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City debates residential speed reductions to 40, even 30 km/h
The city will spend the next eight months doing public engagement and reviewing data to determine whether 40 km/h or even 30 km/h is the best fit for reduced residential speeds. According to the city’s...
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Calgary Humane Society seizes more than 80 cats from West Hillhurst home
The Calgary Humane Society has seized more than 80 sickly Maine Coon cats from a home in the city’s northwest. A public tip led investigators to the home, located in West Hillhurst, on Sunday evening....
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'Really, really lucky': Harness racer shaken but uninjured after crash leads...
At a horse race in Calgary over the weekend, driver Brandon Campbell closed his eyes when he knew that he and his horse were heading for an unavoidable crash. The horse in front of them on the track at...
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Crown prosecutor cites 'damning evidence' in final arguments of Ryan Lane...
A secretly-taped conversation between murder suspects Wilhelm Rempel and his brother showed both were aware Ryan Lane’s body was burned before it was discovered, the Crown told jurors Monday. In his...
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Historic Centre Street lion getting new home after years of sitting in a...
The city announced today that one of the historic lion sculptures from the Centre Street Bridge will get a new perch in Rotary Park overlooking its ancestral home. “(It’ll be) overlooking the...
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Bylaw amendment would treat medical pot counsellors like liquor stores
Medical marijuana counselling businesses could soon face similar bylaws as liquor stores to prevent them from clustering in communities and from opening too close to schools, says a report to the...
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Homeowners facing 'outrageous' increase after NDP raises its portion of...
Calgary homeowners are facing an “outrageous” property tax increase of nearly $170 on the average house after the provincial government raised its take of municipal revenue in last week’s budget. The...
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Calgary's retired 'crane climber' has posted video of his terrifying fall...
The Calgary man behind a viral video of a death-defying climb to the top of a downtown construction crane last fall has posted new footage of another climb where he suffered a serious fall. Former...
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Glass falls 33 storeys from downtown building, lands on moving vehicle
Driving through Calgary’s downtown core, a vehicle was struck by falling glass from a broken window more than 30 storeys up. The incident happened about 4 p.m. at the corner of 6 Ave. and 1 St. S.W.,...
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Fortney: 25 years later, Good Earth is no longer a David among coffee Goliaths
It’s a typical coffee house scene: friends gathering over steaming latte bowls, a few loners focused on their laptop screens and one quintet having what looks like a corporate pep talk. As he casts his...
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Tory leader ejected from legislative assembly after challenging speaker
Tory Leader Ric McIver was ordered to leave the legislative assembly Monday after he challenged a ruling by Speaker Bob Wanner, claiming a copy of the decision was circulated in the house before the...
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The jailhouse letter jurors didn't get to see before deliberations in Ryan...
A damning letter allegedly penned by murder suspect Wilhelm Rempel could have been used in the defence of his brother, Timothy, and sister-in-law Sheena Cuthill. But the jailhouse “kite” Tim Rempel...
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Fire bans, restrictions and advisories for southern Alberta
Areas in southern Alberta (south of Red Deer) under fire ban, restriction or advisory, according to albertafirebans.ca. The specifics of fire prohibitions will vary from municipality to municipality....
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One third of signatures on Ready to Engage transit petition deemed invalid
A petition filed by a group opposed to the city’s southwest transitway plan had an unusually high number of invalid signatures, including names of people who don’t live in Calgary, said the city’s...
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Couple charged after police find children at Lethbridge home during drug bust
Police have charged a Lethbridge couple with endangering children after finding five youths at a home where drugs were allegedly being sold. Members of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams...
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Fortney: Revenue Canada scam shows fraudsters getting bolder, nastier
It was a fuzzy-sounding recording with a robotic female voice. Still, I got the gist, thanks to a few choice words that included “Canada Revenue Agency,” “legal case against you” and “arrest.” Before...
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ER doctors warned about massive seizure of suspected W-18
Emergency room doctors in Calgary and Edmonton have been warned about a massive police seizure of an illicit drug suspected to be W-18, which is 100 times more powerful than the deadly drug fentanyl....
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Braid: Manitoba NDP goes down with a message for Notley
There’s a sharp message for Premier Rachel Notley in Tuesday’s defeat of the Manitoba NDP. Tell the whole truth about taxes. Three years ago Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger raised the provincial portion...
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Man stabbed in northeast Calgary
Police are investigating after a man suffering from stab wounds was found by a nearby resident in a northeast Calgary alleyway. The incident happened about 7:30 p.m., in the 1300 block of Colgrove Ave....
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Terminally ill breast cancer patient calls for province to cover cannabis...
The province should cover the cost of medicinal marijuana, says a terminally ill Calgary nurse who credits the drug with making her life tolerable. Judit Saunders, whose breast cancer has spread to her...
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