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• Alberta proposes tax exemptions to increase affordable housing as part of Bill 20

  08-05-2024 22:19 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  The Alberta government announced new initiatives and tools for municipalities to increase the amount of affordable housing available across the province. These would be changes to the Municipal Government Act as part of the controversial Bill 20, which has received criticism from municipalities in Alberta.Alberta Municipalities said it hasn't been given chance to consult on changes to bill Municipal political party forms in Edmonton as politicians continue Bill 20 debateProposed amendments to th
  
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• Goose nesting at WinSport has goslings

  31-05-2024 04:53 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  CTV Calgary has an update on a goose that had been nesting at WinSport. The goslings appeared in the planter last week. WinSport had the area blocked off so the birds weren't disturbed. Officials said the whole family has now moved on.
  
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• 'It's gotten a lot worse': Gophers a source of grief for some Kincora residents

  31-05-2024 04:17 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  For some people, gophers are nothing more than cute little critters. To others, they're a problem pest that needs to go. At least a few people in the northwest Calgary community of Kincora are in that second camp. In one community green space, every tree and rock has at least one big hole under it. Despite gophers being a key food source for many predators, the park seems to be the land coyotes forgot. At least one neighbour hopes the city doesn't forget, too. "We've never had this problem. It's
  
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• Violent attack on foal at Leduc County horse farm has owner worried about riding clients

  31-05-2024 02:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  A week-old foal was mutilated in a suspected dog attack at a Leduc County horse farm, where the owner said bylaw has been called several times over ner neighbour's aggressive pets.
  
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• Warm, windy weekend ahead

  31-05-2024 02:55 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A low-pressure trough lingered over southern Alberta on Thursday, ushering in cool northwesterly winds gusting up to 40 km/h and scattered showers. Rainfall amounts will be trace around Calgary, while the more intense storm activity was in north-central and eastern Alberta along the Saskatchewan border. This system did trigger a severe thunderstorm warning for the region of Winnifred just southwest of Medicine Hat as the storm cells built in intensity and posed the risk of producing strong winds
  
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• Granum rallies to support family business after robbery gone wrong

  31-05-2024 02:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  A criminal mishap has caused catastrophic damage to a family owned and operated gas station and general store in Granum, and the community is rallying together to show its support.
  
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• Preliminary hearing set for man accused in deadly 2022 Nanton stabbing

  31-05-2024 02:33 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A preliminary hearing has been set in a deadly stabbing in Nanton from December 2022. Nanton resident Ryan Kelly Sutherland faces charges of second-degree murder and aggravated assault. A 54-year-old woman died in the home where the attack took place. Another woman and two men were taken to hospital. At the time, police did not believe it was a random attack. A preliminary hearing is usually held to determine if there’s enough evidence to go to trial. Sutherland’s hearing is set for
  
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• Unresponsive man pulled from Bow River hospitalized in critical condition

  31-05-2024 01:32 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  An investigation is underway after an unresponsive man was pulled from the Bow River Thursday afternoon. At around 3:45 p.m., police responded to a report that a man was floating in the Bow near the Crowchild Trail N.W. overpass. Calgary Fire Department crews helped to pull the man from the river and he was transported to hospital in critical, life-threatening condition, a police spokesperson said in a release. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police at 403-266-123
  
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• Pilot killed in Alberta glider crash shaped many flying careers, says gliding club

  31-05-2024 01:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  A pilot who died in a tragic gliding accident in southern Alberta is being fondly remembered for helping to shape many flying careers.
  
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• Wanru Kemp named 2024 artist in residence by Town of Okotoks and public library

  31-05-2024 01:15 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Wanru Kemp was named the Sheep River Artist in Residence by the Town of Okotoks and Okotoks Public Library earlier this week. Over the course of her residency, Kemp will develop a series of artworks reflecting the landscape of the Okotoks area. She was born on the north coast of China and lived five years in Thailand before settling in Canada. She studied photography in school but was trained as a painter by her dad when she was a young girl. “Painting for me acts as a vessel for treasured
  
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• Wet conditions causing slight delays for City of Lethbridge crews to mow boulevards, parks

  31-05-2024 00:24 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The wet start to May has the City of Lethbridge's parks department delayed mowing in the city. "We've had lots of rain the last few weeks and that's obviously causing the grass to grow a little bit quicker than normal," said Blair Richter, the city's general manager of parks and cemeteries. Boulevards and green spaces are looking much greener than normal for this time of the year, and that greenery is also looking much longer than normal – in some places over two feet tall. "With those wet
  
