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Attracting public funds for 'CalgaryNEXT' could prove challenging for Flames
It could be a tough sell for the Calgary Flames if the club seeks public funding to help finance its plans for a tri-facility megaproject, says a sports economist. Duane Rockerbie, a professor at the...
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Royalty review will be transparent but may not involve public hearings: Mowat
Alberta’s royalty review will be transparent, but the next panel may not hold public hearings like the province’s previous review panel did, says the banker chairing the review. ATB President Dave...
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Calgary mother mourns her daughter after fentanyl overdose, as deaths prompt...
What Janis Radtke misses about her daughter are the daily conversations, those loving exchanges many take for granted, never really thinking the next might be the last. They had spoken on the phone...
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Federal election gearing up in Calgary
With national polls showing a three-way race in the federal election, the battle is heating up in the city as candidates fall into place in ridings such as Calgary Forest Lawn. Both Liberal Cam Stewart...
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Calgary Flames to share plans for arena project
Plans for a megaproject dubbed ‘CalgaryNEXT’ that will feature a new hockey arena, a football stadium, and an amateur sports field house will be shared with Calgary Flames fans early next week. Season...
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Teen in serious but stable condition after highway rollover
A 16-year-old was airlifted to a Calgary hospital after a rollover on the highway left her trapped in her vehicle. STARS air ambulance attended to the scene at 3:45 on Wednesday, said spokesperson...
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Hypertension cost Alberta health-care system $1.4B in 2010, says study
About 10 per cent of Alberta’s annual health budget goes toward treating high blood pressure and its related complications, a new study from the University of Calgary shows. And while other countries...
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Mother says province's latest fentanyl response will do nothing for her...
She feels helpless watching as addiction takes ahold of her son, as he sells his prized possessions to buy the next pill, as he vomits and convulses in withdrawal, only to start using again. The...
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Critics cite concerns over Calgary Flames arena proposal
While word that the Calgary Flames will soon unveil plans for a new arena megaproject still had hockey fans buzzing Thursday, critics also pointed to numerous hurdles it would face before it could be...
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Driver jailed and subject to deportation for crash that killed best friend
A judge apologized on Thursday for having no choice but to impose a jail sentence on a 22-year-old Calgary man for drunk driving causing the death of his best friend that will likely have him deported...
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Drug investigators shift focus to fentanyl distribution as crisis spreads to...
Drug investigators in Calgary said Thursday they are shifting their focus to busting fentanyl distributors after they charged a man with smuggling the deadly drug from China. The arrest came with new...
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Alberta electricity policy under review in wake of complaints, says energy...
Alberta’s electricity policies are under review in the wake of complaints of volatile power prices and a formal complaint to the market watchdog regarding “aggressive behaviour” by utilities, the...
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Wildrose and Tories will duke it out for conservative voters in...
Wildrose Leader Brian Jean appealed for help Thursday from former Progressive Conservative supporters to take on the NDP in next month’s byelection in Calgary-Foothills. Launching the campaign of...
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Wrecking ball to hit 17 Calgary homes bought out after 2013 flood
Residents in some of Calgary’s most prestigious neighbourhoods are angry with the province’s decision to demolish more than a dozen flood-affected homes along the Elbow River and demanding to know the...
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Two face pending charges after accidental shooting
Charges are pending for two individuals after an accidental shooting in the northeast on Thursday. Calgary police say they received a call just before 5:30 p.m. regarding a single shot that was fired...
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Indonesian court overturns sexual abuse conviction against Neil Bantleman
A former Calgary teacher’s conviction has been overturned by a Jakarta court, reversing a previous verdict that he and an Indonesian teaching assistant were guilty of sexually abusing three children at...
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Ride along with a Calgary ice cream truck on a 30 degree day
As Kiruba Sabarattinam cautiously steers his large truck into a southwest apartment complex on one of the hottest days of the summer, he turns a dial and a well-known jingle begins to play. Instantly,...
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Access to justice issues hurting the middle class, Alberta justice minister says
Fixing the province’s legal aid program for low-income Albertans is only part of the larger challenge of ensuring affordable services for a wide range of people who need the courts, Justice Minister...
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Crews battle massive fire at southern Alberta college
Officials are scrambling to find teaching space for hundreds of students ahead of the fall semester after a massive fire tore through Red Crow Community College on the Blood reserve in southern Alberta...
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Although free, Bantleman's return to Canada still weeks away
Though a former Calgary teacher has been released from an Indonesian prison where he was to serve 10 years for child sexual assault charges, his return to Canada may still be weeks away. Neil...
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