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• Black cats get adopted in Halloween AARCS fundraiser

  29-10-2023 22:56
  
  It's the time of year black cats finally get the attention, and a Halloween event in Calgary Saturday highlighted many of them looking for homes. The fundraiser for Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS) included lots of Halloween-themed activities including black cat adoptions. AARCS Shelters are maxed out right now. The organization said many people have had to surrender pets recently, because inflation is limiting the amount of money they have to spend. That's why Saturday's event was org
  
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• Waning food, essential supplies: Canadian describes ‘chaos’ of living in Gaza during war

  29-10-2023 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mansour Shouman, a Canadian currently in Gaza, said the last 24 hours before he spoke to Global News Saturday had been “chaos" as Israel expanded ground operations.
  
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• City seeks public input on East Elbow Pathway design plans

  29-10-2023 22:06
  
  The city has launched an engagement study in the hopes of improving one of Calgary's oldest neighbourhoods. The East Elbow Pathway functional planning study is looking for the publics' feedback on ways to make the area safe, beautiful and vibrant for its users. The area includes the pathway between the Bow River and McDonald Bridge along the east side of the Elbow River. The feedback will help the city in design development and outsourcing for future funding. "Are there specific spots that peopl
  
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• Revival of Dracula to deliver chills and thrills to Calgary audiences

  29-10-2023 21:26
  
  A local theatre company is reviving a blood-curdling classic to scare Calgary audiences silly over Halloween. Workshop Theatre Society, the city's longest-running community theatre, is presenting Steven Dietz's chilling adaptation of Dracula through Nov. 4 at the Pumphouse Theatre. Directed by AJ Pierce, it's an updated adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 classic, set in London, which tells the story of Mina, Lucy, their suitors and how they all deal with the devious count. The production is recomm
  
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• Calgary authors, theatre company celebrate Governor-General Award nominations

  29-10-2023 19:40
  
  It was a good week for a couple Calgary authors and the city's main theatre company as well. Calgary authors Suzette Mayr and Susan Ouriou both were nominated for Governor-General Awards earlier this week. Mayr's award-winning novel The Sleeping Car Porter was nominated for English fiction, while Ouriou was nominated for translation from French to English for her work on Michel Jean's Kukum. Forgiveness, the award-winning drama by Hiro Kanagawa, which received its world premiere at Theatre Calga
  
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• Calgary Ukrainian community service recognizes First World War internment

  29-10-2023 18:26
  
  A special service at a Ukrainian church in Calgary Saturday recognized a painful part of Canada's past, which was the country's first national internment. During the First World War, over 8,000 Ukrainians and other eastern Europeans, were suddenly considered "enemy aliens." They were imprisoned in 24 internment camps across Canada, and had their possessions taken away. Most of these had come to Canada because the dominion government invited them to "settle the west." Organizers of Saturday's ser
  
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• Spray Lakes Leisure Centre to reopen Sunday

  29-10-2023 16:52
  
  One week since sewage started leaking into the Bow River, due to a ruptured pipe in Cochrane, the town says Spray Lakes Sawmills Centre is set to fully re-open Sunday. "We are thrilled to announce the reopening of our Aquatic Centre tomorrow, October 29, at 6 a.m.," it said, on the leisure centre's website. "We are also resuming all drop-in activities and shower access." The women's pool change room at the leisure centre is temporarily closed due to an emergency plumbing and carpentry repair. It
  
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• Justin Trudeau, Tom Green, Ottawa Senators pay tribute to Matthew Perry

  29-10-2023 16:16
  
  There’s been an outpouring of tributes from Matthew Perry’s former colleagues and friends following his death on Oct. 28. The "Friends" star was found dead at his home in Los Angeles, according to coroner's records. Since the news, many are taking to social media to share kind words. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who attended school with Perry in Ottawa, said he is shocked and saddened by Perry’s passing.Sign up for breaking news alerts from CTV News“I’ll never for
  
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• Hillhurst, Edgemont, Silver Springs,downtown core hit by water main breaks

  29-10-2023 15:59
  
  Many Calgarians weren't getting any water when they turned on the taps Saturday, due to numerous water main outages and breaks. That included troubles Saturday in a number of Beltine-area communities, as well as Edgemont, Hillhurst, Silver Springs and the downtown core. Trucks with water tanks were brought in to provide a temporary supply until water is restored. If outages last over 24 hours, the city often provides leisure centre passes so impacted residents can use those facilities to shower.
  
