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Return of the track: Century Downs looks to pick up where Calgary racing left...
It’s a hot, sunny Saturday afternoon in August, but Ian Byers doesn’t mind spending it outdoors. For nearly four hours, he paces back and forth between the bleachers and the fences as he watches the...
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Braid: PCs provide the comedy as NDP launches climate change panel
The graciously retired Progressive Conservative government dawdled on climate change for years, promising much, studying plenty, but offering little policy beyond their $15 per tonne carbon levy on...
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Five key points in Alberta's climate change discussion paper
Alberta’s NDP government announced Friday the membership of a panel to review the province’s climate change policies. With public consultations set to begin, the province also released a climate change...
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Babin: The survivors — Cyclists hit by cars share their frustration over...
Earlier this month, charges were laid in the death of Deric Kryvenchuk, a married father of three two who was killed when struck by a car from behind while cycling near Okotoks earlier this year, a...
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Alberta announces climate panel, but no targets or deadlines for emission...
Alberta launched its quest for a new climate change strategy Friday with no hard targets or deadlines for implementing a policy to stem greenhouse gas emissions. Environment Minister Shannon Phillips...
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Video: Remembering the Cecil Hotel
As the iconic sign is dismantled and brought to the ground, historians and former patrons look back on the unruly history of the Cecil Hotel.
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Updated: Combination of events led to senior mauled by police dog; ASIRT says...
Warning: contains graphic content The lawyer for a 72-year-old man mauled by a police dog said he doesn’t dispute the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team’s (ASIRT) conclusion, released Friday, not...
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Gallery: The Calgary Herald Pictures of the Week
The weekly collection of images taken or first published in the last seven days ending August 14. Gallery: The Calgary Herald Pictures of the WeekThe weekly collection of images taken or first...
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Former police chief Rick Hanson endorses Liberal candidate in federal election
Former Calgary police chief Rick Hanson, who ran with the Progressive Conservative Party in the provincial election, has endorsed Liberal Party candidate Nirmala Naidoo for the federal riding of...
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Two in hospital following head-on collision in the southwest
Two people were left in serious condition following a serious crash that shut down both directions of 37th Street S.W. north of Highway 22X Saturday afternoon. Paramedics were called to the scene of a...
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Witness of fatal beating in Edmonton urges bystanders to take action against...
If you see something, say something. That was Manwar Khan’s message to the dozens of people gathered on the steps of Calgary’s City Hall on Saturday morning for an anti-bullying rally, as he urged...
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Hundreds take part in inaugural Nathan O'Brien decathlon fundraiser
Jennifer O’Brien smiled as she surveyed a rain-drenched field full of kids playing Aussie Rules football on Saturday afternoon, a bit of sunlight starting to peek through the cloudy sky. It was a...
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US and Canadian crews fighting forest fire near Waterton Lake
Parks Canada is working with the US National Parks Service Saturday to fight a 10 hectare forest fire near Waterton Lakes National Park, about 260 kilometres southeast of Calgary. The 100-metre wide...
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Police investigate Whitehorn shooting after gun violence warnings
Police are investigating after shots were fired in the northeast community of Whitehorn, Saturday night. It follows a troubling rise in gun violence in northeast Calgary, where dozens of shootings have...
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High-tech wind alert system keeps construction debris from plummeting
Trampolines have flown through the air, roofs have blown off, and hail has hammered buildings during violent storms around Calgary this summer, but reports of loose construction material sent sailing...
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Lethbridge police latest force to add drones to fleet
When Lethbridge police officers were responding to a weapons complaint last week, they called in Const. Jonathan Blackwood. They needed to ensure an area was clear, and instead of sending in an officer...
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Flooded Bowness resident, now homeless, still waiting on provincial help
Natalie Sawyer spent last summer living in a tent. She spent last winter living in a friend’s cabin near Smithers, B.C., which had no running water or heat. Today, she drifts between that cabin and the...
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Notley says she'll keep 'open mind' on provincial funding for new NHL rink
Premier Rachel Notley downplayed the prospect of provincial dollars for a new NHL complex in Calgary but kept the door open to the idea Sunday. On Tuesday, the Calgary Flames will release details on a...
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Slides at Calgary park close after burning backsides
Nobody’s having any fun on the slides at St. Patrick’s Island. The playground equipment has been on a time-out ever since it was blamed for burning backsides. The south-facing, metal slides had...
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Notley in Calgary to launch Hawkesworth campaign
Alberta’s NDP government may be facing down provincial opposition parties — and a campaigning Stephen Harper — but Premier Rachel Notley said Sunday she’s feeling no pressure on her party in the...
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