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• Frost advisory issued for City of Calgary Friday night

  21-09-2024 01:43 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Environment Canada issued a frost advisory for Calgary late Friday afternoon. Just before 3:30 p.m., the agency posted that “temperatures overnight are expected to drop to, or below the freezing mark. Frost is expected." It advised Calgary residents to “take preventative measures to protect frost-sensitive plants and trees.” The forecast low for Friday night is 0 degrees, with a 30 per cent chance of showers early in the evening and northwest winds gusting up to 50 km/h. Saturd
  
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• Millarville Christmas Market features over 300 vendors, Santa photo-ops, reindeer visits and other holiday items

  10-11-2024 20:30 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  More than 300 small businesses are part of the 2024 Millarville Christmas Market, which kicked off last Thursday and runs through next weekend. The market was established in 1988 and has become one of the top craft and artisan events in Alberta.It takes place at Millarville Racing & Agricultural Society Racetrack, where organizers advise visitors to dress in layers in order to visit both indoor and outdoor vendors. Some of the unique items available this year include handcrafted gifts that c
  
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• Calgary’s Nick Tetz wins 2024 PBR finals in Edmonton

  10-11-2024 18:36 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary’s Nick Tetz was crowned the 2024 Professional Bull Riders (PBR) champion Saturday night in Edmonton, besting Cody Coverchuk of Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan at Rogers Place. Tetz arrived in Edmonton trailing Coverchuk for the top spot, but was able to make up a 21.75 point deficit over the weekend to claim the title. For his efforts, Tetz took home a record payday of $153, 375, including a $100,000 champion’s bonus. Tetz also won the PBR championship in 2022, joining Aaron Roy, P
  
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• Sinclair family shares heartfelt message ahead of memorial service

  10-11-2024 18:04 via winnipeg.ctvnews.ca
  
  Murray Sinclair’s family members say the late justice and senator has been laid to rest according to his wishes. In a statement shared Sunday morning, his family said Sinclair was given “full Midewiwin funerary rites” earlier this week. “Although his physical time on this earth has ended, his spirit’s work continues, and he is now walking toward that beautiful place where he will be reunited with generations of loved ones who await his arrival,” the family sai
  
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• Gushue, Homan advance to Co-op Canadian Open finals

  10-11-2024 17:12 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Brad Gushue and Bruce Mouat will meet in Sunday's championship final of the Co-op Canadian Open. Gushue's team from St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador — consisting of third Mark Nichols, second Brendan Bottcher and lead Geoff Walker — defeated Yannick Schwaller of Geneva, Switzerland 6-2 in Saturday's semifinal of the Grand Slam of Curling event. Gushue scored a single in the second end, then had steals of one in the third and fourth ends before Schaller counted a deuce i
  
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• ‘It is urgent’: Alberta military reservists eager to join Canadian Forces in Latvia

  10-11-2024 16:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  At the largest military training area in Canada, military reservists learn basic and advanced training in case they are required for deployment in Latvia.
  
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• 'We know it's gonna improve': Igniting power play key to Oilers' climb

  10-11-2024 16:10 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  The Edmonton Oilers may have found the break they were looking for.  After struggling through the first month of the NHL season, the Oilers trounced the Vancouver Canucks 7-3 on Saturday.  “It was a step in the right direction, for sure," captain Connor McDavid said of the victory. "Not an easy building to win in, a team that obviously we've got lots of history with and this is a great win. Hopefully it's something that we can build on.” Edmonton's special teams have strugg
  
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• Americans are feeling anxious — so they're 'doom spending'

  10-11-2024 14:52 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Kelsea Palm was feeling out of sorts as the presidential election was approaching. So, she did what many Americans do when they’re feeling anxious: She went shopping. The Wheaton College senior and her friend hit shops in Massachusetts the weekend before Election Day, and while Palm prides herself on shopping responsibly, she wound up impulse-buying a purse to ease her stress. “It was a new thing that made us feel like we had some sort of control over our lives. We can vote, but what
  
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• Trump on Day 1: Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and make his criminal cases vanish

