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‘Get people back into town’: Alberta’s opposition leader says it’s time to...
HIGH RIVER, Alta. — As residents in one flooded southern Alberta city were being allowed to return to their flooded homes Tuesday, the province said people who refused to obey a mandatory evacuation...
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Rifle-wielding zoo staff risked their lives stopping hippo from escaping into...
CALGARY — Staff risked their lives to stop a hippo from escaping and to usher ailing giraffes to dry ground during the recent flood, a Calgary Zoo spokesman said Tuesday. “It was a cross between ’The...
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Residents of High River frustrated they can’t get back in their homes
Yellow police tape and an idle sheriff’s car block access to the off-ramp overlooking the kilometres-wide pool and muddy berm that once led to the town of High River. But that doesn’t stop residents...
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‘The whole town was feeling hope’: Flooding in Canmore couldn’t keep couple...
As flood waters rose in the streets of Canmore last week, Christine Bierman and her fiancé Mickey Cimolai feared their wedding would be a total bust. Courtesy of Crista Lee MitchellWith a little...
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High River standoff’s end in sight as photos show the devastation left in...
HIGH RIVER, Alta. — The mayor of flood-ravaged High River, Alta., says officials are close to announcing a timeline to begin allowing people back into the community to at least check the status of...
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Tim Hortons creates ‘Alberta Rose’ donut to raise flood relief money as bank...
Handout The Alberta Rose donut. OAKVILLE, Ont. — Tim Hortons patrons wanting to help with flood relief might want to consider ordering an Alberta Rose with their coffee in the next little while. The...
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Calgary extends state of emergency as details emerge of ‘fiery little angel’...
As Southern Alberta cleans up after the devastating floods that swept through the province last week, details have emerged of two of the people killed — an 83-year-old woman from Calgary and a...
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‘Bureaucracy run amok’: Health officials reverse decision to shut café...
Alberta health inspectors halted the efforts of two well-intentioned Calgary restaurateurs this week, shutting down their free coffee and hamburger stands that were feeding emergency responders and...
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Alberta’s king of talk radio, Dave Rutherford, fired after criticizing...
Alberta’s outgoing king of talk radio was unceremoniously booted from the airwaves Tuesday after criticizing his station’s inadequate coverage of the flood crisis in Southern Alberta. NewsTalk 770 was...
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‘There’s nobody there, there’s just no people’: Calgary downtown slow to...
The smell of road tar and gasoline still filled the air as people began to trickle back into the downtown core on Wednesday. Doors mostly remained locked, lights were dim, and signs warning patrons to...
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‘How many inspectors did they fire?’: Calgary mayor blasts CP after bridge...
CALGARY — As emergency crews scrambled to keep train cars full of petroleum liquid from falling off a broken bridge into Calgary’s swollen Bow River, the city’s mayor blasted Canadian Pacific Rail for...
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Hero daughter who died after rescuing friend, ‘fiery little angel’ swept away...
Jacqui Brocklebank of High River died Friday after rescuing a friend from rising waters. Her family told the Calgary Herald they think Ms. Brocklebank took a cab to a friend’s house to wake up the...
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‘Isn’t that the prime minister’s wife?’: Laureen Harper pitches in for...
Laureen Harper donned rubber boots and spent Thursday like many an Albertan of late: hauling garbage, delivering food and salvaging water-soaked belongings. The prime minister’s wife, who celebrated...
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‘Your cat is here. Come now’: Pet evacuees and wild animals saved from...
HIGH RIVER, Alta. — It’s not just people who want to go back to their homes in flood-ravaged High River in southern Alberta — hundreds of four-legged evacuees are waiting to be reunited with their...
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Derailed tanker cars successfully removed from broken Calgary rail bridge
CALGARY — Crews in Calgary successfully removed six tanker cars that teetered on a broken rail bridge over the swollen Bow River early Friday morning. Workers had earlier removed an oil product from...
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High River residents furious after RCMP seize ‘substantial’ number of...
HIGH RIVER, Alta. — The RCMP revealed Thursday that officers had seized a “substantial” number of firearms from homes in the evacuated town of High River, about 37 kilometres south Calgary. “We just...
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Calgary derailment could have been much worse, CP CEO says after train cars...
CALGARY — Six tanker cars that teetered on a partially collapsed railway bridge over Calgary’s swollen Bow River were successfully removed early Friday. Five of the derailed cars had been carrying a...
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PMO urges RCMP to ‘focus on more important tasks’ after High River gun seizures
HIGH RIVER, Alta. — The Prime Minister’s Office says it expects any guns seized from homes in the evacuated town of High River will be returned to their owners as soon as possible. “We believe the RCMP...
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‘The voice of all Calgarians’: Flood leaves Mayor Naheed Nenshi with Superman...
The face of Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi with his Clark Kent glasses has been superimposed on Superman posters by grateful citizens in his flood-stricken city. Ads for the new movie Man of Steel have...
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High River evacuees allowed back to flood-stricken town starting Saturday
The Alberta government has announced that some evacuees can start returning to flood-damaged High River on Saturday. About 5,000 residents from the northwest part of the town will be allowed back...
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