Alberta grain farmers anxiously watching as B.C. export terminal strike lands amid harvest | Woman beaten to death by boyfriend may have been saved if 911 call properly labelled, judge hears | Calgary pastor not guilty of mischief, causing disturbance at library drag events
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Alberta grain farmers anxiously watching as B.C. export terminal strike lands amid harvest; A file photo of a wheat crop being harvested as pumpjacks draw oil from well heads near Cremona, Alta\., in September 2023\.

Alberta grain farmers anxiously watching as B.C. export terminal strike lands amid harvest

September 24 , 2024 at 03:55:27 p.m. MDT • :

Alberta's grain farmers are hopeful a labour dispute involving six Metro Vancouver grain terminals will be resolved soon so they can access the main export route for their crops.
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Woman beaten to death by boyfriend may have been saved if 911 call properly labelled, judge hears; Brandon Yellowfly, 27, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his spouse Autumn Crosschild, 25\.

Woman beaten to death by boyfriend may have been saved if 911 call properly labelled, judge hears

September 24 , 2024 at 04:21:28 p.m. MDT • :

The life of a Calgary woman who suffered years of domestic violence and was ultimately murdered by her on-again, off-again partner of six years, could have been saved if a 911 operator had labelled the call as a request for help, a judge heard.
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Calgary pastor not guilty of mischief, causing disturbance at library drag events; Derek Reimer is escorted away from an all-ages drag brunch at the Rec Room on Jan\. 15\. More recently, he was arrested and charged with hate-motivated crimes after disrupting a storytime event at the Seton public Library on Feb\. 25\.

Calgary pastor not guilty of mischief, causing disturbance at library drag events

September 24 , 2024 at 01:11:18 p.m. MDT • :

A Calgary pastor known for his protests at library drag storytime events across the city was found not guilty of causing a disturbance and mischief stemming from an incident at the Seton Library in 2023. 
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The NHL is back — here's a quick catchup on the 7 Canadian teams; The Edmonton Oilers ensured Leon Draisaitl will be around for a while, signing him to an eight-year, \$112-million US contract extension\.

The NHL is back — here's a quick catchup on the 7 Canadian teams

September 24 , 2024 at 02:16:26 p.m. MDT • :

CBC Sports' daily newsletter gets you caught up for the upcoming NHL season with a look at what each Canadian-based club did this summer.
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Premier Danielle Smith announces plan to reinforce vaccine choice in Alberta Bill of Rights; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, shown here at a conservative political event in Ottawa in April, has hyped to her provincial members expanding the province's bill of rights\.

Premier Danielle Smith announces plan to reinforce vaccine choice in Alberta Bill of Rights

September 24 , 2024 at 01:46:44 p.m. MDT • :

Premier Danielle Smith says she plans to reinforce the right to decide whether to receive a vaccination or other medical procedure in changes to the Alberta Bill of Rights.
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Another Calgary community turns to restrictive covenants with blanket rezoning in effect; Signs reading "I have a Restrictive Covenant" have gone up throughout the southeast community of Lake Bonavista\. Hundreds of residents have expressed interest in registering a restrictive covenant to their land titles to prevent multi-family developments from being built in the community\.  

September 23 , 2024 at 05:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Another Calgary community turns to restrictive covenants with blanket rezoning in effect

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Metro Vancouver grain terminal workers begin strike; Rail cars are seen on the tracks outside the Viterra Cascadia Terminal that handles grain exports, during a strike by International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada workers in the province, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023\.  

September 24 , 2024 at 09:21:20 a.m. MDT • :

Metro Vancouver grain terminal workers begin strike

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7,000 applied to hunt Alberta's 'problem' wildlife — including grizzly bears — says minister; Grizzly Bear Close up with snow; Shutterstock ID 377741974; Cost Ctr: redownload; Manager: redownload; Email: redownload; Project: redownload  

September 24 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

7,000 applied to hunt Alberta's 'problem' wildlife — including grizzly bears — says minister

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Reid Carruthers chases 3-peat in 3rd edition of curling's PointsBet Invitational; Winnipeg skip Reid Carruthers, pictured at the Brier last March, has a new vice for the third time in as many years\. Catlin Schneider joined after Brad Jacobs's departure this past April\.  

September 24 , 2024 at 10:26:21 a.m. MDT • :

Reid Carruthers chases 3-peat in 3rd edition of curling's PointsBet Invitational

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UCP and NDP candidates chosen for byelection in Lethbridge-West; Lethbridge city councillor John Middleton-Hope poses for a picture at city hall on September 11, 2024\. Middleton-Hope won the United Conservative Party's nomination to contest in a Lethbridge West byelection\.  

September 24 , 2024 at 02:42:58 p.m. MDT • :

UCP and NDP candidates chosen for byelection in Lethbridge-West

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September 23 , 2024 at 04:16:28 p.m. MDT • :

Uncertainty hangs over Calgary's Eau Claire district with Green Line LRT in limbo

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September 24 , 2024 at 08:59:08 a.m. MDT • :

Schools across Canada are finding creative ways to curb students' itchy cellphone fingers

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September 24 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

The Alberta government banned electronic vote tabulators. Municipalities want it to reconsider

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September 22 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Picking the facts from the myths in the Green Line LRT saga

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September 20 , 2024 at 02:11:07 p.m. MDT • :

Jury convicts 24-year-old of murder in Banff bar killing

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