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Bantleman can't return to Canada yet, as prosecutors appeal court ruling that...
The family of a Canadian teacher who was cleared last month of child sexual offences in Indonesia says the country’s prosecutor’s office has filed an appeal of that decision. Neil Bantleman had been...
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Banff approves program to remove fruit trees that attract bears
BANFF — The Town of Banff has approved a program to make it easy for homeowners to remove bear-attracting crabapple trees from their properties in the national park townsite. On Monday, town council...
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Police investigating suspicious death at northwest motel
City police are investigating the suspicious death of a man at a northwest motel on Monday. Officers were called around noon to the Banff Trail Motel at 2107 16th Avenue N.W., in the Hounsfield...
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Accused husband makes first appearance in cold case killing
A man charged last week with the death of his common-law wife nearly a decade ago made his first court appearance on Monday. Duane Redelback, who faces a charge of second-degree murder in the death of...
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Calgary hiker swept over Twin Falls in Yoho National Park
YOHO NATIONAL PARK — A 19-year-old Calgary man has been swept over Twin Falls, an 80-metre high waterfall in Yoho National Park. Around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, emergency officials were alerted to an...
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Fortney: Lantern festival to light up the night at Calgary Zoo
They’re dressed in blue coveralls topped with bright yellow hard hats, four workers holding up a giraffe that’s a little unsteady on its feet. “How much does one of those weigh?” George Zhao calls out....
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RCMP say father of missing girl found dead in Blairmore
CROWSNEST PASS — A simple note scrawled on the door of the Pure Country Bar & Grill on Highway 3 illustrates the disarray gripping this mountainside community. “Closed due to family tragedy.” Terry...
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Johnston's Canyon in Banff National Park closes for restoration work
Johnston’s Canyon, a popular tourist area in Banff National Park, closes Tuesday to improve public safety along the trail. The trail, which is about 22 kilometres west of Banff on the Bow Valley...
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Police lay murder charges after man killed during 'violent confrontation'
Drugs are believed to have played a role in what police are calling a ‘violent confrontation’ earlier this week that left one man dead and another facing second-degree murder charges. Christian...
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Calgary terrorism intervention program can tackle 'junk-food ideology,'...
A prominent terrorism researcher says Calgary is leading the country with its new anti-radicalization intervention program. “Looking into Redirect, it’s a very important thing,” Sajjan Gohel said at a...
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Virginia Tech shooting survivor recounts tragedy for Calgary students
Only seconds separated the moment from when she heard gunshots in the hall to the moment the shooter entered her classroom and started firing. Huddling under her desk, she peered up for a second,...
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Provincial NDP returns fire after new Harper blast
Alberta’s finance minister said Wednesday that Conservative Leader Stephen Harper’s blasts aimed at the NDP government are “not true” and “not helpful” for a province trying to rebound economically...
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Third and final phase of Rotary/Mattamy Greenway is launched
The largest urban pathway system in the world took a step closer to completion Wednesday as the third and final phase of the Rotary/Mattamy Greenway was launched in Calgary. “What we’re doing here is...
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Braid: Jilted in 2011, Nenshi welcomes leaders' visits
Naheed Nenshi was a lonely mayor during the 2011 federal election campaign. “Nobody came to visit,” he recalls, “except (Green Leader) Elizabeth May, who’s lovely, because of course the other party...
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Sadness hangs over Blairmore after charges laid in the deaths of toddler and...
BLAIRMORE — On a day heavy with grief, the mother of a missing toddler found dead spoke for the first time about the tragedy, while police continued the grim investigation of the girl’s and her...
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Calgary mayor meets with Mulcair and Trudeau on infrastructure, transit
With barely a month left in the federal election campaign, Calgary’s mayor is making a new push for municipal issues to become a top priority as two national leaders descended on his office Wednesday...
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Fortney: Community devastated by girl's death rallies in grief
It’s a chilly morning in Coleman, the kind where you can see your breath and residents wake up to find their car windshields coated with a thin sheet of ice. Still, for the American fly fishers...
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Witness sees friend's sister and two men swarm Herrera-Garcia on street
Moments after she went inside an apartment at 14 Ave. and 6 St. S.W. to retrieve her wallet with friend Garnet Campbell on the evening of May 23, 2012, Shailey Sterling testified she heard some yelling...
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U of C, students' union at odds over management of MacEwan Hall
A protracted dispute between the University of Calgary and its students’ union over the future control of MacEwan Hall could be headed to court as high-stakes negotiations appear to be grinding to a...
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Support pours in for families of Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and father Terry...
Residents of Crowsnest Pass and the rest of southern Alberta are mourning the loss of two-year-old Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and her father, Terry Blanchette, both of whom were killed earlier this week....
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