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Alberta premier to chair sovereignty panel, put proposals to 2026 referendum; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith gave a video address on Monday, May 5, to outline the province's next steps following the Liberal win in the federal election\.

Alberta premier to chair sovereignty panel, put proposals to 2026 referendum

May 5 , 2025 at 04:45:35 p.m. MDT • :

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she will chair an "Alberta next" panel to brainstorm how the province can protect itself from perceived economic incursions from the federal Liberal government.

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Alberta government beefs up measles defence as cases rival 1980s levels; Dr\. Sunil Sookram urges Albertans to get vaccinated at the first measles-related press conference in the province since the outbreaks began\.

Alberta government beefs up measles defence as cases rival 1980s levels

May 5 , 2025 at 02:59:36 p.m. MDT • :

The Alberta government says it is taking new steps to rein in the province's measles as case counts surge to the highest levels since 1987.

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Organized crime money launderer says he did not try to flee Canada, warrants vacated; Talal Fouani is set to be sentenced for money laundering in August\.

Organized crime money launderer says he did not try to flee Canada, warrants vacated

May 5 , 2025 at 01:39:05 p.m. MDT • :

A Calgary man who was wanted on warrants after he was suspected of attempting to flee the country ahead of his sentencing hearing for money laundering called the situation a "serious misunderstanding." 

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4 dead after head-on collision in central Alberta; Ponoka RCMP are investigating a head-on collision resulting in four deaths\.

4 dead after head-on collision in central Alberta

May 5 , 2025 at 11:01:14 a.m. MDT • :

Four people from Maskwacis, Alta., are dead after a serious two-car collision that occurred late Saturday.

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Calgary homeowner livid after city proposes bylaw change mid-fight; Evgeny Zhuromsky has lived in his home in the southwest community of Windsor Park for 10 years\. Zhuromsky, pictured with his wife Elena Petrenko, is fighting a rowhouse development next door in court, and was frustrated to learn that the city released a development permit while he has a provincial appeal underway — and is proposing to change the bylaw altogether\.

Calgary homeowner livid after city proposes bylaw change mid-fight

May 5 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Council is being asked to vote Tuesday on a bylaw change that would allow homebuilders to proceed with a project even if it's before the Alberta Court of Appeal. One resident appealing a nine-unit row house next door feels it's desperately unfair.

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NDP appoints Don Davies as interim leader Monday evening: sources; NDP MP Don Davies and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh at a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on June 13, 2023\.  

May 5 , 2025 at 12:02:52 p.m. MDT • :

NDP appoints Don Davies as interim leader Monday evening: sources

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Beloved Calgary comedy show comes to a close after two decades; James Moore is concluding 20 years of Calgary's Comedy Monday Night, an open-mic show that's welcomed everybody from first-time comics to stars like Bob Odenkirk and Zach Galifianakis\.  

May 5 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Beloved Calgary comedy show comes to a close after two decades

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Rocky Ridge Athletic Park construction begins with $25.1M investment; A rendering of the Rocky Ridge Athletic Park, a new project bringing two competition-sized turf sports fields to northwest Calgary by fall 2026\.  

May 5 , 2025 at 02:26:02 p.m. MDT • :

Rocky Ridge Athletic Park construction begins with $25.1M investment

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During intense testimony, E.M. recalls details of 'degrading' alleged sex assault by ex-world junior players; A colour sketch of a woman in attorney's robes speaking to a woman appearing on a television screen\.  

May 5 , 2025 at 07:37:37 p.m. MDT • :

During intense testimony, E.M. recalls details of 'degrading' alleged sex assault by ex-world junior players

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Western secession is all the rage. How would an independent West fare economically?; Talks of western secession have ramped up since the Liberal Party won Canada's federal election Monday\.  

May 2 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Western secession is all the rage. How would an independent West fare economically?

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May 3 , 2025 at 08:04:00 p.m. MDT • :

Calgary man who fatally stabbed woman as she walked to work guilty of 1st-degree murder

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May 4 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Young owls in Calgary at risk of 'unethical' photography practices

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May 3 , 2025 at 10:18:14 p.m. MDT • :

Albertans 'crushed' by Liberal election win rally to separate from Canada

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May 5 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

'Separatist rhetoric' in Alberta is 'harmful and divisive for all': FSIN

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May 2 , 2025 at 02:25:47 p.m. MDT • :

Calgary police Chief Mark Neufeld resigns with 2 years left on contract

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