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• Parents of Alberta kids undergoing cancer treatment told to bring their own snacks

  01-04-2025 01:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new AHS policy means outpatients in places like kids cancer clinics are now being told to bring their own snacks to treatment.
  
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• Canada Election: Ex-PM Stephen Harper endorses Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre

  08-04-2025 04:57 via cbc.ca
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is meeting supporters in Edmonton at 7:30 p.m. MT. Liberal Leader Mark Carney will hold his own rally in Richmond, B.C., an hour later.
  
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• Alberta tourism continuing to grow after strongest pandemic rebound in Canada

  08-04-2025 04:43 via cbc.ca
  The provincial tourism sector is reporting the highest growth last year, according to current numbers, in the country as it plots a course to bring in $25 billion in visitor spending by 2035.
  
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• Canada Election: Poilievre, Carney both hold rallies in Western Canada

  08-04-2025 04:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is meeting supporters in Edmonton at 7:30 p.m. MT. Liberal Leader Mark Carney will hold his own rally in Richmond, B.C., an hour later.
  
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• Canada Election: Ex-prime minister Stephen Harper to introduce Poilievre at Alberta rally

  08-04-2025 03:44 via cbc.ca
  
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is meeting supporters in Edmonton at 7:30 p.m. MT. Liberal Leader Mark Carney will hold his own rally in Richmond, B.C., an hour later.
  
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• Alberta plans to create independent police agency as alternative option to RCMP

  08-04-2025 03:06 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta government wants to create a new provincial police service using about half of the sheriff workforce, which municipalities could choose to hire if they want an alternative to the RCMP.
  
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• Canada Election: Carney, Poilievre holding back-to-back rallies in western Canada

  08-04-2025 02:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is meeting supporters in Edmonton at 7:30 p.m. MT. Liberal Leader Mark Carney will hold his own rally in Richmond, B.C., an hour later.
  
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• Alberta government lays groundwork for provincial police force

  08-04-2025 02:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s government is taking another step toward giving municipalities the option of ditching the RCMP in favour of a new provincial police service.
  
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• Former NHL goaltender, hockey broadcaster Greg Millen dead at 67

  08-04-2025 02:18 via cbc.ca
  
  Former NHL goaltender and hockey broadcaster Greg Millen has died at 67. He spent 14 years in the NHL from 1978-92, playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Hartford Whalers, St. Louis Blues, Quebec Nordiques, Chicago and the Detroit Red Wings.
  
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• Albertans frustrated with stock market losses: ‘It’s a manufactured situation’

  08-04-2025 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  It's almost a universal feeling — the anxiety and despair you might experience while looking at your investments right now.
  
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• Logan Boulet effect still strong 7 years after horrific bus crash

  08-04-2025 01:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  It has been seven years since the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy, but the legacy of Logan Boulet – and Green Shirt Day – keeps the conversation going about organ donation.
  
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• Alberta to tie hospital funding to number, type of procedures performed

  08-04-2025 00:42 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's government will soon tie public hospital funding to the number and type of procedures performed, a move critics warn won't improve the public system and will only accelerate private delivery.
  
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• Danielle Smith takes swipe at Carney after Liberal leader jabs Alberta premier

  08-04-2025 00:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  "The attitude is, 'sit down and shut up.' Well, I don't shut up, I make sure that Albertans know exactly how I feel about issues," Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said.
  
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• Alberta premier suggests Mark Carney has issues with ‘strong conservative women’

  08-04-2025 00:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  "The attitude is, 'sit down and shut up.' Well, I don't shut up, I make sure that Albertans know exactly how I feel about issues," Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said.
  
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• Images and video give Calgarians glimpse of redesigned Olympic Plaza

  08-04-2025 00:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgarians now have a better idea of what the city's new Olympic Plaza will look like, following the release of design plans and artist renderings of the project on Monday.
  
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• Alberta shifting health-care grants to ‘activity-based,’ competitive surgical funding

  07-04-2025 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta will soon tie public hospital funds to the number and type of procedures performed — a move critics warn won't improve the system and will only accelerate private delivery.
  
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• Alberta revamping health-care grants to ‘activity-based’ hospital funding system

  07-04-2025 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta will soon tie public hospital funds to the number and type of procedures performed — a move critics warn won't improve the system and will only accelerate private delivery.
  
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• Town of Cardston removes controversial alleyway mural after hearing concerns

  07-04-2025 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  A mural has been removed after causing controversy in Cardston. The mural was installed to be a crime deterrent on the town's main street.
  
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• Olympic Plaza redesign includes skating rink and 12-metre-tall gold fountain

  07-04-2025 22:59 via cbc.ca
  
  The Calgary Municipal Land Corporation has released long-awaited design plans for the Olympic Plaza Transformation.
  
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• For some of Alberta's oil and gas workers, this election is all about national unity

  07-04-2025 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Three oil and gas workers share what their priorities are in this federal election — and they think the rest of the country gets wrong about their industry and their province.
  
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• More Alberta propane flowing to Asian markets as trade relationship with U.S. falters

  07-04-2025 19:52 via cbc.ca
  
  Last year, more than 40 per cent of Canadian propane exports flowed across the Pacific Ocean, with Japan and South Korea emerging as key markets.
  
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• Calgary pedestrian hit and killed by freight train

  07-04-2025 19:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  One person has been killed after being hit by a freight train in downtown Calgary early Monday morning. Police say it took the train nearly three kilometres to stop.
  
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• Liberal Leader Carney pokes at Alberta Premier Smith at first Western campaign stop

  07-04-2025 17:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Liberal Leader Mark Carney is starting off his first British Columbia campaign stops by drawing a contrast with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
  
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• 'A survival game': How the cost of living has changed since the 2021 federal election

  07-04-2025 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The price of goods and services in Alberta rose nearly 14 per cent since the last federal election, a CBC News analysis found. Many Albertans have had to tighten their wallets and purse strings as a result, and some have experienced homelessness.
  
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• Edmonton man accused of killing girlfriend had allegedly harmed her before. Her father is calling for change

  07-04-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Drew Moore has a history of violence against Erin Kern, 30, who was found dead in her Strathearn home in February. Moore, 36, is charged with second-degree murder in the killing.
  
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• Cross-border order pickups in tight-knit Montana-Alberta communities hit hard by tariff talks

  07-04-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Travelling into northern Montana to pick up online and mail-order purchases is common practice in southern Alberta communities like Lethbridge. But anxieties around tariff threats have cut into that practice.
  
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• PC Optimum reward program locks man out of account worth $43K without warning or explanation

  07-04-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  PC Optimum points are mega-popular, with more than 17 million active subscribers. But some say the Loblaw reward program isn’t playing fair — freezing accounts with no warning and little explanation. One expert says the program has pitfalls that can easily lock out dedicated shoppers.
  
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• The Supertrain, Canada’s largest model train show, rolled into Calgary - CityNews Calgary

  07-04-2025 02:19 via news.google.com
  The Supertrain, Canada’s largest model train show, rolled into Calgary  CityNews Calgary
  
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• The Mark Carney effect on Calgary riding races - CityNews Calgary

  07-04-2025 02:05 via news.google.com
  The Mark Carney effect on Calgary riding races  CityNews Calgary
  
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• Another ‘Not Wanted Donald Trump’ poster spotted in Calgary - CityNews Calgary

  07-04-2025 02:05 via news.google.com
  Another ‘Not Wanted Donald Trump’ poster spotted in Calgary  CityNews Calgary
  
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