Woman dies after being run over at drive-thru in northwest Calgary | Calgary Police Commission won't say if former chief received severance pay | Breakup of Alberta health ministry will create confusion, doctors and nurses say
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Woman dies after being run over at drive-thru in northwest Calgary; A woman was killed on Thursday after she was struck by a vehicle going through a drive-thru restaurant in northwest Calgary\.

Woman dies after being run over at drive-thru in northwest Calgary

May 23 , 2025 at 07:38:58 a.m. MDT • :

A woman was killed on Thursday when she was struck by a vehicle after falling into its path at a fast-food drive-thru in northwest Calgary.

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Calgary Police Commission won't say if former chief received severance pay; The Calgary Police Commission has not said if former police chief Mark Neufeld received any severance pay after he stepped away from his post\.

Calgary Police Commission won't say if former chief received severance pay

May 23 , 2025 at 06:42:23 a.m. MDT • :

The Calgary Police Commission has declined to say if former chief Mark Neufeld received a severance payment after he resigned this spring with two years left on his contract.

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Breakup of Alberta health ministry will create confusion, doctors and nurses say; Former health minister Adriana LaGrange was named minister in charge of primary and preventative health services in last week's cabinet shuffle\. Her cabinet colleague Matt Jones was put in charge of hospital and surgical services\.

Breakup of Alberta health ministry will create confusion, doctors and nurses say

May 23 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Organizations that represent Alberta's physicians and nurses say the splitting of the provincial health ministry into two, at the same time Alberta Health Services is broken into four, will create confusion for patients. 

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Northern premiers show openness to removing trade barriers with western provinces; Premiers P\.J\. Akeeagok of Nunavut, Danielle Smith of Alberta, David Eby of B\.C\., R\.J\. Simpson of N\.W\.T\., Scott Moe of Saskatchewan and Ranj Pillai of the Yukon spoke to media following the Western Premiers Conference in Yellowknife on Thursday, which also included Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew\.

Northern premiers show openness to removing trade barriers with western provinces

May 23 , 2025 at 07:47:21 a.m. MDT • :

Speaking after the conclusion of a western and northern premiers' summit in Yellowknife on Thursday, Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai said BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have invited the territories to join their trade pact, the New West Partnership Trade Agreement.

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Police search for Alberta woman wrongfully released from a jail on fake papers; An Alberta woman was wrongfully released from the Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre with allegedly fake release papers\.

Police search for Alberta woman wrongfully released from a jail on fake papers

May 22 , 2025 at 07:40:26 a.m. MDT • :

An Alberta woman is on the lam after Crown prosecutors say she was wrongfully released from an Edmonton area jail last month with allegedly fake release papers.

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Alberta Innovates will have to end, amalgamate some programs, CEO says; Mike Mahon, CEO of Alberta Innovates, at the organization's Inventures conference in Calgary on Wednesday\.  

May 23 , 2025 at 07:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Alberta Innovates will have to end, amalgamate some programs, CEO says

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Working a full-time job 'not enough' to escape food insecurity, Calgary Food Bank survey finds; In its 2024 fiscal year, there were 485,900 visits to the Calgary Food Bank, up from 381,029 the year prior\. According to a new study, 27 per cent of survey respondents get income from full-time employment but still access the food bank's services\.  

May 22 , 2025 at 10:04:33 p.m. MDT • :

Working a full-time job 'not enough' to escape food insecurity, Calgary Food Bank survey finds

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Ronald McDonald House celebrates major expansion of Calgary facility; Ronald McDonald House Charities' Calgary building has expanded from 27 to 91 private family suites\. The facility also has a fully accessible outdoor playground\.  

May 22 , 2025 at 06:21:59 p.m. MDT • :

Ronald McDonald House celebrates major expansion of Calgary facility

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Former Calgary councillor Joe Magliocca gets house arrest and curfew for expenses fraud; Joe Magliocca and his wife leave court after a judge convicted him of fraud\.  

May 22 , 2025 at 02:49:14 p.m. MDT • :

Former Calgary councillor Joe Magliocca gets house arrest and curfew for expenses fraud

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Pressure mounting on Poilievre to fire Jenni Byrne: sources; Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters outside of West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 15\.  

May 22 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Pressure mounting on Poilievre to fire Jenni Byrne: sources

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May 22 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

'Shock' and 'panic' as new daycare operators in Alberta told they won't get funding after all

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May 21 , 2025 at 02:07:06 p.m. MDT • :

'Your call for action turned on you,' says judge in rejecting appeal of convicted pastor

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May 22 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

'Rifts in families': Parents seek better talk on vaccines as measles outbreak grows

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May 22 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Unlike in 2002, Alberta won't rely on federal prisons to free up space in Calgary jails for G7

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May 22 , 2025 at 08:00:31 a.m. MDT • :

G7 finance ministers show 'proof of unity' with joint statement at summit: Champagne

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