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• Saturday night fire in Bearspaw burns original house

  20-10-2024 23:16
  
  A fire damaged a significant home in Bearspaw Saturday night. At around 9:15 p.m. Saturday, EMS responded to a residence around Blackwell Bay and Town Road 254 in the Bearspaw community on reports of a house fire. EMS assessed two adults who were able to exit the house and ultimately transported one person to hospital, but a spokesperson said it was for concerns of a medical nature and not related to the fire. Neighbour Shannon MacDonald said in an email to CTV News that the home was on Taylor B
  
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• Treat Accessibly ensures an inclusive Halloween for kids of all ages

  20-10-2024 21:43
  
  A week and a half before Halloween, residents living along one Hillhurst street were handing out treats early. “This is amazing,” says Mac Walsh. He made his Buzz Lightyear costume himself to fit over his walker. “I know that when I was little this did not exist so I think it's so cool  that it can be sensory-friendly," Walsh said, "and not (take place) in the dark and not scary and just so much fun for everybody who wants to participate.” Treat Accessibly was starte
  
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• Peace officer released from hospital following stabbing incident at Chinook CTrain station

  20-10-2024 20:11
  
  A Calgary man has been charged in relation to the stabbing of a Calgary peace officer Friday night. At around 9:40 p.m., police responded to the Chinook CTrain station, in the 6300 block of 1A Street S.W., for reports of a peace officer being stabbed. Police believe two peace officers approached a man who was drinking alcohol in a bus shelter. They say he became combative and pulled out a knife and after a brief struggle, one peace officer was stabbed in the arm. The suspect fled but was quickly
  
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• Let it snow: Special weather statement issued for Calgary and Highway 2 corridor

  20-10-2024 18:36
  
  Environment Canada issued a special weather statement Sunday morning for Calgary and the area along the Highway 2 corridor. The statement advised that motorists should expect snow Monday morning in Calgary and along the Highway 2 corridor, which will move east throughout the day. A brief stretch of rain also possible Monday morning before it turns to snow, possibly producing slippery road conditions. A few centimetres of snow is predicted to stick to the ground before it tapers off Monday evenin
  
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• Canadian Rebecca Marino advances to women’s finals at Calgary National Bank Challenger tournament

  20-10-2024 17:35
  
  Canadian Rebecca Marino advanced to the finals of the Calgary National Bank Challenger Saturday,  defeating another Canadian, Cadence Brace, in three sets, 6-0, 6-2, and 6-0. Marino will take on American Anna Rogers at 1 p.m. at the Osten and Victor Alberta Tennis Centre in southwest Calgary. Following a trophy presentation, the men’s final will feature a pair of Americans, Murphy Cassone and Govind Nanda.✨ Today's atmosphere was incredibe, and tomorrow promises to bring even m
  
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• Hitmen wrap up homestand in impressive fashion, defeating Hurricanes 6-1

  20-10-2024 16:47
  
  Calgary scored three times in the first, and three times in the third as the Hitmen defeated the Lethbridge Hurricanes 6-1 Saturday at the Saddledome. Carter Yakemchuk, Carson Wetsch and Brandon Gorzynski lifted the Hitmen to a 3-0 lead in the first period. Lethbridge crawled back into it in the second, getting a goal late in the period from Brayden Edwards. Calgary snuffed out any thoughts of a comeback in the third period however, getting three more goals from David Adaszynski, Noah Kosick &nd
  
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• Eberle nets overtime goal to give Kraken 2-1 win over Flames

  20-10-2024 16:00
  
  Jordan Eberle scored 48 seconds into overtime and the Seattle Kraken beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 in overtime on Saturday night. Eberle, in his first year as the captain of the Kraken, netted his fifth goal in six games to start the season. The Flames struck first at 19:51 in the first period on Blake Coleman's power-play goal. Seattle tied the game in the second period, also on the power play, on Chandler Stephenson's goal at the 12:25 mark. Takeaways Flames: Calgary was the
  
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• Artificial intelligence a 'double-edged sword' in world of cybersecurity: experts

  20-10-2024 15:24
  
  Denis Villeneuve has worked in cybersecurity for 15 years but seldom have the threats he's come across felt as personal as they do these days. Employees at his workplace, technology firm Kyndryl, have been sent fake videos of CEO Martin Schroeter designed to lure them into handing over their login credentials to fraudsters.Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top storiesVilleneuve has also seen a pal who runs a small engineering firm be preyed on when his wife
  
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• Trump works the fry station and holds a drive-thru news conference at a Pennsylvania McDonald's