  10-11-2024 14:33 via ctvnews.ca
  
  More than 1,500 people have been charged since a mob of Trump supporters spun up by the outgoing president attacked the Capitol almost nearly four years ago. Trump launched his general election campaign in March by not merely trying to rewrite the history of that riot, but positioning the violent siege and failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White House. As part of that, he called the rioters “unbelievable patriots” and promised t
  
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• King Charles III and Kate attend remembrance events as both slowly return to duty

  10-11-2024 13:42 via ctvnews.ca
  
  King Charles III led the nation Sunday in a two-minute silence in remembrance of fallen service personnel in central London as the Princess of Wales looked on, a further sign the royal family is slowly returning to normal at the end of a year in which two of the most popular royals were sidelined by cancer. Remembrance Sunday is a totemic event in the U.K., with the monarch leading senior royals, political leaders, including Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his eight living predecessors, and envo
  
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• Riders fall short in West Final to Bombers

  10-11-2024 03:47 via regina.ctvnews.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Roughriders extended their Grey Cup drought to 11 years after losing 38-22 to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the CFL’s Western Final on Saturday. The Bombers advance to their fifth straight Grey Cup and will move on to face the Toronto Argonauts who defeated the Montreal Alouettes earlier in the day. It was a dominant performance from Winnipeg from the start and Saskatchewan could not keep up. The Bombers opened the scoring with a 31-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Lawler to go
  
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• Halkirk 2 wind facility shut down after turbine breaks

  10-11-2024 03:30 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The soon-to-be-operational Halkirk 2 wind farm was shut down on Friday after a turbine broke.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App A Capital Power representative said a nacelle and rotor fell from one of the turbines at the Paintearth County facility at around 7:20 a.m. According to the Capital Power website, the turbines at the Halkirk 2 facility are the largest the company has installed to date – with blades 74 metres long. There were no i
  
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• University roundup: Rams beat Huskies 19-14 to hoist Hardy Cup - Lethbridge News Now

  10-11-2024 03:02 via news.google.com
  University roundup: Rams beat Huskies 19-14 to hoist Hardy Cup  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 72-hour strike notice served by Fort McMurray education support workers

  10-11-2024 02:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Classes will continue for most of the student body with limited resources. Students in specialized or assisted programs may be required to stay home. 
  
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• Woman killed after truck crashes through Fort McMurray Boston Pizza

  10-11-2024 02:24 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  A woman is dead after a driver crashed a truck through a Boston Pizza in Fort McMurray late Saturday morning. The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App RCMP said a Ford F350 crashed into the restaurant on Franklin Avenue and Richard Street at around 11:30 a.m. A 24-year-old woman who was working inside the Boston Pizza was hit. She was taken to hospital, but she died shortly after. The driver, who was the only person in the truck, was arrested an
  
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• Argonauts upset Alouettes in East final, but lose QB Chad Kelly - Lethbridge News Now

  10-11-2024 00:27 via news.google.com
  Argonauts upset Alouettes in East final, but lose QB Chad Kelly  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary’s Cavalry FC wins first Canadian Premier League title - Lethbridge News Now

  10-11-2024 00:12 via news.google.com
  Calgary’s Cavalry FC wins first Canadian Premier League title  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary’s Cavalry FC wins first Canadian Premier League title

  10-11-2024 00:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Calgary club hoisted the North Star Cup — awarded to the winner of the CPL final — for the first time in the league’s six-year history before a sellout crowd.
  
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• Culture shift: Raptors 905 season kicks off against Delaware Blue Coats - Lethbridge News Now

  09-11-2024 23:57 via news.google.com
  Culture shift: Raptors 905 season kicks off against Delaware Blue Coats  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Cavalry FC win first North Star Cup, defeating Forge FC 2-1 at sold-out ATCO Field

  09-11-2024 23:49 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Cavalry FC won the Canadian Premier League title Saturday afternoon, defeating defending champion Forge FC 2-1. Tobias Warschewski scored on a penalty kick in the 31st minute and Sergio Camargo fired home what turned out to be the winner around seven minutes later. After the break, Forge FC cut the deficit in half when Alexander Achinioti-Jonsson redirected a loose ball in front of Cavalry goalkeeper Marco Carducci into the net. Cavalry stiffened on defence however and were able to shut the 2023
  