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• Brooks Bandits gearing up for BCHL Rocky Mountain Challenge

  31-05-2024 00:19 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Just over a week ago, the Brooks Bandits were crowned BCHL Alberta division champions. Now, they have their eyes on another prize. They'll play in the Rocky Mountain Challenge against B.C.'s best. "It's exciting. Been waiting a long time for this. The five months since joining the BCHL, it's all been leading to this. We're prepared and excited to have a good weekend,” said Bandits captain Nicholas DeGraves. They'll face off against the Surrey Eagles. Surrey finished the regular season with
  
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• 14 Calgary patios featured in new online guide

  31-05-2024 00:13 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The team that operates a slew of well-known Calgary venues has launched a new online guide to help patrons navigate the city's short but sacred patio season. Concorde Entertainment Group has published a 'Summer in the City' patio guide outlining everything from patio hours, daily specials and patio pet policy to which direction the patio faces and whether or not it has heaters. It includes details on 14 different Concorde venues, several of which are taking advantage of the City of Calgary&rsquo
  
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• Volunteers, donations needed at Calgary Humane Society amid spike in shelter demand

  30-05-2024 23:30 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A little more compassion and cash are always welcome things at the Calgary Humane Society as it operates through tough times. Calgarians are encouraged to volunteer or donate when and where they're able. The humane society will take any animal in need – as an open-admissions shelter, that's what it does – but demand has seen quite a spike. "With a 20 per cent increase in abandonment cases in 2023, the shelter has been operating at or above capacity for the past year," the humane soci
  
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• Okotoks RCMP seek public assistance identifying suspect in relation to May 18 indecent act

  30-05-2024 23:26 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Okotoks RCMP are asking for public assistance to help identify a suspect relating to an indecent act on May 18. Around 2:30 p.m. that day, officers received a report of an indecent act that took place in a vehicle parked on Milligan Drive in Okotoks. A woman was out jogging when she noticed the man exposing himself inside the vehicle. She confronted him and he left the area. He’s described as being between 17 and 22 years old, with a slender build.  He was last seen wearing a black Hu
  
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• WestJet reaches tentative deal with Encore pilots; load controllers ratify CBA

  30-05-2024 22:43 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  WestJet has made progress on two labour disputes, reaching a tentative agreement with Encore pilots and ratifying a new collective bargaining agreement with its load controllers. WestJet Encore pilot leaders, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), voted to approve a new tentative agreement on Thursday. The airline said the two parties returned to the bargaining table on Wednesday with the collective goal of avoiding a work stoppage.The information you need to know, s
  
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• Kerry Stevenson, 65, identified as pilot who died in southern Alberta glider crash

  30-05-2024 22:35 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A pilot who died in a glider crash in southern Alberta on Wednesday has been identified as Kerry Stevenson. The Cu Nim Gliding Club confirmed Stevenson, 65, died in the crash south of Highway 7 between Diamond Valley and Okotoks. The club described Stevenson as a long-serving member and past president who helped shape the flying careers of many glider pilots over the years.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App“In his life away from the gliding cl
  
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• SAIT gets $30M donation for construction of new campus centre

  30-05-2024 22:21 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Officials with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) announced a "transformative" $30 million donation on Thursday, saying it will go toward the construction of the new campus centre. The $30-million was gifted to SAIT by Don and Ruth Taylor through the Taylor Family Foundation. As such, the new building will be called the Taylor Family Campus Centre. "Don and Ruth Taylor are well known for their philanthropic support throughout Calgary and are dedicated to ensuring the success of
  
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• City to start maintenance work on northwest Crowchild Trail Monday

  30-05-2024 22:16 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Road maintenance work is starting on a portion of northwest Crowchild, the city announced Thursday in a media release. Maintenance work will be done between Stoney Trail and 32nd Ave N.W., including asphalt roadway repair and replacement, localized concrete repair and replacement of sidewalks, wheelchair ramps, curbs, barriers and gutters. The city said it hopes to complete the job by mid-September. The $7.3 million needed to complete the project comes from the city’s $40-million annual pa
  
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• Circus riders okay after crash during Calgary stunt

  30-05-2024 21:45 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Several performers in the Royal Canadian International Circus crashed during a stunt on Wednesday night, officials told CTV News. A spokesperson says the Fernandez Motorcycle Globe Riders were near the end of the act during their final performance of the night at Cross Iron Mills when they collided during a stunt.Sign up for breaking news alerts from CTV News, right at your fingertips The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App"Three of the four Globe riders
  
