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Video Girl who lost mother to cancer shaves cherished locks as brother battles same disease
A Calgary girl who lost her mother to cancer wept as she shed her cherished long blond hair in a show of solidarity with her teen brother — who's now also battling the disease. More video
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'It all crashed': Panicked murder suspect makes plan with undercover cop to flee country
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Over scotch and beers at a Winnipeg pub, panicked murder suspect Allan Shyback looked to the man he believed was one of his closest friends for advice after Calgary police said they wanted to search the home where he'd hidden his common-law wife's body.
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Updated Change will come but Flames will stick with core group of players
The Calgary Flames will make some changes over the summer months but growth must come from within, GM Brad Treliving told reporters on Friday.
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Real Ski Report: And then there were 3
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Sunshine, Lake Louise and Nakiska your only options if you want to get in some spring skiing this weekend.
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Devil's Playground documentary explores Calgary's most haunted urban myth
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Calgary filmmaker Dori Davidson-Revill has spent the past five years working on a documentary about the Devil's Playground — a famous urban myth about children haunting the site of a turn-of-the-century schoolhouse fire.
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Cenovus plans to accelerate drilling on acquired ConocoPhillips gas properties
The CEO of Cenovus Energy says his company plans to accelerate drilling of conventional gas wells on lands it's buying from ConocoPhillips through a $17.7-billion deal announced last month.
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North America's most breathtaking places: Havana, Mexico City... Red Deer?
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The place best known as a doughnut stop on the highway between Calgary and Edmonton is featured on a list compiled by the travel website that also includes Haida Gwaii in B.C., Mexico City and, yes, Banff.
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'Plan B' vision for arena to replace Saddledome expected to be debated Monday
Details about a proposal for a new Calgary arena, the so-called 'Plan B' in Victoria Park will be debated at city council on Monday.
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New gravel plant for southwest ring road construction causes dustup
Residents on Calgary's southwestern edge met on Thursday to express their frustration with plans for a gravel plant near their homes that will help with construction of the southwest portion of the ring road.
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'Old man, you'd better slow down a little': 80-year-old Calgarian places 2nd in Boston Marathon age group
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Gerry Miller says running keeps him active mentally as well as physically: "If we eat well, we move, we stay positive, we keep our life's vibrations as high as possible."
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Grizzly bear chases woman, dogs down trail near Banff
A woman kick-sledding with her dogs on a trail behind the Banff Springs Hotel was chased by a grizzly despite repeated attempts to warn it off before she was finally able to reach her vehicle.
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Trains, jazz and all-you-can-eat cereal: What to do this weekend in Calgary
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With Calgary out of the NHL playoffs, that may leave some people with extra time to fill this weekend and The Homestretch’s Tracy Fuller has a bunch of great ideas to make that happen.
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Alberta NDP tops fundraising in first quarter of 2017
The Alberta NDP raised $373,060 from Jan. 1 to March 31, 2017. The Official Opposition Wildrose Party came second with $281,607 in donations.
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113 Canadian hotels in Holiday Inn chain — including in Alberta — hit by credit card hack
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The hotel chain that owns Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental and other brands said credit card information of their guests may have been stolen last year at thousands of locations, including more than 100 in Canada.
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Analysis Are Canadians ready for no-frills flying?
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Ultra-low-cost carriers go mainstream in Canada with WestJet's leap into the business. It may be good for fares, but is it good for WestJet?
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Calgary woman unrecognizable to father after fatal beating, court hears
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Isaiah Rider admitted the facts surrounding the beating death of Christa Cachene as he pleaded guilty to manslaughter, as well as four counts of assault and theft of a motor vehicle.
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Video Fish and Wildlife officer shoots locked antlers of battling elk, setting them free
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When Darcy Parlee saw two elk lying in a field in March, he thought they were sleeping. But when he approached the animals, they were very much awake — just stuck.
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$10.2M lawsuit against Calgary Flames, Dennis Wideman filed by injured linesman
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An NHL linesman is suing the Calgary Flames and defenceman Dennis Wideman for $10.2 million after suffering a number of injuries he alleges were caused by a hit from the player.
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International terminal improvements to continue over next 2 years, Calgary Airport Authority says
Bob Sartor, CEO of the Calgary Airport Authority, addressed some of the complaints about the new terminal at the authority's annual general meeting Thursday.
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Green cart compost bins to roll out this June at southwest homes
The city is preparing to roll out its green cart program to collect compostables, with the first carts to be delivered to houses in the southwest at the beginning of June.
