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Friends and community rally around family of young Langdon man killed in...
Residents of the community of Langdon are heartbroken to learn it was one of their own killed in a vehicle crash east of Calgary. Family and friends identified 19-year-old Quinton Nicolaas Samaco...
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One person dead, four injured after multi-vehicle crash in southwest Calgary
A motorist is in police custody for suspected impaired driving after a crash killed a man and injured four other victims in southwest Calgary Sunday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to Glenmore...
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Calgary man builds fire pits inspired by Star Wars to help sister with Lyme...
Melody Eschete had no idea a fire-breathing Darth Vader was coming to her rescue until she read it on Etsy. Her brother, Ron Spragg, hadn’t told her yet. Spragg, a Calgary family man and volunteer...
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Teenage girl seriously injured in pedestrian collision
A teenage girl was rushed to hospital with serious head and leg injuries Sunday morning after she exited a parked truck and walked directly in front of a moving vehicle in the city’s northeast. Police...
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Local buskers to perform all week on LRT to promote Juno Awards
Local musicians will deliver toe-tapping performances to transit-goers to promote Calgary talent and hype the upcoming Juno Awards show at the Scotiabank Saddledome this Sunday. Until Friday, 10...
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Family cleaned out by laundry detergent bandit
For the second time in a month, a Calgary family has been cleaned out by grocery-hungry bandits — this time down to their laundry detergent. The burglary in the southeast community of Elgin, where a...
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Victim of RV dealer bankruptcy seeks answers
The collapse of a local RV dealer has left one of its Calgary customers with a “ransacked” camper and thousands of dollars in missing camping gear. Bruce Macdonald said he was shocked to find the...
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University of Calgary Mudbloods Quidditch team headed for Canadian national...
Calgary Harry Potter fans: your hometown quidditch heroes are headed for the Canadian national championship this weekend. The University of Calgary Mudbloods will compete in Kingston, Ont., with 14...
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Skateboard ramp taken after fraudulent online ad on its way back to owner
The kids are alright. After a young Calgary kid’s skateboard ramp was lost to a fraudulent classified ad, the teen who ended up with it will return it, and he’ll get another for that class act. Friday,...
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Justin Trudeau to visit SAIT on Tuesday
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Calgary Tuesday to take part in a roundtable discussion on employment insurance. According to a notice from Trudeau’s office, the prime minister will also pay...
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Community newspaper man loses childhood friend in Lahore blast
When Bilal Khan heard about Sunday’s suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan, his childhood home, he was stunned by the news. He has visited the Gulshan-e-Iqbal park, where women and children on an Easter...
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U of C law prof not optimistic NDP can overturn PPA terminations
The NDP government’s challenge of Enmax’s decision to dump its unprofitable coal-fired power contract into the lap of consumers has little chance of success, says a University of Calgary law professor....
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Man killed in Glenmore crash was driving to Easter dinner
Roger and Jayne Holmes were travelling to their pastor’s house for Easter dinner on Sunday when the Jeep they were driving in was struck head-on by a suspected drunk driver on Glenmore Trail. Roger,...
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Police say photo radar program is working amid massive ticket spike
Calgary police defended criticism that a 46.7 per cent spike in issuing photo radar tickets is simply a cash grab, citing statistics showing the program is working and noting citizens have asked for...
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88% of Albertans describe economy as poor
Nearly nine in 10 Albertans have a negative view of the provincial economy, a new poll shows. In an online survey conducted by Insights West, 88 per cent of respondents described economic conditions in...
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Gun hidden in camera bag, marijuana in cracker box among items seized by...
A gun in a camera bag, marijuana in a cracker box and firearms hidden in a trailer were among items seized by southern Alberta border officers in February. Canada Border Services Agency officers at...
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Fire destroys outbuildings, farming equipment north of Calgary
Four outbuildings and some equipment on a farm north of Calgary were destroyed by fire that started in grass and spread. The blaze sent up a thick column of black smoke that could be seen across parts...
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Braid: Could Trudeau be a real friend in hard times?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seems to like Calgary, having been here three times since he was elected last October. Maybe it’s the traffic. There’s not so much of it these days. One whistles past the...
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Trudeau meets with Calgarians about EI changes, says more help is needed
After meeting with jobless Calgarians on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he knows more needs to be done to help those “who’ve seen the rug pulled out from under them” — though he made no...
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Jury in Ryan Lane case told that rusted barrel contained burned bones, tools...
Police searching for the remains of a missing Calgary man found bones and burned tools in a rusted barrel, the trial of three people charged with murder heard Tuesday. And before those items could be...
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