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Meet the Stampede lottery winners
When Tina Daly got a call from Stampede Lotteries last week, she hung up the phone, thinking the call was a joke or a scam. “If it was really important, they’d call me back,” said Daly. And call back...
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Uber remains focused on coming back to Calgary
The world’s most high-profile ride-booking company appears ready to negotiate with city hall just months after it promised to abandon the Calgary market. Uber declined to comment Tuesday on integrity...
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Teen dies after collision near Lethbridge
A 17-year-old girl has died from injuries sustained during a collision near Lethbridge on Monday afternoon. The accident happened at Westside Drive W., south of Highway 3 at about 3 p.m. Lethbridge...
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Fortney: Transforming immigrant kids' lives, one soccer game at a time
On one side of the field, it’ll be kids, some who don’t yet know English; on the other, adult members of the Calgary Police Service. When I ask Jean-Claude Munyezamu if that seems like an unfair...
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Calgary police bust alleged magic mushroom operation, seize deadly opioids
Magic mushrooms are a rare find in Calgary police said following a drug bust last week. “We haven’t seen a lot of that,” Calgary Police Service Insp. Mike Bossley said. “It definitely would be a very...
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Mounties search for suspects involved in multiple car, residential robberies
Didsbury RCMP say two suspects conducted an armed robbery with a shotgun on Monday morning, and believe the incident could be related to a multi-jurisdiction crime spree. The two suspects, one male and...
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Special needs children stranded after Calgary Transit Access glitch
Systems upgrades at Calgary Transit Access have led to service delays that have some users upset, including parents of special-needs children who were stranded at their summer camp Monday when their...
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Body of missing boy swept away in the Yoho River has been found
The search for an 11-year-old Calgary boy swept away in the Yoho River came to an end Tuesday morning when RCMP found his body. A spokesman for the family of Behzad Ahmad said the news was both hard to...
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Calgary police officer's heart warmed by an anonymous gift
A social media shout-out from a grateful Calgary police officer has generated a wave of goodwill. The anonymous officer had stopped for a meal at a southwest eatery. When he went to pay, he learned the...
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Rosedale residents balk at proposed affordable housing sites in pricey...
A proposal to develop affordable housing on eight vacant lots in an upscale inner-city neighbourhood has drawn concerns from residents about “the possible class of people that would be renting,” and...
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Alberta's complex power purchase arrangements and the NDP lawsuit, explained
The NDP government dropped a bombshell this week as it launched legal action aimed at preventing power companies from returning money-losing contracts back to the province. The stakes are high, but the...
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A 4-year-old boy killed in two-vehicle crash near Lethbridge
A 4-year-old boy is dead and three others injured following a two-vehicle crash east of Lethbridge. Coaldale RCMP said Wednesday a green Buick was travelling north on Range Road 211 when it failed to...
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Man arrested in homicide of Lethbridge infant
Lethbridge Police arrested a man on Wednesday morning in connection with the homicide of nine-month-old Austin Lucas Wright. Paramedics were called to a home in the 600 block of 17th Street N. on April...
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Fortney: How a lunchtime swim can give kids a fighting chance
The forecast had called for morning showers. At high noon on Wednesday, though, the hot sun shines brilliantly on Forest Lawn Pool as kids jump into the water with joyful abandon. Still, a little...
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Bail hearing set for man charged in drug conspiracy
A bail hearing was scheduled for September on Wednesday for a man charged in a drug conspiracy linked to two separate slayings. Defence counsel Jennifer Ruttan told provincial court Judge Mark Tyndale...
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Refusing rape victim's impact statement to be read in court a 'disgusting'...
Not allowing a rape victim’s impact statement to be read in court by the prosecutor was “disgusting,” a sexual assault victims’ advocate charged Wednesday. Danielle Aubry, executive director of Calgary...
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Police chase armed suspects through city streets
Two people were arrested after a high-speed, seven-hour pursuit of a stolen truck on inner-city streets. The suspects were wanted for armed crimes in several southern Alberta communities over the past...
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Foreign workers unable to work after being struck by car Tuesday night
Two women hit by a car Tuesday night may be unable to work or support their families in the Philippines for months. The women, Sheila Tancgay, 38, and Irish Atibula, 36, were heading home from their...
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Uber tells Calgary drivers to get a Class 4 licence ahead of possible relaunch
Uber’s re-entry into the Calgary market may be gathering steam. In an e-mail sent to past drivers on Wednesday and obtained by Postmedia, the world’s most high-profile ride-booking company tells...
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Calgary under severe thunderstorm warning
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Calgary as storm clouds make their way across the city. The warning is also in effect for Airdrie, Cochrane, Olds and Sundre. Much of southern Alberta...
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