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Turn down the suck: Fubar still givin' 'er 15 years after release
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The Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF) turned up the good and turned down the suck Thursday night at a special 15th anniversary screening of the Calgary cult classic, Fubar. The 2002 mockumentary features the adventures of Terry and Dean — two Calgary headbangers who lived to drink, fight and break stuff.
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When dogs, lizards and goats arrived at the oilsands
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When people from Fort McMurray fled north to the oilsands camps during last year's massive wildfire, facilities had to prepare food and water for evacuees and for the thousands of pets brought along during the mass evacuation.
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2 dead, 1 hospitalized after crash near Crossfield
Two people are dead following a crash north of Crossfield, Alta.
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Truck stuck under Calgary's Centre Street Bridge, again
Crews worked to dislodge a private garbage truck after the driver wedged the tall vehicle between the road and the bottom of the Centre Street Bridge on Thursday morning.
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WestJet's pilots go for another unionization vote
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The same day that WestJet announced the launch of an ultra-low-cost-carrier, its pilots file the paperwork for another unionization vote. Will it be more successful than the last attempt?
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Wildrose MLA says he has accepted an apology for a verbal dust-up at legislature
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The Wildrose MLA who claims he was threatened during a verbal altercation with Calgary NDP MLA Michael Connolly Tuesday has accepted his apology, after watching security video of the incident Thursday morning.
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Buying beaters: Is it possible to find a reliable used car for $2K?
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Is it still possible to find that gem of a beater for under $2,000? According to Brian Murphy, the vice-president of research for Canadian Black Book, those cheap, yet reliable finds, are very, very rare.
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City adds 2 more options for Green Line route into Ramsay
City officials are adding two more alignment options as they continue to puzzle over how the Green Line LRT will get through Victoria Park on its way to the planned Inglewood-Ramsay station.
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The psychology of a cranky trip to Costco
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What happens to otherwise pleasant people when they cross the threshold into the big box world? It turns out we're hard wired to act like hunter-gatherers when we get into stores like Costco.
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20 children killed in crash near South African capital
- Queen Elizabeth celebrates 91st birthday
- Police had Champs-Élysées gunman in their grasp
- Sinai insurgents using ISIS 'brand' to attract recruits, former top peacekeeper says
- German police arrest suspect in bomb attack on Dortmund soccer club bus
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Are Canadians ready for no-frills flying?
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- Lost dog WestJet put on wrong flight found safe near Hamilton airport
- Dundas, Ont., suffered flooding, mud slides when a full month of rain fell in 1 day
- Court ruling could force thousands of Sask. students from Catholic schools, education minister says
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Hamilton police said crime would flourish if cellphone surveillance records disclosed
- High cost of making calls from Nova Scotia jails is 'predatory,' say advocates
- 'Canada is in the Dark Ages': Investment insiders reveal how lax laws put your financial interests last
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Angry and tired French voters set to flirt with outsiders for top job: Nahlah Ayed
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- Trump's solution to 'unfair' American dairy woes: blame Canada
- Why did the Liberals in leaky old Ottawa get so angry about shipbuilding stories?
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Canada could be called on for troops in event of war with North Korea
- Vic Toews broke conflict of interest rules after leaving office, ethics commissioner rules
- Can Trudeau talk Trump out of trade fight? Maybe he won't have to
- Handful of Syrian refugees paid sponsors to come to Canada, evaluation reveals
- Pot taxes will stay low in order to push out criminals, Morneau suggests
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United CEO won't add chairman title in 2018 as was planned
- Volkswagen emissions scandal settlement approved by courts in Ontario, Quebec
- Q & A: Your questions on Canada's roaring real estate market
- 113 Canadian hotels in Holiday Inn chain hit by credit card hack
- Trump eyes changes to Obama's tax regulations and Wall Street rules
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'I feel quite abandoned': Woman facing worsening debilitation challenges medically assisted dying law
- How cycling to work could save thousands of lives a year
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Canadian cities prepare to march for science
- Ocean 'conveyor belt' brings billions of plastic particles into Arctic waters
- Company offers to launch customers' DNA into space with the help of Canadian tech
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How one woman's death illustrates the brutality of Philippines drug war
- To the bitter end: The broken nation of Zimbabwe awaits the death of a dictator
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- Obama wanted to improve U.S. image abroad — what went wrong?
- 'It's not such a secret anymore': Check out Episode 8 of Who Killed Alberta Williams?
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First Nations youth launch album covering hope, challenges of living in remote communities
- Income, not just poor housing, tied to First Nations respiratory ailments, StatsCan says
- 'People are suffering': Environmental advocates call for provincial bill of rights
- Giant Mine remediation team discharging water into Baker Creek without licence
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