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• Fundraiser for rally to protest vaccine mandate on truckers exceeds $1.6M

  A movement, called Freedom Convoy 2022, is only a week old but the Alberta organizer of a fundraising campaign to support the event has raised more than $1.6 million for the effort.

  

• 'I'm sorry': Calgary parents plead guilty to neglect of disabled adult son

  A Calgary mother broke into tears Friday after she and her husband pleaded guilty to failing to provide the necessaries of life for their severely disabled adult son.

  

• Calgarians #StandWithUkraine for rally at the Peace Bridge

  A rally of about 20 people met at the Peace Bridge in Calgary on Saturday, calling on community leaders to join them to help raise awareness of the critical situation facing the Ukrainian people.

  

• Past the peak? Alberta experts cautiously optimistic as Omicron variant begins downward trend

  Alberta’s health-care system remains under extensive strain with more people in hospital than at any previous time during the pandemic, but signs from wastewater analysts suggest the province is slowly beginning to surpass the peak of COVID-19 infections.

  

• Former Calgarian who murdered girlfriend in 2002 receives life sentence with no parole for 17 years

  Stephane Parent, who was found guilty of second-degree murder in October 2021, was sentenced Friday.

• Calgary's inconsistent weather continues to cause water main breaks

  The City of Calgary says roughly 200 homes, along with many businesses, are affected by water main breaks over the last 48 hours.

• Cake Boss' cake vending machines available in Calgary

  Straight from a hit reality show to your taste buds, a new way to pick up a piece of cake has arrived in Calgary.

• 2 Alberta MLAs call for return of unvaccinated students to post-secondary campuses

  A pair of UCP MLAs penned a letter calling for the return of unvaccinated students to Alberta's post-secondary schools provided they test negative for COVID-19.

• Calgary's Caden Rogozinski thrilled after being drafted by Cavalry FC

  Four local soccer players hoped to hear their name called Thursday night in the Canadian Premier League U-Sports Draft but only one did.

• 3 Canadians shot, 2 killed, at Mexican resort: local officials

  Two Canadians were killed and another was injured in a shooting at a Mexican resort near Playa del Carmen on Friday, local officials have reported. The shooting took place at Hotel Xcaret.

• Canada-wide warrant issued for Sask. man charged with abducting his daughter

  A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a Saskatchewan man charged with the abduction of his seven-year-old daughter.

• 'They came with a knife': Afghan journalists face attacks and arrests

  Under Taliban rule, journalists are being threatened, attacked and detained for their work while others, many of them women, have been forced from their jobs.

• COVID-19 outbreaks active at all Calgary hospitals: AHS

  Alberta Health Services says cases of COVID-19 have been found at the Alberta Children's Hospital, which means all hospitals in the city of Calgary are on outbreak status.

• Calgary's charity hot chocolate festival returns with more than 80 participants

  More than 80 vendors will be selling specialty hot chocolates for charity next month as part of Calgary's annual YYC Hot Chocolate Fest.