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• RCMP announces winners of ‘Name the Puppy’ contest

  17-04-2025 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The RCMP received more than 10,000 entries for its annual 'Name the Puppy' contest and the 13 winners have been chosen, one from each province and territory.
  
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• Calgary Flames’ mascot Harvey the Hound on the ballot for the 2025 Mascot Hall of Fame

  06-05-2025 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary Flames mascot Harvey the Hound is one of the mascots appearing on the ballot this year for election to the Mascot Hall of Fame.
  
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• Quebec sovereigntist party cheers on possible referendum in Alberta

  06-05-2025 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said Premier Danielle Smith has used the spectre of a referendum to gain leverage as she makes demands of the federal government.
  
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• Veren shareholders approve $15B combination with Whitecap

  06-05-2025 20:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Oil and gas producers Whitecap Resources Inc. and Veren Inc. are joining forces in a $15-billion deal to create the biggest landholder in two Alberta shale formations.
  
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• 7 children treated for minor injuries after Calgary school bus crash

  06-05-2025 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Seven children were treated for minor injuries after the school bus they were on was involved in a crash with another vehicle on Tuesday morning.
  
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• Alberta premier’s chief of staff defends business class flight from Donald Trump visit

  06-05-2025 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Before being Danielle Smith's chief of staff, Rob Anderson served as the executive director of the premier's office.
  
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• Calgary’s Dustin Wolf, Montreal’s Lane Hutson, San Jose’s Macklin Celebrini named Calder Memorial Trophy finalists

  06-05-2025 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary Flames goaltender Dustin Wolf, Montreal defenceman Lane Hutson and San Jose centre Macklin Celebrini are the finalists for this year's NHL top rookie award.
  
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• Leduc pays over $9.5 million to 155 women in class-action lawsuit settlement

  06-05-2025 18:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  In January 2024, Leduc's mayor apologized to the women who worked at the City of Leduc.
  
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• Calgary Flames rookie Dustin Wolf among contenders for Calder Memorial Trophy

  06-05-2025 18:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Calgary goaltender Dustin Wolf, Montreal defenceman Lane Hutson and San Jose centre Macklin Celebrini are the finalists for the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded to the player selected "as the most proficient" in his first year of NHL competition.
  
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• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith takes questions following address on province's future

  06-05-2025 18:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will take questions from reporters today following her live address Monday during which she touched on everything from perceived economic incursions from the federal Liberal government to her plans to strike a sovereignty panel.
  
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• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defends promise of a potential referendum on separation

  06-05-2025 18:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Danielle Smith says her focus will be on repairing the destruction she says Ottawa has caused to Alberta over the past decade as the idea of separation from Canada gains greater public attention.
  
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• Natalie Sue and David Huebert among finalists for $60K Amazon Canada First Novel Award

  06-05-2025 16:25 via cbc.ca
  
  The prize, now in its 49th year, recognizes the best Canadian debut novel of the year.
  
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• Calgary's film industry left with questions after Trump threatens tariffs on non-U.S. movies

  06-05-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Damian Petti’s phone started blowing up on Sunday evening, immediately after Donald Trump posted his plan to impose 100 per cent tariffs on movies produced outside of the United States.
  
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• Carney to speak with Trump today at high-stakes White House meeting

  06-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet his U.S. counterpart Tuesday for a high-stakes White House meeting — a face-to-face that comes as bilateral relations are at their lowest point in decades and with a trade war raging.
  
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• U.S. President Donald Trump’s film tariffs could leave Calgary productions hanging

  06-05-2025 01:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Proposed tariffs on films made outside of America are putting a dark cloud over Calgary's vibrant filmmaking industry — which is the fourth-largest of its kind in Canada.
  
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• Blood Tribe residents remember loved ones on Red Dress Day

  06-05-2025 01:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Members of the Blood Tribe gathered in Stand Off gathered to walk, remembering their friends, family members and loved ones who no longer have a voice.
  
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• Alberta’s energy industry, government watch nervously as oil prices hit 4-year low

  06-05-2025 01:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  With oil prices plunging to their lowest level in four years, both the energy industry and governments that depend on energy royalties are watching nervously.
  
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• Calgary crews scramble to contain brush fire in city’s southwest

  06-05-2025 01:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Firefighters were forced to call for additional resources Monday morning as they scrambled to contain a fire burning in heavy brush north of the Shaganappi Point golf course.
  
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• Conservative Damien Kurek says he'll step aside for Poilievre — but by law he has to wait

  06-05-2025 00:55 via cbc.ca
  
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has already taken a trip out to the Alberta riding he hopes to represent, after losing the Ottawa-area seat he held for more than two decades in last week's general election. But Poilievre will have to wait at least 30 days for a byelection, and likely more.
  
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• Shades of 2023 as Edmonton Oilers clash with Vegas Golden Knights again in 2nd round

  06-05-2025 00:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here's a quick look at the second-round NHL playoff series between the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights that starts Tuesday with Game 1 at T-Mobile Arena.
  
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• Alberta premier to chair sovereignty panel, put proposals to 2026 referendum

  06-05-2025 00:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she will chair an “Alberta next” panel to brainstorm how the province can protect itself from perceived economic incursions from the federal Liberal government.
  
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• Wildfire near Grande Prairie mostly contained, but officials wary of crossover conditions

  05-05-2025 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Progress was made on the weekend to contain the wildfire near Grande Prairie, however officials feared dry conditions on Monday could create crossover conditions.
  
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• Alberta government beefs up measles defence as cases rival 1980s levels

  05-05-2025 22:59 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta government says it is taking new steps to rein in the province's measles as case counts surge to the highest levels since 1987.
  
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• During intense testimony, E.M. recalls details of 'degrading' alleged sex assault by ex-world junior players

  05-05-2025 22:52 via cbc.ca
  
  The sexual assault trial of five former world junior hockey players continued today. The complainant – E.M. – testified in graphic detail about the alleged assault in a hotel room in 2018.
  
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• 5 RCMP cruisers destroyed in trackhoe rampage, Alberta man charged

  05-05-2025 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  A stolen trackhoe rampage left a business fence and five RCMP cruisers destroyed, and now a suspect accused of previously threatening police is facing even more charges.
  
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• Danielle Smith promises Alberta separation referendum if signatures warrant

  05-05-2025 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Danielle Smith said she wants a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada, but the voices of those unhappy with Confederation are not fringe extremists and must be listened to.
  
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• Rocky Ridge Athletic Park construction begins with $25.1M investment

  05-05-2025 22:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Construction has started at Rocky Ridge Athletic Park as part of a $25.1-million investment to improve access to recreation in Calgary’s northwest communities.
  
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• Organized crime money launderer says he did not try to flee Canada, warrants vacated

  05-05-2025 21:39 via cbc.ca
  
  A Calgary man who was wanted on warrants after he was suspected of attempting to flee the country ahead of his sentencing hearing for money laundering called the situation a “serious misunderstanding.” 
  
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• Central Alberta crash kills 4 people from Maskwacis, including 2 teenagers

  05-05-2025 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ponoka RCMP said a GMC Acadia was passing other vehicles on Highway 2A late Saturday morning when it hit an oncoming Volkswagen Tiguan, killing all four people involved.
  
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• Man, 19, charged in fatal stabbing outside Calgary bar

  05-05-2025 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary police said a 19-year-old man is facing a second-degree murder charge after a man was stabbed to death during a fight outside the Commonwealth Bar and Stage on April 26.
  
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