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Medical cannabis clinic opens in downtown Calgary
Operators of a new clinic in downtown Calgary say the facility will provide more capacity for patients seeking access to medical marijuana. Curious locals got a glimpse of the Lift Resource Centre at...
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Calgary police arrest Huntington Hills double stabbing suspect walking on...
Police arrested the man wanted in a northeast Calgary double stabbing Tuesday afternoon after a member of the public spotted him walking on the highway. The tip came in at about 3:30 p.m., after...
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Alberta's ethics commissioner wants law to cap lobbyists' gifts to...
Alberta’s ethics commissioner is urging a change to provincial laws to ban politicians from accepting any hospitality gifts from lobbyists that exceed $100. Marguerite Trussler says a cap tied to...
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Calgary police support call for law that would force people to reveal passwords
Calgary police are supporting calls for a new law that would force civilians to hand over electronic passwords to investigators with a judge’s permission. Calgary police Chief Roger Chaffin was among...
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Victim opens up about being taken advantage of by telephone scammers
Calgary police are warning Calgarians about a new twist on an old scam. On Friday, a Calgary woman got a message from a man calling himself Ryan Smith, claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency....
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GlobalFest to postpone opening night thanks to stormy forecast
GlobalFest just can’t compete when Mother Nature puts on a show. With the threat of severe thunderstorms looming over the city, the opening night of the annual fireworks show has been pushed back one...
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Double stabbing suspect tells judge: 'I didn't mean to'
The man accused of stabbing two people in a northeast Calgary home told a judge Wednesday, “I didn’t mean to,” when he was informed of the charges against him. But Justice of the Peace Paul Newcombe...
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Canada lags in defending press freedoms abroad, says journalist imprisoned by...
Canada is trailing other nations in protecting journalists targeted by repressive regimes, once-imprisoned reporter Mohamed Fahmy said in Calgary on Wednesday. Fahmy, who was imprisoned for 438 days in...
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Education minister reaches out to LGBTQ youth in open letter
In an unprecedented bid to reach LGBTQ youth, Education Minister David Eggen has written an open letter to students reminding them of their right to form gay-straight alliances and use the washrooms...
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A tale of the tape: Bolt versus De Grasse
Calgary’s Kim Cousins has spent 20 years coaxing elite athletes to explode out of the starting blocks. So it’s no surprise the power speed coach has been closely watching the rivalry between Jamaican...
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Calgary police suggest mild winter, drug trade behind downtown crime surge
Downtown crime is on the rise, with commercial break-and-enter numbers up more than 100 per cent for the first seven months of the year. New police numbers show crime climbing at a steady rate in the...
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Braid: How the NDP thinks about everything
The NDP always sees Alberta from the bottom up: from the street rather than the executive suite. That simple fact explains how Premier Rachel Notley’s government behaves. It’s a useful lens for those...
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Law forcing civilians to hand over passwords to police unlikely to pass,...
A new law being sought by police chiefs that would force civilians to hand over electronic passwords would likely violate civil rights. As a result, experts say, it’s very unlikely to ever come to...
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Wife of imam held in Turkey says ordeal feels like a 'nightmare'
Rumeysa Hanci and her children are home safe from the turmoil in Turkey, but she remains fearful for her husband, the Calgary imam who was imprisoned for alleged connections to a failed coup in that...
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Lethbridge man in police custody following 'high risk incident'
A Lethbridge man is in police custody following a “high risk incident” in the southern Alberta city early Thursday. At around 4 a.m., police announced they had closed traffic in both directions on...
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What happens to pets when their owners get arrested?
When surveillance footage of a Calgary man boosting two Japanese maple trees from a Beltline restaurant went viral, a surprising amount of attention focused on one small part of the video: Lucy, a Jack...
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Public and Catholic school openings delayed because of rainy weather
Rainy weather and challenging soil formations have delayed the opening of two new public schools and two Catholic schools this fall, as officials hold out hope similar construction delays at other...
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Calgary venue cancels show after criticism about U.S. band
Warning: This story contains language some readers may find offensive. The Palomino Smokehouse has cancelled an upcoming concert after the venue came under fire for booking a Portland-based band that...
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Pride Calgary implementing new requirements to ensure politicians support...
If you’re a politician that wants to roll with the Calgary Pride parade, you’re now going to have to prove you’re a supporter of the community, thanks to changes in the organization’s policy. Following...
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City making big changes to traffic rules on Memorial Drive near Edmonton Trail
Big changes are coming to Memorial Drive, near the Edmonton Trail and 4th Street N.E. intersections, including a lowered speed limit and a new reversible left turn lane. “We believe this is an...
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