker Nathan Cooper in the Alberta legislature.
  
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• Alberta criminologist advocates for both police and social workers in schools

  26-04-2022 02:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary-based criminologist is pushing for both police and more social workers in Alberta schools to help address a recent "influx of youth crime."
  
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• Frustration and lineups continue to grow at many Service Canada locations

  26-04-2022 02:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Many Calgarians are reporting growing frustration along with growing lineups at Service Canada locations across the city.
  
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• Alberta union raises alarms over conditions in Lethbridge Melcor Centre following floods - Global News

  26-04-2022 02:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta union raises alarms over conditions in Lethbridge Melcor Centre following floods  Global News
  
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• Alberta union raises alarms over conditions in Lethbridge Melcor Centre following floods

  26-04-2022 02:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees says there have been four floods in the Melcor Centre over the last four months.
  
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• ‘It’s life or death’: Southern Alberta farmers in dark over potential water stoppage

  26-04-2022 02:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dozens of farmers and stakeholders with the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District met in Nobleford on Saturday to discuss water access in the area.
  
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• Jason Nixon will not be sanctioned for swearing at legislature Speaker - Lethbridge News Now

  26-04-2022 01:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Jason Nixon will not be sanctioned for swearing at legislature Speaker  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta house leader withdraws remarks from profane outburst; won't face sanction

  26-04-2022 01:18
  
  EDMONTON - Alberta government house leader Jason Nixon will not be sanctioned for comments he made during an angry exchange that included him swearing at Speaker Nathan Cooper in the legislative assembly. Cooper gave his decision Monday after Nixon withdrew the offending comments in a letter read aloud by deputy government house leader Joseph Schow. About a month ago, Nixon argued in the house with Independent legislature member Todd Loewen, and at one point directed an expletive at the Speaker.
  
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• Police arrest suspect in Lethbridge robbery - Lethbridge News Now

  26-04-2022 00:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Police arrest suspect in Lethbridge robbery  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lucic riding into the playoffs in style

  26-04-2022 00:57
  
  Milan Lucic has never been one to shy away from a little fun. When he got teased about wearing a cowboy hat that was too big for his head, he went one better, buying a black villain's cowboy hat. It went perfect with his western suit, giving Lucic the look of someone you wouldn't want to spill a drink on on a Saturday night visit to the saloon. "I thought I might as well, you know if I'm going to throw on the cowboy hat on," the veteran forward said. "I might as well add to It with the bolo tie
  
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• Lethbridge's housing market sees spike in home buyers from across the country - CTV News Calgary

  26-04-2022 00:24 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge's housing market sees spike in home buyers from across the country  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Council criticized about its priorities as public safety heightens following string of violent crimes

  26-04-2022 00:19
  
  The former vice-president of the Calgary Police Association issued a blistering attack on the city's municipal politicians last week, saying city council is more focused on leaf blowers and birds rather than tackling the ongoing public safety crisis that has seen upwards of 50 shootings this year alone. “When we’re looking at what's going on in the community right now, I mean we’re averaging a shooting every two days,” said CPS member Mike Baker. “Our council recent
  
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• Birds and leaf blowers? Calgary council's priorities questioned as violent crimes grip city

  26-04-2022 00:19
  
  The former vice-president of the Calgary Police Association issued a blistering attack on the city's municipal politicians last week, saying city council is more focused on leaf blowers and birds rather than tackling the ongoing public safety crisis that has seen upwards of 50 shootings this year alone. “When we’re looking at what's going on in the community right now, I mean we’re averaging a shooting every two days,” said CPS member Mike Baker. “Our council recent
  
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