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• Hillhurst, Edgemont, Silver Springs, downtown core hit by water main breaks

  29-10-2023 15:59
  
  Many Calgarians weren't getting any water when they turned on the taps Saturday, due to numerous water main outages and breaks. That included troubles Saturday in a number of Beltine-area communities, as well as Edgemont, Hillhurst, Silver Springs and the downtown core. Trucks with water tanks were brought in to provide a temporary supply until water is restored. If outages last over 24 hours, the city often provides leisure centre passes so impacted residents can use those facilities to shower.
  
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• Forge edge Cavalry 2-1 in OT thriller to defend CPL title

  29-10-2023 15:02
  
  Tristan Borges and Forge FC followed the game plan down to the celebration part, to party like youngsters. Moments after the final whistle blew in Forge FC's 2-1 overtime victory against Cavalry FC to claim a fourth Canadian Premier League championship, the home team jumped up and down in front of Section 102, where the loyal Barton St. Battalion resided. A few steps from the festivities was where Borges bent and scored his title-clinching corner-kick goal on Saturday.  When Borges and his
  
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• Residents of Maine gather to pray and reflect, days after a mass shooting left 18 people dead

  29-10-2023 13:50
  
  Church bells rang Sunday as Maine residents gathered to pray and support one another following a traumatic week in which a fellow Mainer gunned down 18 people in the worst mass killing in state history. The Rev. Daniel Greenleaf began services at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston with a moment of silence. Then, he told the congregation that it was good to be able to finally pray together after days of lockdown imposed while police searched for the 40-year-old gunman Robert Card.T
  
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• More than 1,000 pay tribute to Maine's mass shooting victims on day of prayer, reflection on tragedy

  29-10-2023 13:50
  
  They came together Sunday night to mourn those lost in Maine's worst mass shooting, hugging one another, singing a rousing edition of "Amazing Grace," and seeking guidance out of these dark days from religious leaders who talked of hope, healing and the power of prayer. More than 1,000 people gathered for the vigil Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Some put their heads in their hands as the names of the 18 people who died in Wednesday's shooting were read. Others quietly wept.The in
  
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• South Korean families call for investigation on anniversary of deadly Halloween crush that killed 159

  29-10-2023 13:42
  
  Bereaved relatives of victims of last year's devastating Halloween crush in Seoul and their supporters demanded an independent investigation of the disaster as they marked the anniversary Sunday with a massive memorial service. The crush, one of the biggest peacetime disasters in South Korea, killed 159 people, most of them in their 20s and 30s who had gathered in Itaewon, a popular nightlife district in Seoul, for Halloween celebrations. Commemorating the anniversary, the families visited the I
  
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• American hockey player dies after getting cut in the neck by a skate in England

  29-10-2023 13:27
  
  American hockey player Adam Johnson, who appeared in 13 NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2019 and 2020, has died after his neck was cut by a skate blade during a game in England on Saturday, his team said. He was 29. Johnson was playing for the Nottingham Panthers in a Challenge Cup game against the Sheffield Steelers when he suffered the skate cut during the second period of the Elite Ice Hockey League game at Sheffield's Utilita Arena. "The Nottingham Panthers are truly devastated to
  
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• American hockey player Adam Johnson dies after 'freak accident' during game in England

  29-10-2023 13:27
  
  American hockey player Adam Johnson, who appeared in 13 NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, has died after a "freak accident" during a game in England on Saturday, his club said. The 29-year-old Minnesota native was playing for the Nottingham Panthers in a Challenge Cup game against the Sheffield Steelers when he suffered a slashed neck during the second period of the game at Sheffield's Utilita Arena. "The Nottingham Panthers are truly devastated to announce that Adam Johnson has tragically
  
