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- Politics ·
Third UCP riding joins push for Smith leadership review as grassroots campaign reaches 3 of 22
A third United Conservative Party constituency association has voted to seek a leadership review of Premier Danielle Smith, according to independence advocate Jeffrey Rath. The growing campaign has now reached three of the 22 constituency associations required to force a special general meeting, as divisions over Alberta independence continue to surface within the governing party.
News Desk - Local ·
Perfect Dinos chase history as unbeaten season enters final stretch
Calgary enters the closing weeks of the Canada West schedule at a perfect 10-0, having outscored opponents 27-3 while building a legitimate national championship case.
News Desk - Sports ·
Flames finally win one, snap five-game skid with 4-2 victory in Anaheim
After the worst start in franchise history, the Calgary Flames finally have their first win of the season. Martin Pospisil broke a third-period tie and Yegor Sharangovich sealed a 4-2 victory over Anaheim, ending Calgary’s five-game losing streak to open the year.
News Desk - Canada ·
Hong Kong and Chinese border cities step up precautions after Irkutsk lab death
Hong Kong has added temperature checks for some flights from Russia, and health authorities in Inner Mongolia have issued plague risk notices after a Siberian lab worker's unexplained death. No national measures from Beijing have been found.
News Desk - Canada ·
Russia tells WHO it wasn't plague; WHO says lab exposure can't be fully excluded
In its first Disease Outbreak News notice on the Irkutsk death, the WHO relays Russia's assurances that plague was ruled out and no one else fell ill. It also says it has not been told what killed the lab worker and that a laboratory-associated exposure "cannot be fully excluded."
News Desk - Canada ·
Russia lifts Irkutsk quarantine; WHO still doesn't know what killed lab worker
Russia says the episode is over: the quarantine is lifted, the illness was "community-acquired pneumonia," and reports of a second case are fake. The WHO says it still cannot do a full risk assessment, and no pathogen has been named.
News Desk - Canada ·
Russia tells WHO no plague case recorded in Irkutsk, but the cause of lab worker's death remains unidentified
Moscow has told the WHO that no plague case was recorded in Irkutsk and that contacts tested negative. The WHO wants to know which pathogen killed the anti-plague institute worker. Washington is pressing for transparency, and plague has been neither confirmed nor publicly ruled out.
News Desk - Canada ·
Russia Watch: Central Asian neighbours tighten border health checks as Russia insists Irkutsk lab worker did not die of plague
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have stepped up sanitary screening, not closed borders, after an Irkutsk anti-plague lab worker's death. WHO is seeking verification, and the Kremlin urges people to ignore rumours. Plague remains unconfirmed.
News Desk - Local ·
Calgary Ukrainians rally for civilians trapped in occupied Oleshky
Members of Calgary's Ukrainian community rallied Sunday to call for a humanitarian corridor into Russian-occupied Oleshky, where they say no food has been delivered since May.
News Desk - Canada ·
Siberian anti-plague lab worker dies as media report suspected plague; Russian officials cite pneumonia of unknown cause
A technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute has died. Media report suspected pneumonic plague and speculation is circulating, but Russia's health watchdog says she had pneumonia of unknown cause and the situation is stable.
News Desk - Sports ·
Flames routed 6-1 in Seattle as winless start falls to 0-3
Calgary’s difficult opening week got worse in Seattle, where the Kraken scored three times in the opening eight minutes and rolled to a 6-1 victory. The Flames have now been outscored 16-3 through three games and have lost twice to Seattle by the same 6-1 score.
News Desk - Business ·
Alberta suspends 13-cent fuel tax through end of 2026
Alberta has stopped collecting its 13-cent-per-litre tax on gasoline and diesel, offering drivers temporary relief as high oil prices continue to push up transportation costs.
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