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As Meta cuts off access to news on Facebook and Instagram in Canada, you will still be able to access our journalism on other platforms. Read our Editor’s Blog for all the ways you can stay connected with CBC News:
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The sale of streets drugs laced with animal tranquilizers is taking its toll. In recent weeks, EMS responses to opioid-related events have neared record levels.
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More than 100 Alberta physicians have signed an open letter condemning the move by Alberta Health Services to rescind a job offer to Dr. Deena Hinshaw.
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Expectations were high for this development next to the University of Calgary. So far, it's living up to its billing.
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The reality of finding a place to live in the city has changed so much, so quickly, that people who haven't been actively looking might not recognize what it's like these days.
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Calgarians looking for a decent place to live say navigating the city's rental market has become an exhausting, demoralizing ordeal.
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A cap on oil-and-gas emissions would not, technically speaking, be a new policy in Alberta; the provincial government has had a cap of its own on the books for the better part of a decade.
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#BREAKING: Alberta's United Conservative Party has been elected for a second term, CBC News projects.
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Follow all of CBC Calgary's 2023 provincial election coverage by visiting cbc.ca/calgary
You can track the results live here at newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elec…
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As much as politicos hype up leaders' debates as major turning points in a campaign, they so rarely are, writes CBC's Jason Markusoff in an analysis.
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The leaders of Alberta's two largest political parties face off Thursday in a live debate that could help undecided voters make up their minds about who to vote for on May 29.
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It's not your imagination. It's not recency bias. It's real: Calgary summers are way smokier than they used to be.
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An air quality alert was extended Tuesday morning to cover the city of Calgary as smoke from wildfires burning across Western Canada has descended on parts of southern Alberta, replacing the bluebird sky with an eerie orange glow.
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The WestJet Group says it will lock out the airline's pilots after their union sent a 72-hour strike notice to the company and government Monday night, setting the stage for a work stoppage right before the May long weekend.
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Fending off Ottawa may be an Alberta staple, but it's not an election issue this time. A look at why and when voters have an appetite for that fight — and why they don't care about it in 2023.
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Rich Kruger's appointment as Suncor's leader comes at a time when the major oilsands producers are collectively progressing toward making a sizeable financial commitment to reduce emissions from their operations in northern Alberta.
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In December, after six years on a waiting list, Courtney Townsend finally secured a $900 provincial rental subsidy to help keep her and her kids in their home. Then in March, she was notified of an $800 rent increase — essentially wiping out the subsidy.
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#OPINION: In social work, a client must feel empowered to make their own decisions. The same applies to a province, argues Matthew Morin.
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