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• NDP Leader Rachel Notley says corporate tax increase would bring stability to Alberta

  25-05-2023 15:15 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley has defended her party's proposal to increase corporate taxes, saying it would provide a “stable, thoughtful” economic plan for the province. Notley was responding to a question about whether the United Conservative Party was a safer economic choice for Albertans in Monday's provincial election.Follow full election coverage on Alberta Votes 2023She says two of the most important aspects of a strong economy are stability and predictability. Notley, who
  
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• Freight train derails in field east of Calgary

  09-06-2023 04:47 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Crews are cleaning up after a train derailment about 100 kilometres east Calgary Thursday afternoon. A spokesperson for Canadian Pacific Kansas City Southern confirmed that "multiple cars of a CPKC freight train carrying intermodal shipping containers" derailed at around 2:30 p.m. east of Cluny, Alberta. There were no injuries, and the statement said no dangerous goods were involved. There is no risk to public safety. CPKC crews and equipment are responding. The cause remains under investigation
  
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• Charges pending against Langdon, Alta. man in fatal attack

  09-06-2023 04:36 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A 31-year-old resident of Langdon, Alberta, faces charges in relation to a fatal assault. On May 26, at 12:10 p.m., Strathmore and Langdon RCMP responded to reports of an assault at a Langdon residence. They discovered a woman who was unresponsive and transported her to hospital in serious condition. The man was arrested at the scene. Wednesday, the woman died in hospital. An autopsy was performed Thursday in Calgary at the Chief Medical Examiners office. The investigation continues, with charge
  
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• Heat spell, dry season hurting western Alberta crops

  09-06-2023 03:53 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The extreme heat and lack of precipitation is being felt on farms across Alberta, and there's a high probability of it hurting this year's yield.  The quasi-drought is noticeable south of Red Deer and gets even worse south of Calgary, where many regions were already short of moisture as far back as last year.  That left farmers planting in dusty ground this spring, and barring a meteorological miracle, a lot of those crops won't mature in the summer.  "This is weather we're used t
  
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• Police investigating after Ogden home targeted by anti-Semitic graffiti three weeks straight

  09-06-2023 03:23 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  After the first incident left a Nazi symbol on his election lawn sign, Jordan Barrett thought it was just someone upset about his voting intentions. That was May 20th - a week later on the 27th - it happened again. He called police who came to investigate. Although the election is over, last weekend it happened for a third time. "Literally on our fence - just this past Saturday night, we found it Sunday morning," Barrett says. The repeated use of Nazi imagery and a slogan made him fear the messa
  
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• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith deflects when asked about wildfires and climate change

  09-06-2023 02:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Danielle Smith said the government is bringing in arson investigators from outside the province to trace the cause of some wildfires during an unprecedented season in Alberta.
  
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• Drop In Centre opens 35 withdrawal and recovery beds to combat rising drug poisonings

  09-06-2023 02:38 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  More than 1,200 drug poisonings occurred inside or around the Drop In Centre between January and April of this year, according to the facility’s executive director. “Overdoses or drug poisonings that we are experiencing in this building on a daily basis is alarming,” said Sandra Clarkson. The centre has now renovated its fifth floor to accommodate 35 beds focused on withdrawal management and recovery transition. “We’re hopeful that we'll be able to serve up to 1000
  
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• ‘Exercise extreme caution’: Lethbridge officials issue summer water safety reminder

  09-06-2023 01:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  As community members take to the water in their swim trunks, on floats or other devices, Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services is advising the importance of safety.
  
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• Silver Springs sinkhole swallows front-end of SUV

  09-06-2023 00:58 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Members of the Calgary Fire Department were called to a sinkhole that opened up in the community of Silver Springs on Thursday. The sinkhole along Silver Ridge Close N.W. was reported just before 4 p.m.  Upon arrival, crews found the front-end of a Ford SUV inside the crevasse. According to a spokesperson for the fire department, the driver of the SUV had to climb out through the back with help from witnesses in order to escape.
  
