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Calgary police relocate command post as search for missing boy continuesCalgary police announced Friday that the command post that was set up at Thorncliffe School to aid in the search for a missing 11-year-old boy, is being moved to Nose Hill Park.InvestigationsJul 24
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Calgary air quality on Friday among the worst cities on earthA thick blanket of wildfire smoke over southern Alberta on Friday put Calgary, Airdrie, Banff and Canmore on the list of having some of the worst air quality on the planet.HealthJul 24
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Calgary paddleboarder in critical condition after being pulled from Bow RiverThe Calgary Fire Department has issued a warning about paddleboarders using ankle leashes after a man was pulled from the Bow River in critical condition on Thursday.InvestigationsJul 24
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Calgary realtors join forces to help search for missing 11-year-old boyCalgary realtors say they are answering the call for help from Calgary police as a massive search continues for an 11-year-old Calgary boy who went missing eight days ago.InvestigationsJul 23
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‘Prolonged stretch of hot air,’ poor air quality advisories blanket the PrairiesWith temperatures in the mid to low 30s C expected to blanket the Prairie provinces over the next few days, much the area is under both heat and air quality warnings.WeatherJul 23
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City of Calgary scrambling to fix another major water main breakAnother serious water main break in the City of Calgary has shut down a large section of Macleod Trail, causing big problems for commuters.TrafficJul 23
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Calgary Police Service renews call for people to search properties for missing boyWith the search for 11-year-old Parker into its seventh day, police are renewing a call for home and business owners to search their properties for any sign of the missing boy.InvestigationsJul 22
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Family of missing 11-year-old boy thanks Calgarians as desperate search continuesIt is day six of the search for an 11-year-old boy missing in Calgary and police and family have provided an update on their search plans.InvestigationsJul 21
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New Ivor Strong Bridge on Calgary’s Deerfoot Trail to open on July 27The daily commute along Deerfoot Trail in south Calgary is expected to take drivers a bit less time with the opening of a new bridge over the Bow River on July 27.TrafficJul 21
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Canada’s first ‘dementia-inclusive’ park set to open in Calgary in fall 2026The Martin Family Legacy Garden, designed to help people living with dementia "immerse themselves in the therapeutic benefits of nature," is expected to open in the fall of 2026.HealthJul 21
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Search for missing Calgary boy prompts concerns over when Amber Alerts are issuedThe search for a missing 11-year-old Calgary boy is into its fifth day. As the search drags on, some are questiontion why an Amber Alert wasn't issued sooner.InvestigationsJul 20
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Calgary area ‘very uniquely situated’ for study of hailstorms, says researcherResearchers with the Northern Hail Project deploying some new 'hail sensors' this year to collect information on size and impact of storms in Canada's 'hail alley.'ScienceJul 16
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New Asia Highlands exhibit, with some new species, opens at the Calgary ZooSnow leopards, Sichuan takins and the return of the red pandas — those are some of the species of animals included in the Calgary Zoo's newly-opened Asian Highlands exhibit.EntertainmentJul 15
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Calgary 911 employee charged with breach of trustCalgary police have announced a 43-year-old 911 dispatcher has been charged with breach of trust for the alleged unauthorized sharing of personal information from 911 calls.CrimeJul 15
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Calgary massage therapist charged in connection with sexual assault of clientCalgary police have charged a 52-year-old massage therapist with sexual assault after a client alleged they were inappropriately touched during a massage in August 2025.CrimeJul 14
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WestJet flight attendants hold information pickets as strike vote takes placeAlmost a year after Air Canada's flight attendants went on strike over the issue of unpaid work, flight attendants at WestJet are threatening to do the same.ConsumerJul 14
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Alberta police watchdog agency investigating in-custody Calgary deathThe Alberta Serious Incident Response team has been called in to investigate the death of a man after he was taken into custody by Calgary police.CrimeJul 13
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Calgary Stampede attendance declines slightly for 2nd season runningTotal attendance for this year's Calgary Stampede was down over last year — the second year in a row fewer people passed through the gates of 'The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.'EntertainmentJul 13
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Calgary firefighters kept busy Monday morning responding to 3 separate firesFirefighters were called out to two separate fires that happened within an hour of each other, starting around 4 a.m., and a third that broke out around 11 a.m.FireJul 13
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Train derailment in southwest Calgary sends several railcars tumbling into waterAn early morning train derailment caused more than a dozen railcars to jump the tracks, sending some of them tumbling into a southwest Calgary wetland.EnvironmentJul 13
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Young child dead after drowning in southeast Calgary stormwater pondThe Calgary Fire Department said a young child has died after drowning in a stormwater pond in the southeast community of Legacy on Sunday.InvestigationsJul 13
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Soaring number of Alberta tornadoes blamed on ‘perfect concoction of ingredients’Across the three prairie provinces there have been 48 tornadoes so far this year. The annual average is 34.Jul 11
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ASIRT releases more details in shooting death of man by police near Irricana, AltaTwo RCMP officers were responding to a domestic call at a rural home near Irricana when the shooting happened, ASIRT said in a news release.CrimeJul 10
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Meta data centre in Alberta to start up ahead of adjacent Greenlight power plantMETA's new data centre, being built north of Edmonton, will be allowed to connect to Alberta's electrical grid before its new natural gas-fired power plant is readyPoliticsJul 10
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Alberta RCMP investigating reports of ‘multiple fatalities’ in crash near GibbonsAlberta RCMP are investigating after a fatal crash, just north of the town of Gibbons on Thursday evening, that has resulted in "multiple fatalities."InvestigationsJul 10
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