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Updated: Ottawa dedicates $68.5M toward Calgary transit projects
Calgary is getting $68.5 million from Ottawa for transit projects, though one big ticket item is on the shelf for now. The cash from the federal Public Transit Infrastructure Fund announced Thursday at...
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Calgary Zoo's Illuminasia transforms beauty by day into magic by night
From glowing tigers to glittering bears, the bewitching spell of Illuminasia will again light up the Calgary Zoo as the unique lantern festival transforms beauty by day into magic by night. Starting...
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Love triangle slaying nets then 17-year-old a six-year, adult prison sentence
Fatally stabbing his girlfriend’s ex-lover has earned a Calgary man a six-year sentence exactly two years after the crime. And though Dallas Cowdery was 17 when he plunged a knife into the heart of...
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Fortney: LGBTQ community looks to next 25 years of Calgary Pride
It’s a part of our city’s history known by few and spoken about by even fewer. When Kevin Allen staged his first Gay History walk two years ago, though, he was taken aback by how many were interested...
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Record number of first-year students to stay on campus at U of C
Despite high vacancy rates in the city, officials say a record number of first- and second-year students are opting to stay in residence at the University of Calgary. On Sunday, students start moving...
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Highway closures west of Calgary scheduled Friday for Tour of Alberta bike race
Over 100 of the world’s top cyclists will race from Kananaskis to Olds Friday as part of the Tour of Alberta. “There’s nothing like it,” Duane Vienneau with the Tour of Alberta said. “It’s the best...
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U.S. development rider takes early lead in Tour of Alberta
His first career win was indeed sweet. But now the hard stuff begins for Colin Joyce. “No stress, no pressure,” submitted Joyce. “Oh, well, of course pressure. But at the same time I love racing my...
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Girl dies four years after minivan crashes into Alberta school
ST. PAUL, Alta. — A girl who was injured four years ago when a minivan plowed into a rural Alberta school, killing one student, has died. An obituary says 15-year-old Maddie Guitard died Wednesday...
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Universities add mental health services to respond to student need
Students at the University of Calgary and Mount Royal University will have better access to mental health services on campus this year. Last December, the U of C launched a mental health strategy for...
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Three-year-old struck by pickup truck in driveway
A three-year-old boy suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a pickup truck west of Calgary Friday. At 9:20 a.m. a pickup truck being backed out of a driveway at Redwood Meadows hit the boy,...
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Calgary police name city's 16th homicide victim
City police released the name of Calgary’s 16th homicide victim. Calvin Timothy Brooker, 57, was found dead in an alley in the 2700 block of 41 A Ave. S.E., near Ogden Road early Thursday morning....
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Kittens rescued from sealed box found in Calgary southeast dumpster
The Calgary Humane Society is looking for the public’s help in identifying four kittens found abandoned in a sealed box in the city’s southeast. Brad Nichols, senior manager with the society’s...
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Fortney: Cycling's Tour of Alberta a bigger deal than you might think
It’s like scoring a backstage pass to a Rolling Stones concert, “and having Mick let you sing into his microphone.” On Friday morning, Garth Rowan wouldn’t be anywhere in the world but the parking lot...
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Meals on Wheels delivery van has been stolen
Calgary Meals on Wheels is asking Calgarians to keep an eye out for a stolen delivery van. Just before 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 2, Meals on Wheels said a van was stolen in an area north of SAIT. The van is...
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Tickets for Calgary Raptors game snapped up in seconds
Landing tickets for the Toronto Raptors-Denver Nuggets Calgary faceoff is a hard ball game. It’s one that often ended in frustration and an immediate massive mark-up on resale websites with some floor...
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K-9 units from across Canada descend on Calgary for annual trials
For the first time since 2000, Calgary will host the Canadian Police Canine Association’s annual get together. The public will get a rare glance into the daily grind of keeping service dogs in top...
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Rainbow crosswalk returns but once-controversial 'Pride Bus' absent from...
Sunday marks the 2016 Calgary Pride Parade, but one attraction will be missing from city streets. Calgary Transit and Calgary Pride teamed up last year to give one city bus a rainbow makeover. But this...
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Federal government could join Alberta's coal phase-out
Alberta appears to have a powerful new ally as the NDP government moves to end the use of coal-fired power in the province by 2030. The federal Liberal government has confirmed it is looking at ways to...
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Family rallies around Airdire girl injured in ‘horrific accident' and the...
The family of an Airdrie girl in a medically-induced coma are thanking the community for donations after their daughter was hit by a tree. Eleven-year old Emily Power has been unconscious since Aug....
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One person dead after car and semi-truck crash on Highway 9
One person is dead after a head-on crash involving a semi truck and a small car northeast of the city. Around 11:45 a.m., EMS received reports of a collision on Hwy. 9 about about 20 km northeast of...
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