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• City of Calgary seeking input regarding improvements for busy intersection

  09-11-2024 23:33 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  On Saturday the City of Calgary held the first of three open houses seeking public input regarding the the functionality of the intersection and roadways of Sarcee Trail and Bow Trail S.W. Two options are being presented residents: a diamond interchange and another with a partial cloverleaf. Both have pedestrian and wheeling accessibility with consideration for an overpass and underpass options.  People were given the opportunity to review what was heard during Phase 1 Engagement, review an
  
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• Peterka scores lone shootout goal in the Buffalo Sabres' 3-2 win over the Calgary Flames

  09-11-2024 22:29 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
   JJ Peterka scored the lone shootout goal, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Saturday. Tage Thompson and Zach Benson scored first-period goals, and the Sabres earned their third consecutive win. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 24 shots through overtime and all three that he faced in the shootout. Thompson scored on a power play at 13:37. It was his team-leading 10th goal on the season. Mikael Backlund and Matt Coronato scored for Calgary, which had won six st
  
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• Lone shootout goal leads Buffalo Sabres to 3-2 win over Calgary Flames

  09-11-2024 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mikael Backlund and Matt Coronato scored for Calgary, which had won six straight trips to Buffalo since a 4-2 loss on Nov. 21, 2016.
  
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• Motorcycle group raising funds and awareness for Canadian veterans

  09-11-2024 21:36 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Canadian veterans motorcycle group is calling on Calgarians to come out and help fill the shelves of a truck to help support vets Saturday. Ypres 3rd Canadian Army Veterans Motorcyle Unit (CAV) are on hand collecting donations of food and cash at the Sobey’s Royal Oak, located at 8888 Country Hills Boulevard until 4 p.m. Donated food will go towards the Veterans Association Food Bank, while any funds raised goes towards the Canadian Legacy Project. Membership coordinator Darrin Walker sa
  
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• Hwy 599 closed during RCMP operation near Coronation

  09-11-2024 21:18 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Highway 599 was closed in both directions on Saturday for a police operation.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App RCMP issued a release just before 1 p.m., saying the highway was closed east of Highway 36 while officers responded to an incident. There was no ongoing threat to the public, RCMP said. Traffic was being diverted in both directions. No other details were given about the nature of the operation.
  
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• Routliffe and Ottawa’s Dabrowski win doubles title at WTA Finals - Lethbridge News Now

  09-11-2024 20:52 via news.google.com
  Routliffe and Ottawa’s Dabrowski win doubles title at WTA Finals  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Southern Alberta Summer Games officially goes to Town of Taber

  09-11-2024 20:15 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The Southern Alberta Recreation Association is officially announcing the Town of Taber as next year’s host for the Southern Alberta Summer Games. The games will run from July 2 to July 5, featuring both individual and team sporting events in and around Taber. It’s expected that nearly 2,000 athletes and coaches will participate in a variety of events from athletics, baseball, basketball, cycling, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and tennis. Organizers say the return of the games in Coaldal
  
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• Early Friday evening collision at Heritage Drive and 11 Street S.E.

  09-11-2024 18:31 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A pickup truck and car collided Friday night at Heritage Drive and 11Street S.E. Paramedics responded to assess those involved, but police said no patients were transported to hospital. The collision took place shortly after a pedestrian was struck at the intersection of Glenmore Trail and Elbow Drive S.W. and transported to hospital with serious injuries.
  
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• New Lethbridge Military Museum tour honours Canada’s women who served - Global News Toronto

  09-11-2024 17:57 via news.google.com
  New Lethbridge Military Museum tour honours Canada’s women who served  Global News Toronto
  
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• New Lethbridge Military Museum tour honours Canada’s women who served

  09-11-2024 17:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Lethbridge Military Museum is launching a new tour to highlight the women from southern Alberta who enlisted to keep Canada free.
  
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