Lethbridge police charge Taber man after alleged hotel room sexual assault of 12-year-old
Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - Lethbridge police have charged a Taber man after an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl in a city hotel room, an incident authorities say involved multiple minors and alcohol.
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1st citizen recall petition against an Alberta legislature member fails
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Jenny Yeremiy submitted to Elections Alberta Tuesday her petition against Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides -- but said she needed thousands more signatures.
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Brooks RCMP charge man with human trafficking, believe there may be more victims
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - RCMP have charged a 46-year-old Brooks man with a number of offences involving allegations of human trafficking and believe there may be other victims.
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Nenshi accuses Smith’s UCP of playing blame game over Calgary water main
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Naheed Nenshi was Calgary’s mayor during part of the time when, a report says, projects to inspect and perform maintenance on the water line were deferred for other priorities.
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Calgary man arrested after two-year international child abduction
Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - A Calgary man has been charged with child abduction more than two years after allegedly fleeing the city with his five-year-old son, authorities confirmed.
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Keith Gerein: Edmonton’s hospital crisis an ongoing story of half-measures and false promises
Keith Gerein / edmontonjournal - Like the fable of the ant and the grasshopper, a lot of time has been wasted in this province on harmful system reorganizations, divisive culture war battles and other nonsense instead of preparing for winter. And now it’s here
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Flair Airlines reroutes strategy to lure corporate travellers — without a business class
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - CEO Maciej Wilk said Flair Airlines is attempting a strategic shift away from a pure-play budget airline and toward what he dubbed a 'value carrier.'
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Calgary police investigating stabbing outside southwest high school
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - Calgary police say a 17-year-old was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition following a stabbing near Henry Wise Wood High School in southwest Calgary on Friday afternoon.
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Crown says Calgary man who joined ISIS should serve a 16-year terrorism sentence
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Crown prosecutors are calling for a 16 year prison sentence for a Calgary man who travelled to the Middle East to join the terror group ISIS in 2013.
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Southern Alberta farmers express relief, optimism after Canada reaches deal with China over canola, pea tariffs
Stephen Tipper / calgaryherald - Canola farmer expects prices to increase as a result of deal with China
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Calgary lifts all water-use restrictions after tests on repaired pipe successful
sootoday - CALGARY — The City of Calgary says tests have been successful on a ruptured and repaired water main, so restrictions affecting its 1.6 million people are immediately lifted.
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WestJet will reverse cramped seat configuration after widespread backlash
Sean Boynton / globalnews - The airline said select flights that were recently reconfigured with the new seating arrangement will be changed again to remove the extra row of seats.
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Judge upholds cat custody ruling, saying parenthood and pet ownership are different
Rob Drinkwater / nationalobserver - An Alberta judge has divided up a group of cats between two feuding former spouses, saying neither gets to keep all of them because — in Alberta at least — pets aren’t the same as kids and legally shouldn’t be treated as such.
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‘This is overwhelming’: Alberta separatists praise turnout for petition signing
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - There was a huge turnout in Red Deer on Wednesday as supporters of Alberta's independence lined up to sign a petition calling for a referendum on Alberta's separation from Canada.
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Battery believed to have caused Edmonton apartment fire that displaced dozens
Karen Bartko / globalnews - A fire that forced dozens of residents from an Edmonton apartment building and sent two people to hospital is prompting renewed warnings about lithium-ion battery safety.
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Firefighters from three departments help battle huge house fire east of Calgary
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - A total of five homes have been damaged by a massive fire just east of Calgary on Thursday. The fire was so big that firefighters from three departments had to be called in.
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City of Calgary in final repair stage of Bearspaw feeder main; finish expected by Friday afternoon
Myke Thomas / westernstandard - The city is one step closer to returning the Bearspaw Feeder Main to service after another pump was turned on Thursday morning.
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RCMP say 'prolific offender' charged in horrific hit and run that killed five-year-old girl
Sarah Steger / edmontonjournal - The 34-year-old man was arrested three hours after the crash, following a coordinated effort in response and search
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Calgary’s Bearspaw feeder main could be back in operation by Friday, says city
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - The city of Calgary says if all goes according to plan, water restrictions put in place after the rupture of the Bearspaw feeder main, could be lifted by the end of the week.
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Lethbridge man charged with sexual assault of a child, human trafficking and other offences, say police
Stephen Tipper / calgaryherald - 'Based on the investigation and evidence to date, police believe there may be additional, unidentified victims,' said Lethbridge police
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