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• Lethbridge Fire and EMS remind river safety tips ahead of summer season

  09-06-2023 00:43 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  It’s expect to be a hot summer across southern Alberta, which has officials reminding those planning to cool off in a river or body of water to be cautious and plan ahead. “We strongly, strongly recommend PFD’s (personal flotation device) even if the water is only waist deep, shoulder depth, we don't want to see people succumb because they can't swim,” said Brendon Pyne, water rescue team lead with Lethbridge Fire and EMS. He says wearing a life jacket, proper footwear, k
  
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• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith downplays link between wildfires and climate change

  09-06-2023 00:30 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Premier Danielle Smith says the government is bringing in arson investigators from outside the province to trace the cause of some wildfires during an unprecedented season in Alberta. In an interview on Real Talk Ryan Jespersen, the host asked Smith how she reconciles her government's energy policies with experts linking this year's extreme fire season to climate change. "It's a real-life metaphor … happening in front of us with a historic wildfire season," Jespersen said to Smith during
  
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• Victims of serious crash east of Calgary identified as sisters from France

  09-06-2023 00:21 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  RCMP say two victims injured in a horrific crash east of Calgary earlier this week were family members visiting from France. EMS and Mounties from the Airdrie RCMP detachment responded to the collision in the intersection of Highway 9 and Highway 564, north of Dalroy, Alta., just after 2 p.m. on June 6. RCMP say a semi travelling south on Highway 9 hit an SUV that crossed in front of it as it headed east on Highway 564. The driver of the SUV had to be extracted from the vehicle and was take
  
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• Why is the federal government looking to create a national emergency agency?

  09-06-2023 00:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here's a look at what a national emergency agency could consist of, and how it would be different from what's already in place to deal with disasters like wildfires.
  
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• Classroom Champions: Siksika Nation students get tour of Olympic Oval with Team Canada speed-skater

  08-06-2023 23:58 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Students from Siksika Nation had an elite field trip on Thursday, spending the day at the Olympic Oval as part of a private tour and training experience with a Team Canada speed skater. "If one day coming to the oval inspires even one of them, that's exciting to me," said long-track speed skater Alison Desmarais, who hopes to compete at the 2026 in Milan, Italy. She's also an athlete mentor for Classroom Champions, an international non-profit that connects predominantly underserved, rural and In
  
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• High River auto body shop owners featured in Discovery Channel reality series

  08-06-2023 23:17 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The series is called Bush Wreck Rescue and it's described by the producers as "Western Canadian motorheads obsessed with turning abandoned trucks into custom gems, hunt for old rust buckets, drag them out of the bush and go to great lengths to transform them into vintage classics." Audrey Steele and Peter Nickerson are two of those motorheads. The husband and wife team own and operate Midnight Oil Restoration in High River and have run the business since 2000. "The reason it's called Midnight Oi
  
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• Calgary home hit with Nazi-themed graffiti after election signs pulled down

  08-06-2023 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  After weeks of having elections signs spray-painted with swastikas, Jordan Barrett woke up one morning with the same symbol and a Nazi phrase spray-painted on his fence.
  
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• Jake Maier ready to take another step for the Stampeders

  08-06-2023 22:34 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  When Jake Maier and the Calgary Stampeders take to the field against the B.C. Lions on Thursday night, he says he'll finally be able to put behind him the loss to the Lions in last years' western semi-final. The Lions beat the Stamps 30-16 in that game and Maier was pulled in favour of Bo Levi Mitchell in the fourth quarter. "It's been a long six months for sure.  So yeah, it is good to lace them back up," the 26-year-old said. "But it is a new year and I don't want to lose sight of ... han
  
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• Town of Magrath issues alert after cougar sighting

  08-06-2023 21:50 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The Town of Magrath issued an alert for a dangerous animal after a cougar was spotted on the Magrath nature trail early Thursday morning. The alert was issued just before 11 a.m. On its Facebook page, the town advised people to keep pets on a leash or confined. It said the alert included the Jubilee Campground and fish pond area.Dangerous Animal Alert Jun08 10:55AM. Take necessary precautions. The Magrath nature trail, campground, and Jubilee park fish pond. https://t.co/TB3voRxrSP #ABemerg &mda
  
