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'A great idea': How office conversions could resurrect Calgary's ailing downtown; The Cornerstone building in downtown Calgary is shown in the process of being converted from an office into residential housing\. The building's conversion is now complete and is the first finished project under the city's incentive program\.

'A great idea': How office conversions could resurrect Calgary's ailing downtown

March 30 , 2025 at 03:12:11 p.m. MDT • :

The city and developers are declaring victory over a program that offers payouts to turn abandoned office towers into apartments, but there's still debate about whether the conversions will effectively turn around the city's downtown.

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Alberta looking into shutting down supervised consumption site in Calgary: premier; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she's looking into potentially closing Calgary's only supervised consumption site, located at the Sheldon M\. Chumir Health Centre\.

Alberta looking into shutting down supervised consumption site in Calgary: premier

March 30 , 2025 at 08:57:45 a.m. MDT • :

Four years after the Alberta government first announced it planned to shut down the city's only supervised consumption site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre, Danielle Smith said she's prepared to close the site.

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From the West Bank to Western Canada: How these Palestinian goods made their way to Calgary — just in time; Reyad Abusalim's bakery in northeast Calgary recently received a shipment from back home after weeks of delays due to the war\.

From the West Bank to Western Canada: How these Palestinian goods made their way to Calgary — just in time

March 30 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

A Calgary bakery received its first shipment of Palestinian olives, oil and Nabulsi cheese after weeks of delays due to the war.

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Driver killed in fiery Crowchild Trail crash was 16 years old; One person is dead following a collision on northbound Crowchild Trail early Wednesday morning\.

Driver killed in fiery Crowchild Trail crash was 16 years old

March 27 , 2025 at 02:47:26 p.m. MDT • :

After an initial investigation, Calgary police now say the person who died in Wednesday morning's crash on Crowchild Trail was a 16-year-old boy, whose vehicle was struck by another driver who had changed lanes.

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Calgary's Hudson's Bay building was more than just a store. These photos reveal its rich social history; Hudson's Bay Company employees pictured in 1911\. Rolls of wallpaper line the shelves behind them\.

Calgary's Hudson's Bay building was more than just a store. These photos reveal its rich social history

March 29 , 2025 at 07:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

The Hudson's Bay Company is closing all but six stores in Canada, but its building on Stephen Avenue in downtown Calgary leaves a landmark of its legacy.

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Poilievre offers investor tax break, Singh targets 1st-time homebuyers, Blanchet offers help to seniors; Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre told an audience in Toronto Sunday that if he becomes the next prime minister he will nix the capital gains tax on investments, providing that money is reinvested in Canada\.  

March 30 , 2025 at 11:28:38 a.m. MDT • :

Poilievre offers investor tax break, Singh targets 1st-time homebuyers, Blanchet offers help to seniors

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Liberals drop Calgary candidate over failure to disclose 2005 stayed domestic assault charge; On March 11, Thomas Keeper was announced as the Liberal candidate for Calgary Confederation, but on March 28, the party dropped him after learning he failed to disclose a 20-year-old assault charge that was ultimately stayed\.  

March 28 , 2025 at 03:48:08 p.m. MDT • :

Liberals drop Calgary candidate over failure to disclose 2005 stayed domestic assault charge

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Calgary investigating wastewater leak in Bow River; The Bow River, pictured here at Bowness Park in northwest Calgary, was the site of a wastewater leak near Bonnybrook Wastewater Treatment Plant in the city's southeast\.  

March 29 , 2025 at 04:47:07 p.m. MDT • :

Calgary investigating wastewater leak in Bow River

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Conservatives fear 'dysfunctional' campaign and 'civil war' in the party: sources; Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a campaign stop at a Nanaimo, B\.C\. sawmill on Friday\. Conservative infighting over how the campaign is handling Donald Trump's tariff threats has spilled into the open\.  

March 29 , 2025 at 09:59:58 a.m. MDT • :

Conservatives fear 'dysfunctional' campaign and 'civil war' in the party: sources

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Alberta to claw back federal disability benefit from AISH recipients; Jason Nixon, Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services, says Alberta plans to reduce AISH payments by \$200, the monthly amount for a new federal benefit\.  

March 26 , 2025 at 12:37:27 p.m. MDT • :

Alberta to claw back federal disability benefit from AISH recipients

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March 30 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Former U.S. ambassador to the UN says tariff impact will be 'enormous,' slams 'reckless' Signal group chat

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March 28 , 2025 at 02:44:39 p.m. MDT • :

Drumheller's mega-popular tourist-luring dinosaur faces extinction. Now, the fight is on to save her

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March 30 , 2025 at 05:29:24 p.m. MDT • :

Canada's Jacobs thumps South Korea's Kim 9-3 at world men's curling playdowns

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March 26 , 2025 at 07:30:24 a.m. MDT • :

Shania Twain to lead 2025 Calgary Stampede Parade

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March 28 , 2025 at 01:49:44 p.m. MDT • :

Three companies convicted in 2022 death of Alberta worker at Suncor mine

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