City moving to protect neighbourhoods at risk of future northwest feeder main breaks
Bill Kaufmann / calgaryherald - City takes measures to manage potential flooding should the water main that's burst twice in 18 months fail catastrophically again, says head of infrastructure services.
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Calgary woman charged with second-degree murder in death of elderly mother
Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - Calgary police have charged a woman in her 50s with second-degree murder following the death of her elderly mother in the city’s southwest earlier this week.
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Canadian figure skaters support Skate Canada’s Alberta ban, hope for future return
The Canadian Press / nationalpost - GATINEAU — Canadian figure skaters supported the national governing body’s decision to ice events in Alberta, while holding out hope that major competitions could one day return to the province. The national sport governing body announced last month it wi…
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Alberta man claims WestJet flight attendant mocked his weight, patted his stomach
The Canadian Press / nationalpost - REDCLIFF — An Alberta man eager to spend Christmas in sunny Mexico says his vacation was spoiled after a flight attendant fat-shamed him with cracks about his weight and even patted his tummy. Dave Rogers, who lives in Redcliff, southeast of Calgary, said…
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Alberta's Smith calls on Carney to speed up major project approvals
sootoday - EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on Ottawa to further speed up its approval process for major projects, saying she wants to see applications approved within six months.
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Calgary water main repaired but restrictions remain until testing done, city says
sootoday - CALGARY — The City of Calgary says it has finished repairs on a disastrous water main break but testing still needs to be done before it's fully operational again.
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Calgary-area woman’s stolen ashes returned to her family
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - Following an emotional plea from the family of 74-year-old Anna Thompson, a stolen urn containing the ashes of the recently-deceased woman, has been returned.
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Calgary police investigate suspicious death in community of Canyon Meadows
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - Homicide investigators were still at the scene Friday morning, a day after Calgary police were called out to a suspicious death in the southwest community of Canyon Meadows.
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City of Calgary ignored two decades of warning signs about water system, report finds
Patrick White / theglobeandmail - Panel says the city became aware of vulnerabilities as early as 2004, when a similar type of pipe ruptured
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'Lucky nobody was seriously hurt': Calgary woman charged after traffic pylon thrown from downtown high-rise balcony
Scott Strasser / calgaryherald - 'Throwing any object off a high-rise is incredibly dangerous,' said Staff Sgt. Paul Ralstin of the Calgary Police Service
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Deloitte sees oil hovering at US$58 a barrel as glut drags on, while gas rises
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Crude oil prices will hover around US$58. per barrel in 2026, according to the latest energy price forecast from consulting firm Deloitte.
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‘No guarantee’ Bearspaw South Feeder Main will not break again: City of Calgary
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - More water restrictions will be part of the 'new reality of water usage' warned Mayor Jeromy Farkas, as the city provided an update Monday on the rupture of a major water main.
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Calgary officials urge conservation after water use creeps up during pipe rupture
Fakiha Baig / theglobeandmail - Officials say unsustainable usage could take water away from life-saving services such as fire response
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Alberta group gets green light to collect signatures for separation referendum
sootoday - EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — Alberta's election agency has fired the starter's pistol on the race to collect enough names for a referendum on the province quitting Canada.
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Calgary residents asked to conserve water after rupture of essential water main
Jana G. Pruden / theglobeandmail - Bearspaw South Feeder Main broke without warning on Tuesday, causing dangerous shortage of water reserves
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Alberta, Quebec referendums likely would fail due to Canadians’ anxiety: pollster
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Abacus Data has been studying what it calls the 'precarity mindset' in Canada for the last year.
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'Timing is everything': Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz resigns in the new year
Hiren Mansukhani / calgaryherald - "I have spent the better part of the last 16 years in politics - as a campaigner, a staffer, an MLA, and a Minister."
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Major water main break in northwest Calgary; boil water advisory in effect
Myke Thomas / westernstandard - Another major water main break in the area of Sarcee Trail and 16 Ave./Trans Canada Highway N.W. on Tuesday night is affecting more than 2,000 homes and 100 businesses, according to the City of Calgary
- Community impact: businesses and residents adapting amid crisis (4)
- Feeder main failures: recurring pipe issues, officials under fire (4)
- Immediate incident response: stranded vehicles, boil water advisory (8)
Community impact: businesses and residents adapting amid crisis
Feeder main failures: recurring pipe issues, officials under fire
Immediate incident response: stranded vehicles, boil water advisory
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Woman dies after falling into deep snow skiing at Sunshine Village
Markstrashok / citynews - A Toronto woman died while skiing at Banff Sunshine Village on Saturday, and is being remembered as a kind soul who leaves behind a son.
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RCMP say shooter arrested in Northern Alberta
Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - Grande Prairie RCMP have issued a dangerous person alert for Northwestern Alberta after an armed suspect allegedly fired at multiple people near Grande Prairie and fled the area.
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