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• Southern Alberta town cancels alert after cougar sighting

  08-06-2023 21:50 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The Town of Magrath in southern Alberta cancelled an alert for a dangerous animal after a cougar was spotted on the Magrath nature trail early Thursday morning. The original emergency alert was issued just before 11 a.m. It was cancelled just after 2 p.m. There was no word on whether or not the cougar had been captured. On its Facebook page, the town advised people to keep pets on a leash or confined. It said the alert included the Jubilee Campground and fish pond area. As more information becom
  
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• What causes most wildfires in Canada, and why we’re ‘primed’ for a lot more

  08-06-2023 21:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Though it is not yet determined what caused a number of this year's earlier-than-usual and more widespread wildfires, there are two common reasons wildfires begin.
  
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• Elections Alberta releases official results from 2023 provincial election

  08-06-2023 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s 2023 official election results have been released and two seats were determined by 100 or less votes. This election saw a record-breaking number of advanced voters.
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada dismisses appeal application by Christian Joffre Ouellette

  08-06-2023 21:09 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  An application for appeal by convicted killer Christian Joffre Ouellette was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Canada. Ouellette's application came after the Alberta Court of Appeal also upheld his convictions in the shocking Superstore parking lot slayings. In June, 2020 Ouellette filed an appeal, claiming that evidence was ignored, witnesses potentially tampered with, and his appeal for a stay of charges due to his trial being unreasonably delayed wasn't heard until after his trial was complet
  
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• Smith plays down prospect of advisory council of defeated candidates

  08-06-2023 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is playing down an earlier pledge to create a council of defeated candidates to advise her in Edmonton.
  
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• Worker buried in trench collapse during sewer repairs in Charleswood

  08-06-2023 20:33 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  One person was injured after a trench collapse in the community of Charleswood on Thursday. The Calgary Fire Department says the victim was doing sewer repairs in the 2600 block of 34 Avenue N.W. at around 10:45 a.m. when the trench they were working in buckled. There was, according to the fire department, a large volume of dirt that fell on the victim. A technical rescue team was brought in as well as an excavator. The condition of the victim isn’t known. This is a developing story and wi
  
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• Cougar sighting in southern Alberta town of Magrath triggers emergency alert

  08-06-2023 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  An emergency alert was issued for residents of Magrath on Thursday morning after a cougar was spotted within the southern Alberta town's trail system.
  
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• CJAY92 donates $20K to Calgary family whose van was stolen, hurting 5-year-old's T-shirt business

  08-06-2023 19:13 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  After a string of devastating setbacks, a Calgary family has just had a significant change of luck. Stephanie Cowan just recently moved to Calgary from B.C., and says within two weeks of moving into her new home, her 2017 Chrysler Pacifica was stolen. The van not only had inside it personal belongings, but custom-made motocross-themed T-shirts created by Cowan's five-year-old son Nixon Thorne, as well as his most recent profits from selling those shirts. Thorne had recently set up a table o
  
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• 700 international students facing deportation will get ‘fair outcome’: minister

  08-06-2023 19:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fraser also said Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will be working closely with Canada Border Services Agency to resolve the issue.
  
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• 700 international students face deportation will get ‘fair outcome’: minister

  08-06-2023 19:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fraser also said Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will be working closely with Canada Border Services Agency to resolve the issue.
  
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• Missing Calgary teen last seen in Woodbine

  08-06-2023 18:03 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary police are looking to the public for help locating a missing teenage girl last seen in Woodbine last month. Denhaize Phirez Ear-Rabbit, 17, was last seen in the southwest community on Friday, May 12. Police say there's nothing to indicate that foul play is involved, and it's not uncommon for Denhaize to go extended periods of time without communicating with her family. Despite this, her family is growing worried that they've been unable to locate her and are concerned for her well-being.
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear unvaccinated Alberta woman’s case for organ donation

  08-06-2023 17:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of an Alberta woman who was unwilling to be vaccinated in order to get a life-saving organ transplant.
  
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