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  One dead following violent incident in Huntington Hills

  Calgary police are looking into the death of one person outside a residence in the city's northeast and have cordoned off a number of streets to investigate. 2

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  City drenched by rainy weather

  The city has received a solid soaking and big puddles are popping up all over as sewers struggle to drain drenched streets. 11 4

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  Highwood River holding its banks

  Officials in High River say that the threat of flooding is low and that water levels in the Highwood River are not high enough yet to flood the area.

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  Second person charged in Gleichen murder

  RCMP in Gleichen have charged a second woman in connection with the death of a Chilliwack B.C. man earlier this week. 1

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  Research project gets to heart of hypertension

  A revolutionary research study out of the University of Calgary that followed over 3 million Canadians with high blood pressure is showing a surprising reversal in the health of our rural population. 1

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  Cougar warning for Town of Banff

  Parks Canada has issued a cougar warning as a precaution after someone reported an encounter with one of the cats in the Banff townsite. 1

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  Market Collective finds a temporary home at Mewata

  Calgary’s popular weekend gathering of art, craft, fashion and music, has found a historic summer residence.

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  Reynolds sentenced to 90 days in jail

  Former Calgary Stampeder Joffrey Reynolds has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for attacking his girlfriend last July.

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  'I do not use crack cocaine,' Mayor Rob Ford says

  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford broke his silence Friday to say he does not use crack cocaine, a week after published reports alleged he was seen smoking from a glass pipe in a cellphone video. 9

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  Wife of truck driver in bridge collapse says husband has 'impeccable' record

  The wife of an Edmonton-area truck driver who police say struck part of a bridge in Washington State Thursday evening and caused it to collapse said her husband has an “impeccable” safety record in 20 years on the job. 56 11

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  SaskPower set to start testing world’s first carbon-capture facility

  The world’s first carbon capture and storage facility is set to start testing in Saskatchewan and it’s already creating international buzz. The facility, located near Estevan, Sask.. will take harmful smoke from SaskPower’s coal-burning Boundary Dam and transform the carbon dioxide into sulfuric acid to be stored underground. 10 1

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  Justin Trudeau defends Liberal senator's handling of expense controversy

  Justin Trudeau says he is satisfied with a Liberal senator's handling of an investigation into his expense claims because the senator has stepped away from the party's caucus.

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  Government tests remote video screening at small Can.-U.S. border crossings

  The federal government is testing new technology at two remote border crossings.

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  After backlash, RBC pledges to not send work offshore just to cut costs

  The Royal Bank of Canada, which faced fierce backlash earlier this year over an outsourcing arrangement with a supplier that used temporary foreign workers, said Friday it won't send work offshore just to save on salaries. 28

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  Health Canada warns toxic, abandoned drug being sold online to athletes

  Health Canada and drug maker GlaxoSmithKline have issued a warning that an experimental drug abandoned because it caused cancers in animal studies is being marketed to athletes as a performance-enhancing drug. 1

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  Actress Amanda Bynes arrested after allegedly throwing bong out a window

  Actress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a criminal court where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out of her Manhattan apartment building. 1

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  Wildrose fined $90,000 for phone call violation

  The Wildrose Party has been fined $90,000 by the CRTC for violating rules connected to the use of automated phone calls. 9

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  Former Ontario premier to testify at Elliot Lake mall collapse inquiry

  Former premier Dalton McGuinty will be testifying in September at the inquiry into last year's shopping mall collapse in Elliot Lake, Ont. 7

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  Two men arrested in Britain on suspicion of endangering aircraft

  Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two British passengers on suspicion of endangering the aircraft. 1

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  NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission

  Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore. 3 1

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  Emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport leads to delays

  A British Airways jet made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport Friday after developing a technical problem after takeoff. TV footage showed smoke streaming from one of the engines.

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  The skinny on SPF in sunscreen

  Consumer Reports took a look at a variety of sunscreens and found that the SPF number on the label doesn't always guarantee that same level of protection in the bottle. 2 1

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  Atlantic Canada should prep for 'active' hurricane season: officials

  The Canadian Hurricane Centre is backing U.S. predictions of an active season this year, telling residents in the Atlantic provinces to brace themselves for a handful of major hurricanes. 6 4

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  Britain braces for possible copycat attacks after hacking death of soldier

  Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain's domestic spy agency, though investigators say it would have been nearly impossible to predict that the men were on the verge of a brutal killing.

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  5.7-magnitude quake shakes Northern California, no damage reported

  A magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit Northern California on Thursday night that was widely felt across the region, but there were no reports of serious damage.