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• Wild boar bounty ends in four Alberta municipalities with zero submissions

  30-05-2024 21:29 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A provincial bounty programs targeting Alberta’s wild pig population have winded down, seemingly without a single kill of the destructive swine. The Whole Sounder Trapping Incentive program offered approved trappers $75 per set of ears per sounder, or group of pigs, and ran from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024. However, officials say no submissions were made for the wild boar bounty during the program's run. Hannah McKenzie, the wild boar program specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Irr
  
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• Man seriously injured in Chinook Mall stabbing: police

  30-05-2024 20:48 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A man was sent to hospital after a stabbing at Chinook Mall on Thursday morning. Calgary police were called to the mall around 11:40 a.m. for the incident that took place at one of the entrances. According to EMS, the man was transported to hospital in serious but otherwise stable condition.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppThe suspect fled but was arrested at the Chinook LRT Station. This is a breaking news update. More details to come…
  
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• Calgary Wild FC unveiled as city's first professional women's soccer club

  30-05-2024 20:35 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The name and logo of Calgary’s first-ever professional women’s soccer club have been unveiled. Calgary Wild FC will be one of six teams playing in the Northern Super League, the club announced Thursday. The league, formerly known as Project 8, has been working to bring professional women’s soccer to Canada.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppA release from the club noted that Canada was the only top-10 FIFA-ranked nation without a pr
  
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• Teen charged in downtown Calgary attempted murder, Good Samaritan sought

  30-05-2024 20:31 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary police say they want to speak with a Good Samaritan who might have more information about a frightening attempted murder in the downtown commercial core. Officers were called to the 0 to 100 block of Third Avenue S.E. just before 2 a.m. on Friday, May 17 for reports of an assault with a weapon. Police say the victims, a man and woman, were looking at a city centre information map near Centre Street and Fourth Avenue South when a young stranger with a knife approached them and tried to st
  
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• Four Calgarians charged in drug trafficking operation

  30-05-2024 20:28 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary police say they've arrested four men in connection with a drug trafficking operation that was discovered earlier this year. Officials say investigators first discovered the suspicious activities of two people in February, which led them to execute search warrants on a number of homes in Calgary's Panatella neigbourhood and in Rocky View County.Sign up for breaking news alerts from CTV News, right at your fingertips The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV
  
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• Calgary soccer teams invited to take part in KidSport Cup

  30-05-2024 20:18 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  For two months this summer, a friendly competition will be taking place in Calgary hosted by an organization that's helped thousands of Canadian kids get involved in sport. Kidsport Calgary says it is working with the Calgary Minor Hockey Association to launch the Kidsport Cup, a fundraising tournament for U10 to U19 teams in the city. "We are thrilled to partner with KidSport Calgary for the inaugural KidSport Cup," said Carlo Bruneau, executive director of the Calgary Minor Soccer Association
  
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• 1 dead after vehicle drives off embankment into Old Man River

  30-05-2024 20:13 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge police are investigating a fatal collision after a vehicle plunged into the Old Man River on Wednesday. Just before 8 p.m., police received a report of a vehicle in the Old Man River north of the Highway 3 overpass near the Tollestrup Construction gravel yard. Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services Dive Team members confirmed there was a body inside the submerged vehicle. After a review of CCTV footage, police say a 27-year-old man drove the vehicle off the embankment after losing con
  
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• Lethbridge man dies after submerging vehicle in Old Man River

  30-05-2024 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police in Lethbridge, Alta., are investigating the death of a 27-year-old man after he drove his vehicle into the Old Man River.
  
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• Wildfire risk rises near Calgary as blaze burns west of the city

  30-05-2024 19:54 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The wildfire danger rating for the Calgary Forest Area (CFA) has increased as an active blaze burns west of the city. In an update Thursday, Alberta Wildfire said a break in precipitation, along with warmer, windy days have driven up the overall wildfire danger to moderate, with some pockets of high danger in the CFA. “Although the forecast is calling for the possibility of some light precipitation in the short term, conditions look mostly stable through the coming week which will lead to
  
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• Crossfield man charged after 6-month investigation into sexual interference case

  30-05-2024 19:35 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Following a six-month long RCMP investigation, a Crossfield man who works as an educational assistant with Rocky View Schools (RVS) faces a number of charges in relation to a sexual interference case. Wednesday, Airdrie Rural RCMP officers arrested Thjs Gordon Vogelzaang, 43. Vogelzang has been charged with sexual interference, possession of child pornography and making child pornography. He was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in court on May 30. Late Thursday morning, the Rocky
  
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