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Fortney: Veteran hair stylist recounts styles, stories of 40-plus years
“It was the best decision of my life.” When Kirsten McKenzie talks about her profession, it’s with the unbridled passion of the newly converted. This deft wielder of a pair of scissors, though, is no...
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Alberta government vows no oil and gas royalty changes until 2017
The NDP government formally launched its review of Alberta’s energy royalty regime Friday by offering reassurances to an energy industry currently being hammered by low oil prices. Energy Minister Marg...
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Woman convicted of aggravated assault for biting off victim's nose
A judge issued a warrant for the arrest of a 25-year-old woman after he convicted her Friday in absentia of aggravated assault for biting off the nose of another woman and threatening to kill her while...
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Inside Alberta's royalty review
The NDP government appointed members to its royalty review panel Friday and vowed it wouldn’t alter energy rates until the end of 2016. Here’s a look at the issue: What is it: A four-member panel will...
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Calgary mother battling cancer, Parkinson's won't give up fight to change...
A Calgary mother battling cancer and Parkinson’s disease won’t back down until the city removes what she says is a discriminatory provision in its Fair Entry subsidy program. And councillors say it may...
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Man seriously injured after collision between car and gravel truck near Canmore
A seriously injured man had to be airlifted to hospital following a head-on crash between his vehicle and a gravel truck near Canmore on Friday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to the scene on...
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Man sent to hospital following crash on Deerfoot Trail
A man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a rollover on southeast Deerfoot Trail early Saturday. Police received a call around 2:20 a.m. about a single vehicle rollover on southbound...
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Police investigate several stabbing incidents
Police were kept busy responding to various stabbing incidents overnight, including one that sent two men to hospital with serious injuries after an altercation at a north-end convenience store....
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How to trim your perennial plants
In spite of some not so great weather lately, it’s hot – then it’s cold, there is lots of time left to enjoy your garden…hopefully. Katrina Diebel, owner of Vale’s Greenhouse, gives us some advice on...
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Woman dead, man injured after vehicle rolls near Priddis
A woman is dead and a man is in hospital after a motor vehicle crash southwest of Calgary Saturday night. Emergency crews responded to the scene on 240 Street W., just north of Highway 22X near...
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ATV riders knocked off their vehicles by charging bear, EMS says
Two men riding ATVs west of Calgary were injured Saturday night after they were reportedly knocked off their vehicles by a charging bear. Emergency crews were called to the scene in the area of Highway...
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Police investigate possible sexual assault involving two teenage girls
Calgary Police have detained and interviewed at least two people after an alleged sexual assault in the northwest. Police were called to a home on Hawkstone Drive N.W. at approximately 7:30 a.m. on...
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Parents slammed by school fees despite NDP election promise
Parents of school-aged children are struggling to pay hundreds of dollars in mandatory school fees as the economy sputters and the NDP government continues to mull slashing the charges levied by school...
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Police, educators bring dire warnings about fentanyl deaths to Calgary schools
As a powerful street drug rises in prominence at teenage parties in Calgary, police and educators will bring dire warnings into school halls and classrooms across the city that just one pill could kill...
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Calgary-Foothills race gets nasty with leaflet campaigns
The battle for the vacant provincial riding of Calgary-Foothills is taking a nasty turn as it enters the final days, with the Wildrose accusing the NDP of pursuing “ideas of communism and socialism”...
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Teenager hospitalized by fentanyl overdose 'recovering quickly'
A Calgary teenager who slipped into a coma and suffered a brain injury after overdosing on fentanyl says he is “recovering quickly” and will be released from hospital before long. Anthony Hampton made...
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Police seek missing man considered vulnerable
Calgary Police are searching for a missing man in his early 80s who suffers from dementia. The man, Theodore De Kaucher, has been missing since Sunday afternoon, when he left his home in the Glendale...
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Educators wary of diverting scarce tax dollars to fund CalgaryNEXT sports...
Educators and opposition critics are wary of a proposal to build a massive sports complex for Calgary’s professional hockey and football teams that could divert millions of tax dollars earmarked for...
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Province's new Grade 3 assessment program to remain optional
The province says a new Grade 3 digital testing pilot program will remain optional after concerns raised by the Alberta Teacher’s Association and others. The Grade 3 provincial tests, dubbed Student...
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NDP promises investigations into deaths of all children in government care
Human Services Minister Irfan Sabir is promising more thorough investigations into the deaths of children in the care of the province or receiving protective services — but exactly what form those...
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