  20-10-2024 15:12
  
  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump manned the fry station at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania on Sunday before staging an impromptu news conference, answering questions through the drive-thru window. As reporters and aides watched, an employee showed Trump how to dunk baskets of fries in oil, salt the fries and put them into boxes using a scoop. Trump, a well-known fan of fast food and a notorious germophobe, expressed amazement that he didn't have to touch the fries with his hands. &ldquo
  
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• Trump will visit McDonald's as he offers no evidence for saying Harris didn't work there in college

  20-10-2024 15:12
  
  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Sunday is expected to visit a McDonald's in Pennsylvania as he continues to criticize Democrat Kamala Harris and claim without evidence that she never worked at the fast-food chain while in college. His plan on Sunday is to visit a McDonald's and work the french fry cooker before heading to an evening town hall in Lancaster and then attending the Pittsburgh Steelers home game against the New York Jets.Download the CTV News App for breaking news ale
  
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• Donald Trump works the fry station at a Pennsylvania McDonald's

  20-10-2024 15:12
  
  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump manned the fry station at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania on Sunday before staging an impromptu news conference, answering questions through the drive-thru window. As reporters and aides watched, an employee showed Trump how to dunk baskets of fries in oil, salt the fries and put them into boxes using a scoop. Trump, a well-known fan of fast food and a notorious germophobe, expressed amazement that he didn't have to touch the fries with his hands, &ldquo
  
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• Kyiv launches more than 100 drones over Russia as a missile strike on Ukraine injures 17

  20-10-2024 15:08
  
  Russian air defences shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones Sunday over Russia’s western regions, Moscow officials said, while 17 people were injured in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih in a ballistic missile attack. Such large-scale aerial attacks are still relatively rare over Russia 2 1/2 years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top storiesThe Russian Defense Ministry said 11
  
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• Indian high commissioner accuses Trudeau of destroying bilateral relationship, says 'mistrust' persists

  20-10-2024 14:26
  
  India’s high commissioner to Canada — who has been expelled from the country — says while the economic relationship between Canada and India will likely be preserved, the political one is now characterized by “mistrust.” In an exclusive interview with CTV’s Question Period, airing Sunday, Sanjay Kumar Verma said any decision by India about whether or not to replace him and his expelled colleagues would entail a “discussion” between the two governme
  
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• With inflation below target, BoC expected to deliver supersized rate cut this week

  20-10-2024 13:17
  
  Forecasters expect the Bank of Canada to speed up the pace of interest rate cuts and lower its policy rate by half a percentage point this week. The central bank's interest rate announcement on Wednesday comes after Statistics Canada reported the annual inflation rate in September tumbled to 1.6 per cent — below the Bank of Canada's two per cent inflation target.Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top storiesNathan Janzen, an assistant chief economist at
  
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• Bo Levi Mitchell’s 5 TD passes lead Tiger-Cats past Stampeders 42-20

  20-10-2024 03:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mitchell threw for 450 yards and five touchdowns to lead Hamilton past Calgary 42-20 on Friday night.
  
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• Here’s the latest on British Columbia’s wet and wild election - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2024 02:48 via news.google.com
  Here’s the latest on British Columbia’s wet and wild election  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Duchene scores twice, Stars beat Oilers 4-1 - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2024 01:28 via news.google.com
  Duchene scores twice, Stars beat Oilers 4-1  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta UCP to vote on celebrating CO2, abandoning net-zero targets

  20-10-2024 00:56
  
  A proposal to stop labelling carbon dioxide as a pollutant and instead celebrate it as a "foundational nutrient for all life on Earth" will be up for debate at the United Conservative Party's (UCP) annual general meeting in November. The resolution, which includes abandoning Alberta’s net-zero targets, flies in the face of the scientific consensus that carbon dioxide emissions created by humans burning fossil fuels is one of the primary drivers of global warming.  The increased temper
  
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• Speedskater Blondin wins another gold at Canadian long-track championships - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2024 00:43 via news.google.com
  Speedskater Blondin wins another gold at Canadian long-track championships  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Wrangler goaltender Ignatjew enjoys stellar AHL debut, stopping 32 shots en route to 5-3 victory

  20-10-2024 00:01
  
  Walter Ignatjew’s AHL career got off to a strong start Friday night, as he stopped 32 shots to lead the Wranglers to a 5-3 win over the Henderson Silver Knights. It was the opening game of a back-to-back series between the two teams. Rory Kerins continued his hot streak, opening the scoring for the Wranglers. That was followed up by Clark Bishop, who made it 2-0 off a feed from Jakob Pelletier. The Wranglers went up by three late in the first period on a goal by Walker Duehr, who was set u
  
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