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• Alberta finance minister says CPP referendum decision will be based on 'high level feeling from many sources'

  29-10-2023 12:45
  
  Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner says the province’s decision on whether or not to hold a referendum on leaving the Canada Pension Plan will be based on a “high level feeling from many sources” following consultations with Albertans. Alberta’s UCP has been mulling the idea of leaving the CPP and forming its own pension plan since 2020, with Premier Danielle Smith taking next steps to do so in the last few months. She said this week the provincial government will not p
  
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• Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensive

  29-10-2023 12:27
  
  Thousands of people broke into aid warehouses in Gaza to take flour and basic hygiene products, a UN agency said Sunday, in a mark of growing desperation and the breakdown of public order three weeks into the war between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers. Tanks and infantry pushed into Gaza over the weekend as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a "second stage" in the war, which was ignited by Hamas' brutal Oct. 7 incursion into Israel. Israel also pounded the territory fr
  
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• Gaza receives largest aid shipment so far as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens military offensive

  29-10-2023 12:27
  
  Nearly three dozen trucks entered Gaza on Sunday in the largest aid convoy since the war between Israel and Hamas began, but humanitarian workers said the assistance still fell desperately short of needs after thousands of people broke into warehouses to take flour and basic hygiene products. The Gaza Health Ministry said the death toll among Palestinians passed 8,000, mostly women and minors, as Israeli tanks and infantry pursued what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a "second s
  
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• 'We all feel very duped': Albertans rally for repayment from retirement community life leases

  29-10-2023 04:47
  
  A group of concerned Albertans claim they are each owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after signing so-called "life leases" with Christenson Communities retirement homes. To keep the pressure on the company while they wait for payouts, the group held a rally outside the Devonshire Village retirement home Saturday. "If somebody told me I was going to be picketing when I was 95 years old, I would have told them they were crazy," said one demonstrator. Life leases are essentially the loaning of
  
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• Air Canada Pilots holds informational picket at YYC Airport over cancelled routes

  29-10-2023 03:07
  
  Dozens of Air Canada pilots held an informational picket at YYC Airport, as the airline cuts routes. The airport is losing flights to Cancun, Ottawa, Halifax, Los Angeles and Honolulu. Saturday wad also the last direct flight to Frankfurt. "We find that concerning for ourselves as pilots, we find it concerning for Canadians," said First Officer Charlene Hudy, Air Canada Pilots Association. The pilots worry losing those routes could impact the sustainability of Canada’s aviation network. Th
  
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• Matthew Perry, Emmy-nominated 'Friends' star, dead at 54

  29-10-2023 02:15
  
  "Friends" star Matthew Perry, the Emmy-nominated actor whose sarcastic, but lovable Chandler Bing was among television's most famous and most quotable characters, has died at 54. The actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at his Los Angeles home Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Times and celebrity website TMZ, which was the first to report the news. Both outlets cited unnamed sources confirming Perry's death.In pictures: Remembering Matthew Perry"Matthew was an incredibly gifted acto
  
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• Forge edges Calvary 2-1 in OT to defend CPL title - Lethbridge News Now

  29-10-2023 02:01
  
  Forge edges Calvary 2-1 in OT to defend CPL title  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Union beat short-handed Revolution 3-1 in MLS playoffs - Lethbridge News Now

  29-10-2023 01:41
  
  Union beat short-handed Revolution 3-1 in MLS playoffs  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Bruins place veteran forward Milan Lucic on long-term injured list - Lethbridge News Now

  29-10-2023 00:56
  
  Bruins place veteran forward Milan Lucic on long-term injured list  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Palestinian-Canadians worry for relatives as offensive in Gaza ... - Lethbridge News Now

  29-10-2023 00:25
  
  Palestinian-Canadians worry for relatives as offensive in Gaza ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
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