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9 hrs ago | CBC

EI recipients up 7.1% in September

The number of people receiving regular employment insurance benefits rose by 54,300 or 7.1 per cent in September after two months of declines.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

CBC

Men sought for attempted murder in bombings

Kyle Robert McKee, 24, is wanted on a warrant for attempted murder. A self-proclaimed white supremacist and a teenager are being sought for attempted murder in connection with explosive devices left outside an apartment unit and detonated in the parking lot.

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Related Topix: Canada, Prison

CBC

Protesters occupy environment minister's Calgary office

Protesters in Jim Prentice's Calgary office Monday want the environment minister to adopt a strong Canadian policy on climate change.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America

Leader Post

Dacey upends Bice at Canadian mixed curling championship

Nova Scotia skip Mark Dacey shares a laugh with Glenn Howard during the 2009 Brier curling championships in Calgary, Alberta, March 12, 2009.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Calgary Herald

Calgary woman devastated by loss of husband in garage fire

Police investigate at the scene of a fatal garage fire that killed two in Calgary, Alberta on November 20,2009. Photograph by: Leah Hennel , Calgary Herald CALGARY- The wife of a man who died in a garage fire in northeast Calgary Friday night says she is shattered by the death of her husband, who was a oeeverythinga to her.

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Related Topix: Canada, Fire, Home Listing, Home

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Star Phoenix

The Inside-Outsider's Guide To Calgary for Grey Cup Week visitors

Greg Albrecht, president of this year's Grey Cup Festival, flips a football in the north end zone McMahon Stadium Thursday.

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Related Topix: Canada, Dining, Travel

National Post

Police find detonated bombs in Calgary parking lot

A resident of a Calgary apartment complex risked serious injury - and possibly death - Saturday morning when he picked up and tossed away two explosives that had been placed outside his suite only moments before they blew up.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Slam Sports

Calgary pair die in garage fire

The arson unit is investigating after two people were killed in a garage fire in Marlborough last night.

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Related Topix: Fire, Canada, Winter Sports, Curling

Fri Nov 20, 2009

The Jewish News Weekly

Jewish facilities vandalized in Calgary

A series of anti-Semitic attacks has rocked the Jewish community in Calgary, Alberta.

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Calgary Herald

Retail giants slash prices in Calgary

With warning signs of cautious consumer spending this Christmas season, retail giants Wal-Mart and Sears moved Thursday to entice people to stores by announcing they were slashing prices -- some to levels seen only on Boxing Day.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Canada Travel

Calgary Sun

Arkells heading to Calgary for performance tomorrow

It's been a year of changes for Canadian rockers Arkells. Since releasing their debut full-length album Jackson Square last autumn, the Hamilton quintet has gone from playing sporadic hometown shows to touring coast-to-coast, sharing the stage with such acts as Matt Mays, Pearl Jam and the Black Crowes.

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Related Topix: Canada, Billboard Music Awards, Music!, Hugo Chavez, Opinion, Entertainment

Calgary Herald

Calgary nursing home rapist faces deportation

A man convicted of raping a helpless 91-year-old woman in her nursing home bed is on the verge of being deported.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Calgary Herald

Calgary flim studio plan ignites buzz

I ndustry insiders hope a new film studio planned for Calgary will unleash a gusher of new projects -- including television series and feature films--that will energize the province's struggling market.

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Related Topix: Canada, Heartland, Entertainment, Drama, Television

WHERE.ca

Christmas in Calgary

Complete this entry form and you could win tickets to: a Christmas all through the House at Lougheed House a Handel's Messiah , performed by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra a The Art Market at the Telus Convention Centre Winner will be drawn on November 15, 2009.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Calgary Herald

Calgary-Tokyo flights to begin in 2010

A decade-long effort to land direct flights connecting Calgary to Asia is over, as Air Canada will start flying between YYC and Tokyo non-stop on March 27, 2010.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News

WHERE.ca

Discover Calgary's International Avenue

A public mural on International Avenue by Martinho Correia. Photographer: Ryan Krochko.

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Related Topix: Canada, Life, Food, Dining, Travel

Calgary Herald

Calgary's West Village vision a long way off

The drawings show condos that will be home to 12,000 residents, five kilometres of park running along the river, a section of Bow Trail moved south and a bridge spanning two roads and connecting the LRT station to a community centre.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Calgary Herald

Mexicana to increase service to Calgary

Nearly a year-and-a-half after launching service from Mexico City to Alberta, Mexicana Airlines said ita s dropping service to Edmonton but adding an extra flight to Calgary beginning in January.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Mexico

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Calgary Herald

Calgary man charged with robbing pharmacies for OxyContin

A Calgary man faces robbery charges after police spotted him walking near one of the pharmacies he allegedly held up in order to get OxyContin.

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Naplesnews.com Stories

2-year-old boy from Calgary dies after reported drowning on Marco Island

A 2-year-old boy from Calgary, Canada has died after a reported drowning in Marco Island, according to the Marco Island Police Department.

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Related Topix: Marco Island, FL, Canada, Collier County, FL

 

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