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U.S. spring market sees modest growth for home resales
Home resales in the United States showed modest growth in April, but activity remained below analysts’ consensus expectations, a new report found. Read More
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Former CDC director on Ebola outbreak: ‘I suspect this is gonna become a very significant pandemic’
Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield said Wednesday that he suspects the new Ebola outbreak in Africa will spread across three new countries and become a “very significant pandemic.”
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Three dead, over a dozen first responders taken to hospital after hazmat situation in New Mexico town
First responders who were called to a home in Mountainair soon began experiencing symptoms of nausea and dizziness after possible exposure to the unknown substance.
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Inaugural Calgary Latin American Film Festival starts May 29
In the Colombian film Colibri, a young couple confront the drama of their past upon learning they are having a baby. Read More
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Tensions renewed over huge, three times rejected Bearspaw gravel pit proposal
A quarry operator is hoping a pitch to transport aggregate 4.5 kilometres by conveyor belt to its facility at Spy Hill will break a logjam that’s seen the plan for a huge gravel pit in Bearspaw rejected three times since 1995. Read More
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Varcoe: ‘A lot of questions’ remain for potential West Coast pipeline, from route to carbon capture plans
While there is momentum behind the Alberta-Canada energy pact and the province’s drive to see a major new export pipeline built, a few decisive questions still lurk below the surface. Read More
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Opinion: Protecting the conditions that help children read
Most of my life’s work has focused on helping families and children build strong relationships with reading. That work has taught me that certain conditions are essential for children to become readers — access to books, a wide range of reading materials and the freedom to choose what they read. Read More
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Ghosts revived: Sci-fi master Robert J. Sawyer pens unplanned sequel to The Downloaded
When Robert J. Sawyer published The Downloaded, he figured he was finished with that world. Read More
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Nelson: City council needs the truth about citizens’ concerns
Howling at the moon is a better use of your time than replying to a City of Calgary survey. Read More
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NOAA predicts ‘below-normal’ 2026 Atlantic hurricane season
With hurricane season less than two weeks away, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration unveiled forecasters’ predictions for the Atlantic basin on Thursday.