Calgary airport security screeners at 'breaking point' over poor working conditions, union says | New Alberta school books order bans explicit images of sexual acts | Man killed because he wouldn't give up backpack, Crown alleges in Calgary murder trial
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Calgary airport security screeners at 'breaking point' over poor working conditions, union says; Security screeners at airports perform security checks of passengers and their carry-on baggage before they board their planes\.

Calgary airport security screeners at 'breaking point' over poor working conditions, union says

September 8 , 2025 at 05:40:11 p.m. MDT • :

Unifor reports its members, employed by Paladin at the Calgary International Airport, have had breaks delayed or denied, and access to washrooms and drinking water refused.

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New Alberta school books order bans explicit images of sexual acts; Alberta Education and Childcare Minister Demetrios Nicolaides hit pause last week on a proposed book ban in the province's schools to allow government officials to take a second look at the rules\.

New Alberta school books order bans explicit images of sexual acts

September 8 , 2025 at 03:02:52 p.m. MDT • :

Alberta's revised rules on books in schools will prohibit works containing explicit images of sexual acts, but not written descriptions of the same, according to a new ministerial order published Monday.

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Man killed because he wouldn't give up backpack, Crown alleges in Calgary murder trial; Prosecutors believe Jordan Jacques-Vetten, pictured, was shot because he refused to hand over his backpack to two men who'd gone out with guns and a plan to rob people they came across\.

Man killed because he wouldn't give up backpack, Crown alleges in Calgary murder trial

September 8 , 2025 at 03:20:27 p.m. MDT • :

Prosecutors believe Jordan Jacques-Vetten was shot because he refused to hand over his backpack to two men who'd gone out with guns and a plan to rob people they came across. The second-degree murder trial for Robert Matthews, 27, got underway on Monday. He is one of two people accused of killing Jacques-Vetten.

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Freight train slams into a bus outside Mexico City, killing at least 10 people; Rescue workers remove a body at the scene of a deadly accident where a freight train slammed into a double-deck bus in Atlacomulco, Mexico, on Monday, killing at least 10 people\.

Freight train slams into a bus outside Mexico City, killing at least 10 people

September 8 , 2025 at 02:48:15 p.m. MDT • :

A freight train sheared a double-decker bus in half at a crossing northwest of Mexico City on Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55, authorities said.

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All 3 hikers who went over waterfall in B.C.'s Kootenays found dead, RCMP say; RCMP say three hikers who went over Meachen Creek Falls near Kimberley, B\.C\., on Labour Day weekend have been found deceased\.

All 3 hikers who went over waterfall in B.C.'s Kootenays found dead, RCMP say

September 7 , 2025 at 02:33:33 p.m. MDT • :

Officials say the body of a third hiker who was presumed dead after going over a waterfall in B.C.'s Kootenay region has been found. The man was part of a group of three hikers who went over Meachen Creek Falls over the Labour Day long weekend.

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TSB sends investigators to St. Maarten after WestJet plane makes 'hard landing'; A WestJet passenger jet parked at departure gates at the Calgary International Airport in 2023\. A WestJet plane operating from Toronto had to be evacuated Sunday after it made a hard landing at an airport in the Caribbean country of St\. Maarten\.  

September 8 , 2025 at 12:41:42 p.m. MDT • :

TSB sends investigators to St. Maarten after WestJet plane makes 'hard landing'

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Calls for improved highway safety in Yoho National Park after number of fatal collisions; Alex Goatcher is a long-term resident of Field, B\.C\. He is trying to get the final 40 kilometres of the Trans-Canada Highway twinned through Yoho National Park\.  

September 8 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Calls for improved highway safety in Yoho National Park after number of fatal collisions

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What you need to know about the state of Alberta teachers' contract negotiations; A potential teachers' strike looms, after contract negotiations reached an impasse\.  

September 8 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

What you need to know about the state of Alberta teachers' contract negotiations

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Hail, wind left 200-km 'scar' across Alberta that's visible from space; A white-ish band, known as a hail scar, shows the path of a storm on Aug\. 20 that caused millions in crop damage across Southern Alberta in this supplied satellite image taken on Aug\. 25\. The body of water at centre is Lake Newell, near Brooks\.  

September 7 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Hail, wind left 200-km 'scar' across Alberta that's visible from space

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Strathcona Resources sweetens takeover offer for MEG Energy; Under a new proposal to counter one from Cenovus Energy Inc\., Strathcona Resources Ltd\. is offering 0\.80 of a share per share of MEG Energy Corp\. it does not already own\.  

September 8 , 2025 at 11:29:00 a.m. MDT • :

Strathcona Resources sweetens takeover offer for MEG Energy

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September 8 , 2025 at 03:53:14 p.m. MDT • :

Sleeping man killed in 'unprovoked attack,' judge hears as murder trial gets underway

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September 8 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Alberta putting $713M of tobacco lawsuit money into savings

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September 8 , 2025 at 08:37:57 a.m. MDT • :

Lethbridge boy accused of trying to murder brother to appear in court

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September 7 , 2025 at 10:18:47 a.m. MDT • :

U.K. man's attempt to name mountain in Rockies faces uphill battle

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September 4 , 2025 at 01:59:32 p.m. MDT • :

Vincent Fong's murder conviction upheld for killing abusive father in Calgary

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